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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 














JOURNALS 


TOU Ge” Ge 
atl 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From FEeBRuARY the 4th, 1851, 


In the Fourreentn YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To JANUARY the 15th, 1852, 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


Sess. 1851. 


—j_——— 











Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 











Vox. 106, A 2 




















JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








VOL. 106. 




















J OUR 


NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








Sess. 


1851. 








Martis, 4° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. . 


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


Mr. Speaker, 


The Queen commands this Honourable House 
to attend Her Majesty immediately, in the House 


of Peers. 
regen «| Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty :—And being returned ; 


Writs issued 


in the Recess. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in 


pursuance of the directions of the Act passed in 
the 24th year of the reign of his pe a 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 present 
Parliament for the Town of Poole, in the room of 
George Richard Robinson, Esquire, deceased ; for 
the University of Cambridge, in the room of the 
Honourable Charles Ewan Law, deceased; for the 
County of Montgomery, in the room of the Right 
honourable Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, de- 
ceased ; for the county of Hereford, in the room of 
Joseph Bailey the younger, Esquire, deceased ; for 
the County of Limerick, in the room of Samuel Dick- 
son, Esquire, deceased; for the Borough of Saint 
Alban’s, inthe room of Alexander Raphael, Esquire, 
deceased ; for the Borough of Aylesbury, in the 
room of the Right honourable George Lord Nugent, 
deceased ; for the Southern Division of the County 
of Nottingham, in the room of Robert Bromley, Es- 
ye deceased ; and, for the County of Bedford, in 
the room of the Right honourable John Hume Eger- 
ton, commonly called Viscount Alford, deceased. 


Members take 


Several Members returned upon new Writs, took 
the Oaths. 


the Oaths required by law; and delivered to the 
Clerk of the House an account of their Qualifi- 


cation. 
semabes A Member, being one of the people called Quakers, 
— made the Affirmation required by law, and deli- 


VoL, 106. 








vered to the Clerk of the House an account of his 
Qualification. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Falkirk Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Falkirk District of 
Burghs, in the room of the Right honourable Henry 
Pelham Clinton, commonly called Earl of Lincoln, 
now Duke of Newcastle, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Dungarvan 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out Writ. 

a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 

in this present Parliament for the Borough of Dun- 

garvan, in the room of the Right honourable Richard 

Lalor Sheil, who, since his election for the said Bo- 

rough, hath accepted the office of Her Majesty’s 

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tus- 

cany. 


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

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Windsor, in the room 
of the Right honourable John Hatchell, who, since 
his election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Her Majesty’s Attorney-General for Jre- 
land. 


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


Ordered, That all persons who will question any Elections. 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for any 
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 will serve, within one week from and after the 
expiration of the fourteen days before limited for 
presenting Petitions, provided there be no question 

B2 upon 











Votes and 


Proceedings. 


Malt. 


Hops. 


Brewers, 
Victuallers, 
&amp;e, 


Liverpool and 


Wallasey 
Gunpowder 
Magazines. 


Poor Law 
&lt;Treland.) 


No. 1. 


4 | 4° Februari. 


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


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 presume to print the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made between the 10th day of October 1849 and 
the 10th day of October 1850 ; distinguishing the 
Quantity made in each Country, and the Quantity 
used by Brewers and by Victuallers, and by Retail 
Brewers. 


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 1850; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the Growth 
of the year 1850; distinguishing the Districts, and 
the Old from the New Duty in each District :—Of 
the Quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain 
to Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of January 
1850 to the 5th day of January 1851 ; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same have been ex- 
ported, and also the Quantities to each Country ; 
also British from Foreign Hops, and the Dates of 
the Years in which the British Hops were grown : 
—Of Foreign Hops imported into the United King- 
dom, from the 5th day of January 1850 to the 5th 
day of January 1851; 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 1850, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Persons in each of the 
several Collections in the United Kingdom licensed 
as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises,” and “to sell Beer not to 
be drunk on the Premises ;’’ stating the Number 
of each Class who brew their own ‘en, and the 
Quantity of Malt consumed by them, particularizing 
each Class in each Collection, from the 10th day of 
October 1849 to the 10th day of October 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 of Memorials addressed to the Secretary of 
State respecting the Liverpool and Wallasey Gun- 
powder Magazines; and, of the Correspondence 
between the Secretary of State and the Corporation 
of Liverpool, aud other Parties, relating thereto. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Total Number relieved, the 
Number of Deaths, and the Rate of Mortality in 








A. 1851. 


the Workhouses in Jreland, for the years ended the 
29th day of September 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850; 
with the Extent of Workhouse Accommodation, on 
the 25th day of March, and 29th day of September, 
in the same years; also, the Number who received 
Out-door Relief during the years ended the 29th 
day of September 1848, 1849 and 1850 respec- 
tively. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions Civil List 
of an Act of Parliament,—A List of all Pensions Pensions. 
granted between the 20th day of June 1849 and 
— day of June 1850, and charged upon the Civil 

ist. 

Mr. Hayter also presented,—Return to an Ad- Railways. 

dress to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of July in 
the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the 
Names of the several Railway Companies against 
which any Charges have been brought by the Com- 
missioners of Inland Revenue, for arrears of Pas- 
senger Duty, on the ground of alleged non-com- 
pliance with the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 85, s. 6:—Co- 
pies of Correspondence, since the 1st day of July 
1848, between the Lords of the Treasury, Commis- 
sioners of Inland Revenue, or other Revenue Board, 
and Railway Commissioners, on the one hand, and 
any Railway Companies on the other, relative to al- 
leged non-compliance with the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vice. 
c. 85, s. 6, on the part of the said Railway Com- 
panies :—Of Letters written since the passing of 
the above-mentioned Act, by the Railway Commis- 
sioners, to any Railway Companies or Board of In- 
land Revenue, or other Revenue Board, approving 
of the Times of starting the Trains of such Railway 
Companies, without, in the first place, being applied 
to by the said Railway Companies for such ap- 
proval :—Of any Letters written by the Railway 
Commissioners or Board of Inland Revenue, or 
other Revenue 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 fur obtaining the ap- 
proval 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 Com- 
panies, 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of March, Railway 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of all Mails. 
Railways and Branch Railways on which the Mails 
are carried under the Provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 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 Convey- 
ance, and Sums paid to each Company, as also the 
Number of Places on each Line where Bags are re- 
ceived and delivered, the Weight (from an Account 
taken on one day) of 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 Um- 
pire, and upon which any Guard or Messenger is 
conveyed by any Train upon the same Conditions 
as any other Passenger. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March, Mails on 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Railways. 
Amount paid, during the years 1848 and 1849, by 
the Post-office to Railway Companies, for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails, specifying each Railway, and 
the Sum paid to each, the Towns served, the Mile- 
age 








| ‘Grain, Flour, 
&amp;e, 


Lights, 
Pilotage, &amp;c. 


Customs 
Duties, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


Turnpike 
Trusts 


{England and 
North Wales.) 


Factories, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Poor Laws, 


Quarantine. 


14 Vicroriz. 


age run, and the Rate per Mile :—Also, the Amount 
paid to Railway Companies for any other Service 
in the years 1848 and 1849, specifying each Rail- 
way, and the Sum paid to each. 

Sae to an Order, dated the 19th day of March, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return, in 
continuation, for the year 1849, of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 588, of Session 1849, converting Cwts. 
into Quarters, and stating the Weight per Quarter 
allowed for each Kind of Meal; prefixing thereto 
a Column, showing. the Value of Imports from the 
same Countries (if no Value of Imports other than 
the Official Value can be given, 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 juxta- 
position 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th ray, April, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
all Ports in the United Kingdom wherein Differen- 
tial Dues are levied on Vessels either passing, en- 
tering 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of Au- 
gust, in the last Session of Parliament, for Accounts 
showing the Amount of Customs Duties collected 
in each of the Ports in Jreland in each of the Ten 
ending the 5th day of January 1850 :—Of the 

umber and Tonnage of the Vessels entering and 
clearing Outwards of the several Ports of Ireland, 
distinguishing the Foreign from the British and 
Coasting Shipping: — And, of the Number and 
Tonnage of the Vessels registered, in the several 
Ports of Ireland, 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. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Abstract of the General Statements 
of the Income and Expenditure of the several Turn- 
pike Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 
1848 to 31st December 1848 inclusive. 

Copy of Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Su- 
pervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 


Turnpike Trusts (England and North Wales) :— 
Copy of General Report of the Secretary of State, 
under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 


Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, for the half-year ending 31st 
October 1850. 

Copy of Fifth Report of the Visitors of Maynooth 
College, 1850. 

Copy of the Third Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board for 1850. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Further Return 
to = Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day 

OL, 106. 


4° Februariz. 





5 


of July 1849, for a Return of the Expenses of Qua- 
rantine, distinguishing the Salary and Expenses of 
the Superintendent-General of Quarantine, and other 
Expenses 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. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Turnpike 
9th day of May, in the last Session of Parliament, ods, &amp;c. 
for 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 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. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the wits, &amp;c. 
5th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, (Scotland.) 
for a Return, stating the Places at which Wills are 
proved and Administrations granted, and the Ori- 
ginals, Recorded Copies, or Records of the same, 
preserved in Scotland; and specifying the Date of 
the earliest Will existing in each Depository, and 
from what Date there may exist a regular Series of 
the said Records. 


Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the gtannaries of 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Stanna- Cornwall. 
ries of Cornwall; Copy of Rules and Orders. 


Return of the Number of Causes instituted and Court of 
decided in the Court of Session in Scotland, be- (Seotland.) 
tween the Ist day of January 1850 and the 1st day : 
of January 1851, showing the Number of Causes 
ready for Judgment, but not disposed of, at the last 
of those Dates. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Dominica. 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Peace, Amity, Com- 
merce and Navigation between Her Majesty and 
the Dominicun Republic, with an additional Article 
thereunto annexed; signed at Santo Domingo, 

March 6, 1850. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Greece. 
the King of Greece, for the Settlement of British 
Claims upon the Greek Government; signed at 
Athens, July 18, 1850. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Danish 
the King of Denmark, for the cession of the Danish en 
Possessions on the Coast of Africa to Great Bri- Cirien.} 
tain; signed at London, August 17, 1850. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Sweden and 
the King of Sweden and rye for the Regula- Norway. 
tion and Improvement of the Communication by 
Post between Great Britain and Sweden and Nor- 
way ; signed at London, August 24, 1850. 

Copy of Convention of Navigation between Her Sardinia. 
Majesty and the King of Sardinia, additional to the 
Treaty of September 6, 1841; signed at London, 

January 23, 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


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

Further Papers relative to the Alterations in the Australia. 
Constitutions of the Australian Colonies. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Further Return to Capital 
an Address to Her Haajenty, dated the 21st day of (Colonien)” 
June 1849, for a Return, showing how far ieee ~ ) 

B3 or 














Mr. Speaker 
reports Her 
Majesty’s 
Speech. 


6 


for which Capital Punishments have been abolished 
in this Country are still capitally punishable in the 
Colonies and essaiendion of Great Britain. 

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


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


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is with great satisfaction that I again meet My 
Parliament, and resort to your advice and assistance 
in the consideration of measures which affect the 
welfare of our Country. 

I continue to maintain the relations of Peace and 
Amity with Foreign Powers. It has been my en- 
deavour to induce the States of Germany to carr 
into full effect the provisions of the Treaty. wit 
Denmark, which was concluded at Berlin in the 
month of July of last year. I am much gratified in 
being able to inform you that the German Confe- 
deration and the Government of Denmark are now 
engaged in fulfilling the me prey ae of that Treaty, 
and thereby putting an end to hostilities which at 
one time appeared full of danger to the Peace of 
Europe. 

I trust that the affairs of Germany may be ar- 
ranged by mutual agreement, in such a manner as 
to preserve the strength of the Confederation and 
to maintain the freedom of its separate States. 

I have concluded with the King of Sardinia 
Articles additional to the Treaty of September 1841, 
and I have directed that those Articles shall be laid 
before you. 

The Government of Brazil has taken new, and I 
hope efficient measures for the suppression of the 
atrocious traffic in Slaves. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I have directed the Estimates of the year to be 
prepared and laid before you without delay. They 
have been framed with a due regard to economy, 
and to the necessities of the Public Service. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


Notwithstanding the large reductions of taxa- 
tion which have been effected in late years, the re- 
ceipts of the Revenue have been satisfactory. 

he state of the Commerce and Manufactures of 
the United Kingdom has been such as to afford 
general employment to the Labouring Classes. 

I nave to lament, however, the difficulties which 
are still felt by that important body among My 
people who are Owners and Occupiers of Land. 

But it is My confident hope, that the prosperous 
condition of other classes of My subjects will have 
a favourable effect in diminishing those difficulties, 
and promoting the interests of agriculture. 

The recent assumption of certain Ecclesiastical 
Titles conferred by a Foreign Power has excited 
strong feelings in this Country, and large bodies of 
My subjects have presented Addresses to Me ex- 
pressing attachment to the Throne, and praying that 
such assumptions should be resisted. 1 have assured 
them of My resolution to maintain the rights of My 
Crown, and the independence of the Nation, against 
all encroachment, from whatever quarter it may 
proceed. I have, at the same time, expressed My 
earnest desire and firm determination, under God’s 
blessing, to maintain unimpaired the Religious Li- 
berty which is so justly prized by the people of this 
Country. 

It will be for you to consider the measure which 
will be laid before you on this subject. 

The administration of justice in the several de- 
partments of Law and Equity, will no doubt receive 





4° Februariz. 








A. 1851. 


the serious attention of Parliament; and I feel con- 
fident that the measures which may be submitted to 
you with a view of improving that administration, 
will be discussed with that mature deliberation 
which important changes in the highest Courts of 
Judicature in the Kingdom imperatively demand. 

A measure will be laid before you providing for 
the establishment of a system of Registration of 
Deeds and Instruments relating to the Transfer of 
Property. ‘This measure is the result of inquiries 
which I have caused to be made into the practica- 
bility of adopting a system of Registration calcu- 
lated to give security to titles, to diminish the causes 
of litigation to which they have hitherto been liable, 
and to reduce the cost of transfers. 

To combine the progress of improvement with the 
stability of our institutions will, I am confident, be 
your constant care. We may esteem ourselves for- 
tunate that we can pursue, without disturbance, the 
course of calm and peaceable amelioration ; and 
we have every cause to be thankful to Almighty 
God for the measure of tranquillity and happiness 
which has been vouchsafed to us. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Resolution 
to Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the du- fF Address. 


tiful Thanks of this House for Her Most gracious 
Speech from the Throne: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her great satisfaction in again meeting Her Par- 
liament, and resorting to our advice and assistance 
in the consideration of measures which affect the 
welfare of our Country : 

Humbly to express the satisfaction with which 
we learn that Her Majesty continues to maintain the 
relations of Peace and Amity with Foreign Powers : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that it 
has been Her endeavour to induce the States of 
Germany to carry into full effect the provisions of 
the Treaty with Denmark, which was concluded at 
Berlin, in the month of July of last year; and to 
assure Her Majesty that we participate in the gra- 
tification which Her Majesty has been pleased to 
express in being able to inform us, that the German 
Confederation and the Government of Denmark 
are now engaged in fulfilling the stipulations of that 
Treaty, and thereby putting an end to hostilities 
which at one time appeared full of danger to the 
Peace of Europe: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that we parti- 
cipate in the hope which in Majesty has been 
“yonon to express, that the affairs of Germany may 

e arranged by mutual agreement in such a manner 
as to preserve the strength of the Confederation, 
and to maintain the freedeom of its separate States: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that Her 
Majesty has concluded with the King of Sardinia 
Articles additional to the Treaty of September 1841, 
and for having directed that those Articles shall be 
laid before us : 

That we rejoice to learn that the Government of 
Brazil has taken new, and as Her Majesty hopes, 
efficient measures for the suppression of the atro- 
cious traffic in Slaves: 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed the 
Estimates of the year to be prepared and laid before 
us without delay, and for acquainting us that they 
have been framed with a due regard to economy, 
and to the necessities of the Public Service: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, not- 
withstanding the large reductions of Taxation which 
have been effected in late years, the receipts of the 
Revenue have been satisfactory : 

That we learn with satisfaction that the state of 
the Commerce and Manufactures of the United 
Kingdom has been such as to afford general em- 
ployment to the Labouring Classes : 

That we concur with Her Majesty in lamenting 
the difficulties which are still felt by that important 
body among Her people who are Owners and Occu- 
piers 











Committee to 
draw up - 
Address ; 


Queen’s 
Speech 
referred. 


Dungannon 
Writ. 





14 Vicroriz. 4° 5° Februarit. 7 


piers of Land; but that we unite with Her Majesty 
in the confident hope that the prosperous condition 
of other classes of Her subjects will have a favour- 
able effect in diminishing those difficulties and pro- 
moting the interests of Agriculture : 

Humbly to state to Her Majesty, that we have 
observed that the recent assumption of certain Ec- 
clesiastical Titles conferred by a Foreign Power has 
excited strong feelings in this Country, and that we 
thank Her Majesty for informing us that large bodies 
of Her subjects have presented Addresses to Her 
Majesty, expressing attachment to the Throne, and 
praying that such assumptions should be resisted : 
That we rejoice to learn that Her Majesty has assured 
them of Her resolution to maintain the — of 
Her Crown and the independence of the Nation 
against all encroachment, from whatever quarter it 
may geo That we also learn with satisfaction 
that Her Majesty has, at the same time, expressed 


Her earnest desire and firm determination, under ' 


God’s blessing, to maintain unimpaired the Reli- 
gious Liberty which is so justly prized by the people 
of this Country : 

That we beg leave to assure Her Majesty, that 
we will devote our best consideration to the measure 
which will be laid before us on this subject: 

Humbly to state to Her Majesty, that it will be 
our duty to give our serious attention to the admin- 
istration of justice in the several departments of Law 
and Equity; and to thank Her Majesty for the con- 
fidence which Her Majesty feels, that the measures 
which may be submitted with a view of improving 
that administration will be discussed with that ma- 
ture deliberation which important changes in the 
highest Courts of Judicature in the Kingdom im- 


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 ac- 
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desbo- 
— and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 
am. 


Ordered, That 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 1851 (after abating No-2- 
the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several 
Revenue Departments), and of the Actual Issues or 
Payments within the same pericd, exclusive of the 
Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or 
paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances 
and Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c. :—And, of the 
Balances of the Public Money remaining in the Ex- 
chequer on the 5th day of January 1850; the 
Amount of Money raised by the additions to the 
Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1851; the Money applied towards 
the Redemption of the Funded or paying off Un- 
funded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the difference accruing thereon; and the Balances 
in the Exchequer on the 5th day of January 1851. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Accounts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Relief. 





peratively demand : 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that a 
measure will be laid before us, providing for the 
establishment of a system of Registration of Deeds 
and Instruments relating to the transfer of property, 
and for informing us that this measure is the result 
of inquiries which Her Majesty has caused to be 
made into the practicability of adopting a system 
of registration calculated to give security to titles, 
to diminish causes of litigation to which they 
have hitherto been liable, and to reduce the cost of 
transfers : 

To thank Her Majesty, for the confidence which 
Her Majesty has been pleased to express that it 
will be our constant care to combine the progress of 
improvement with the stability of our institutions ; 
and that we unite with Her Majesty in the convic- 
tion that we may esteem ourselves fortunate that we 
can pursue without disturbance the course of calm 
and peaceable amelioration; and to assure Her 
Majesty, that we feel we have every cause to be 
thankful to Almighty God for the measure of tran- 
quillity and happiness which has been vouchsafed 
to us. 

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- 
pointed of the Marquis of Kildare, Mr. Peto, Lord 
John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George 
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John 
Hobbhouse, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Secretary-at-War, 
Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Solicitor-General, Sir 
William Somerville, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Parker, and Mr. 
Bernal, or any Five of them. 

Ordered, ‘That Her Majesty's Most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred 
to the Committee. 


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


Mercurii, 5° die Februarii, 18 51: 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland to make out 
VoL. 106, 


Returns of the Amount of Money expended forthe No.3. 
| Maintenance and Out-door Relief of the Poor, in 
Unions and Parishes, under the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, in England and Wales, during the Half- 
years ended at Michaelmas 1849 and Michaelmas 
1850 :—Of the Total Number of Paupers in receipt 
of Relief on the 1st day of January 1850 and the 
1st day of January 1851 :—And, of the Number of 
Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief on 
the 1st day of January 1850 and the 1st day of 
January 1851. 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

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


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








Mercurii, 5° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 


| WiIZLiAM Monsell, Esquire, Member for the A Member 
| County of Limerick, having embraced the = the 
| Roman Catholic Religion, took and subseribed the “*"* 
Oath required to be taken and subscribed by Ro- 

man Catholics. 





A Petition of the Corporate Body of the Provost, Trinity 
Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy College 
and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, near Pub!) Bill 
Dublin, and also of the Provost thereof, in his cor- 
porate capacity, for leave to bring in a Bill to ex- 
tend the Leasing Powers of the said Corporate Body, 
and also of the Provost thereof, in his corporate 
capacity, and to enable them to make grants of 
Lands in perpetuity to their Lessees, in certain 
cases, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Wi/am 
| Somerville, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and 


| Mr. Napier. 





B4 A Petition 





Sassen atie 








ee ee 























8 5° Februaru. 


SaintPatrick’s A Petition of the Dean of Saint Patrick's — 
Cathedral  thedral Church, Dublin, for leave to bring in a Bi 
a a7 provide for the Repair and Maintenance of the 
Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick, Dublin, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
beougiht in accordingly, by Sir William Somerville, 
Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and Mr. Napier. 
Ouseburn 


A Petition of Subscribers for as the Un- 
Bridgeand — dertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 
Approaches in: Bill for building a Bridge over Ouseburn, with 


Newcastle- j 

upon-Tyne Approaches thereto, in the Borough and County of 

wu. ewcastle-upon-Tyne, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Ord and Mr. Headlam. 

Lordon and A Petition of the London and Blackwall Rail- 

Blackwall way Company, and of Subscribers to the intended 

wv = new Lines of Railway thereinafter mentioned, for 

Blackwall = leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 

Extension the London and Blackwall Extension Railway to 

Tilburs, ec.) Tilbury, in the Parish of Chadwell, with a Branch 

"to join the Eastern Counties Railway at Ziford, in 

the County of Essex, for amending the Acts re- 
lating to the London and Blackwall Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
8 » ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

London and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
oe one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
ailway (from . : . “ : 
London and in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
Blackwall ders in the case of the Petition for the London and 
7 Blackwall Railway (from London and Blackwall 


Tilbury, &amp;.) Extension Railway to Tilbury, &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of the Leicester Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the “ Lei- 
cester Waterworks Act, 1847,” to make certain Al- 
terations in the Works, and to extend the Period 
for completing such Works, and also to authorize 
an Arrangement with the Local Board of Health 
for the Borough of Leicester, was presented, and 


read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Richard Harris and Mr. Ellis. 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Leicester A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

Sewerage Bill. of the Borough of Leicester, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the Improvement of the Sewerage of the 
Borough of Leicester, and for making other Provi- 
sions for the Sanitary Regulation of such Borough, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Richard Harris 
and Mr. Ellis. 


Sandon to A Petition of Trustees of the Zeek District of the 
Hugbridge, Sandon and Bullock Smithy Turnpike-road, for 
&amp;c. Turnpike- 


leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term of 

road k 

District): Bill. the Sandon and Bullock Smithy Turnpike-road 
Act, so far as relates to the Leek District of Road, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Adderley, Viscount Brackley and 
Mr. Brocklehurst. 


Hartlepool A Petition of Merchants and Shipowners of the 
se mates O Port of Hartlepool, and others resident in the Bo- 
« Acts, &amp;c.) Tough of Hartlepool, and in the neighbourhood 
Bill. thereof, and of other parties interested in the trade 
of the said Port, in the County of Durham, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Conservancy and Im- 
provement of the Port of Hartlepool, in the Count 
of Durham, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend some 
of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Bristol 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way Bill. 


A. 1851, 


and Exeter Railway Company, and to grant to such 
Company certain Powers of holding Shares in other 
Undertakings, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr, 
Henry Berkeley and Mr. Philip Miles. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Holyhead 
annexed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway oF. 
Railway or Tramway from the Chester and Holy- **™¥* Bill 
head Railway at Holyhead, to the Harbour there, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
y Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Jackson and Mr. 


eto. 


A Petition of the Reading Waterworks Company, Reading 
for leave to — in a Bill to alter and enlarge the Waterworks 
Powers of the Reading Waterworks Company, and Bil 
to authorize an Extension of the Works of the said 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stan- 
ford, Mr. Pigott and Mr. Robert Palmer. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the East London 

East London Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Waterworks 
Bill for enabling the said Company to raise a further =. 
Sum of Money, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Edward Buxton and 
Mr. Alderman Copeland. 


A Petition of John Laird, of Birkenhead, in the Laird’s Patent 
county of Chester, shipbuilder, for leave to bring in Bill 
a Bill for rendering valid certain Letters Patent, 
granted to John Laird, of Birkenhead, Ship-builder, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton 
and Mr. Tollemache. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Halesworth, 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Beccles and 
Railway from Halesworth to Beccles and Haddiscoe, mn 
with a Branch therefrom, to be called the Halesworth, ’ 
Becclesand Haddiscoe Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Rendlesham, Mr. Gooch and 
Mr. Peto. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland 
leave to bring in a Bill to extend the time for the Railway 
Purchase of certain Lands and Completion of Time, he.) 
Works authorized by the “ Midland Railway Ripley Bil.’ 
Branches Act, 1848,” and on the Gloucester and 
Stonehouse Junction Railway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Henry Halford, Mr. William 
Evans and Mr. Bass. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Midland 
for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate and increase we 
the Capital of the said Company, and to confirm —. 
and legalize the creation and issue of certain Fifty of Capital, 
Pound Shares, and the application of the proceeds of *¢-) Bill. 
such Shares, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Henry Halford, Mr. William 
Evans and Mr. Bass. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Millthrop and Le- Millthrop 
vens Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill to snd Levens 
amend an Act passed in the third year of the reign oad Bill, 
of King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
more effectually repairing the Roads from Nether 
Bridge to Levens Bridge, and from thence, through 
the Town of Millthrop, to Dizes, and from the Town 
of Millthrop to Hang Bridge, and from thence to join 
the Heronsyke Turnpike-road, near Clawthorp Hall, 
in the County of Westmoreland,” was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Lowther and Mr. Alderman 


Thompson. 





A Petition 








Gao tet of 4 6d oe. Os 


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Qs 


Ca 





Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 


Reading 
Cemetery 
Company Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Victoria 
(Redcar) 
Harbour and 
Docks Bill 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Aban- 
donment of 
part of Bishop 
Auckland 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Dewsbury 
Gas Bill. 


Cambridge 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Sunderland 
Improvement 
Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Price’s Patent Candle Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Powers 
of the said Company, in relation to Letters Patent 
for inventions applicable to their undertaking, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Sienait in accordingly, by Mr. Beresford and Mr. 
Raikes Currie, 


A Petition of the Reading Cemetery Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm the issue of 
certain Shares in the said Company, and to enable 
them to raise a further Sum of Money, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Pigott and Mr. Stanford. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, 
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, to con- 
struct new Lines at Newport, Cardiff and Britton 
Ferry, and to make an alteration in the Line and 
Levels of their Railway, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Maunsell Talbot 
and Mr. Saunders Davies. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the construction and maintenance of a Harbour and 
Docks at Redcar, in the North Riding of the County 
of York, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Octa- 
vius Duncombe and Mr. Cayley. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to make a certain Branch 
Railway in the County of Durham, to subscribe to- 
wards the West Durham Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Seaham and Mr. Shafto. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to abandon a portion of 
their Bishop Auckland Branch Railway, and sub- 
stitute, in lieu thereof, a new Line of Railway, and 
to extend the Time forthe purchase of Lands and 
completion of Works on certain Lines of Railway 
authorized to be made in the County of Durham, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Viscount Seaham and Mr. John George Smyth. 


A Petition of the Dewsbury Gas Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to make the Limits of the 
Dewsbury Gas Act commensurate with the whole 
of the Parish of Dewsbury, and the Township of 
Batley, in the Parish of Batley, and to authorize 
the raising of a further Sum of Money, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. William Lascelles. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Cambridge Water- 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for sup- 
plying the University and Borough of Cambridge, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Water, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Shafto Adair and 
Mr. Eliot Yorke. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Sunderland, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for the Extension of the Boundaries of the 
Municipal Borough of Sunderland, for the detter 
Improvement and Regulation of the Borough, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 

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9 


Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Hudson and Sir Hedworth Williamson. 


A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon 
for leave to bring in a Bill for facilitating the Con- Railway 
version by the South Devon Railway Company of sateen 
Loan into Capital, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir John Yarde Buller and Sir Ralph Lopes. 


A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said pong, am 
Company to effect Arrangements between different _ 
Classes of Shareholders, for the Creation of new 
Shares, and for other purposes, was —— and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller and Sir Ralph 


Lopes. 


A Petition of Lessees of the South Staffordshire south Stat- 
Railway, or Promoters of the intended Railway and fordshire 
Works thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in (ianenttonte 
'a Bill for the Extension of the South Staffordshire Burton-upon- 
| Railway to the North Staffordshire ps &amp; near Trent, &amp;c.) 
| Burton-upon-Trent, was presented, and read ; and ~" 
| a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. Littleton. 





A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Downham 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a — &lt;A 
Bill for amending an Act passed in the forty-second ~""""*8° 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Third, for draining and improving certain Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds in the Parishes of Downham 
Market, Wimbotsham, Stow Bardolph and Denver, 
in the County of Norfolk, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Richard Townley. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Newark- 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a SS, 
Bill for better paving, lighting, draining, cleansing 3 yarket 
and otherwise regulating and improving a portion Bill, 
of the Borough of Newark, in the County of JVot- 
tingham, for regulating the Butchers’ Market 
therein, and for authorizing the Commissioners of 
the Newark Branch of the River Trent Navigation 
to contribute, out of their Funds, a Sum of Money 
for the aforesaid purposes, was presented, and read ; 
| and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

‘by Mr. Manners Sutton and Mr. John Stuart. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, Liverpool 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and ex- Docks - 
tend the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour oo rrr 
of Liverpool, was presented, and read; and a Bill Bil. ~ 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 


Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses North Shields 
of the borough of Tynemouth, in the county of Quays and 
Northumberland, and of Owners of lands and houses, cee 
Merchants, Shipowners, and others interested in the ~ 
prosperity of the said borough, and in the trade of 

the port of Shields, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
constructing and maintaining a Quay and other 

Works at North Shields, in the County of Vorthum- 

berland, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

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

cordingly, by Mr. Grey and Mr. Wawn. 


A Petition of the Malton and Driffield Junction Malton and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to —— 
authorize certain Alterations in the Line and Levels Railway. 
of the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway, and 
to amend the Act relating thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Mr. 














10 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Malton 
and Driffield Junction Railway Bill. 


Malton and 
Driffield 
Junction 
Railway. 


Cheltenham A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
= _— thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill 
ona to. extend and amend the provisions of the Act 
relating to the Cheltenham and Painswick District 
of Turnpike-road, in the County of Gloucester, and 
to create a further Term therein, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Grenville Berkeley and Mr. Mul- 

lings. 


A Petition of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
certain Deviations in the Zaw Vale Extension Rail- 
way, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Bremridge. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Cheltenham 

and Gloucester 
District Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 
thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to amend and extend the provisions of the Acts re- 
lating to the Cheltenham and Gloucester District of 
Turnpike Roads, in the County of Gloucester, and 
to create a further Term therein, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Grenville Berkeley and Mr. Mul- 
ings. 


Great Malvern A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Great 

a Malvern, in the county of Worcester, for leave to 

Waterworks, bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the Town of 

Gas and Great Malvern, in the county of Worcester, for sup- 

Markets Bill. plying the same with Water, and for the Establish- 
ment of Markets therein, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by General Lygon and Mr. Knight. 


Birkenhead 
Docks (fur- 
ther Powers 
to Birkenhead 
Dock Com- 
pany, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead Dock Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making better provision 
for the execution of the Works of the Trustees of 
the Birkenhead Docks, and for other purposes, was 
—S and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. 
Tollemache and Mr. Cornwall Legh. 


Appleby, Ken- 


A Petition of Trustees of the Appleby, Kendal, 
dal, Kirkby 


A Kirkby Stephen and Market Brough Turnpike-road, 
Stephen and for leave to bring in a Bill for keeping in repair the 
Brough Turn- Road from Appleby, in the County of Westmoreland, 
pike-road Bill. to Kirkby-in-Kendal, and from Orton to the Turn- 
pike-road near Shap, and from Highgate, near Te- 
bay, through Kirkby Stephen, to Market Brough, 
in the said County, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Colonel Lowther and Mr. Alderman Thompson. 


Ulverstone 
and Lancaster 
Railway. 


A Petition of Robert Wheatley Lumley, Joseph 
Paxton and John Brogden, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railway from the Furness Rail- 
way, at Ulverstone, tu the Lancaster and Carlisle 
Railway, at Carnforth, to be called, The Ulverstone 
and Lancaster Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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

and Lancaster one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

many. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Ulver- 
stone and Lancaster Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Cork and Waterford Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to make Arrangements as to their 
Capital, and to provide for the immediate completion 
of the Tramore Branch, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Cork and 
Waterford 
Railway. 


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A. 1851. 


Mr. Speaker Jaid upon the Table,—Report from Cork and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Waterford 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ““’”*” 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Cork and 
Waterford Railway Bill, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- Pyecombe 
inafter recited, for leave to bring in a Bill for repair- = 
ing and managing the Roads from the Brighthelm- roaa Bill. 
ston Road at Pyecombe to Hand Cross, and from 
Pyecombe to the Henfield Road, at Poyning’s Com- 
mon, in the County of Susser, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by the Earl of March and Mr. Prime. 


A Petition of Robert Weston, of Brackley, in the Towcester, 
county of Northampton, Gentleman, Clerk io the ar and 
Trustees of the Towcester, Brackley and Weston-on- ine Green 
the-Green Turnpike-road, for leave to deposit a Pe- Turnpike- 
tition for leave to bring in a Bill to continue and t*4. 
amend the Act for repairing the Road from Towces- 
ter, through Brackley, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, to Weston Gate, in the Parish of Weston-on- 
the-Green, in the County of Oxford, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Weston, of Brackley, in the Buckingham, 
County of Northampton, Gentleman, Clerk to the Brackley and 
Trustees of the Buckingham, Brackley and Banbury fanee 
Turnpike-road, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave road. 
to bring in a Bill to continue and amend the Acts 
for repairing the Road from Buckingham, through 
Brackley, to join the Daventry Turnpike Road, near 
Banbury, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Regent’sCanal 
Regent’s Canal, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Company Bill. 
the Company of Proprietors of the Regent’s Canal 
to enlarge the Reservoir on the River Brent, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the Canal, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Childers, Lord Robert Grosvenor 
and Mr. Osborne. 


A Petition of the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Great Central 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate &amp;8 vey - 
the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company, was —— 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Sir James Duke and Mr. 


Masterman, 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Itchen Bridge 
Itchen Bridge and Roads, for leave to bring in a 14 Rouds 
Bill for amending and enlarging the powers of the ~ 
several Acts relating to the Company of Proprietors 
of the Itchen Bridge and Roads, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Compton and Mr. Willcox. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Hereford, 
annexed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a nt A 
Railway from the Gloucester and Dean Forest Rail- Railway Bill. 
way, in the Parish of Westbury, in the County of 
Gloucester, to the City of Hereford, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly by Sir Robert Price, Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis, Mr. Wegg-Prosser, Colonel Clifford and 
Mr. Booker. 


A Petition of the Great Southern and Western Great South- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ™ Pe Ranke 
explain, amend and enlarge some of the provisions (treland) Bill. 
of the Acts relating to the Great Southern and — 

Western Railway Company, and to enable the said 
Company to raise further Capital, and to construct 
a Dock or Basin at Cork, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Grogan and Mr. Goold. 

A Petition 











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A Petition of the Chorley Waterworks Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the said 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Heywood. 





Chorley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


A Petition of Shareholders in and Members of 
the Committee of Management of the Partnership 
or Company, known as the Scarborough Gas Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating 
the said Company, for enabling them to raise a 
further Sum of Money, for better supplying the 
Borough of Scarborough with Gas, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Johnstone and the Earl of Mulgrave. 


Scarborough 
Gas Bill. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in‘a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, 
near Bangor, to Port Dinorwic and Caernarvon, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Richard Bulkeley, 
and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
undertaking for recovering and preserving the Navi- 
gation of the River Dee, for leave to — ina Bill 
for the restoration of the Standard in the River Dee, 
and for granting further powers to the River Dee 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John 
Martin and Mr. Hardcastle. 


Dee Standard 
Restoration 
Bill 





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A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Bann Navi- 
bring in a Bill for improving the Navigation of the tn. 
River Bann, in the County of Londonderry, in Ire- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bann Navi- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, $#%"- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Bann 
Navigation Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Town of Wicklow _ 
Wicklow, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Harbour Bill. 
Act passed in the Session of Parliament of the 5th 
and 6th years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act for making and maintaining and 
improving a Harbour at Wicklow, in the County of 
Wicklow,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 


Milton and Mr. Boyd. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Scole Bridge 
repairing the Road from Scole Bridge to Bury Saint | ces A maa 
Edmund’s, in the county of Suffolk, for leave to Turnpike- 
bring in a Bill to continue an Act passed in the ninth road. 
year of the reign of his late Majesty, King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act forrepairing the road 
from Scole Bridge to Bury Saint Edmund's, in the 
County of Suffolk, and to authorize the making of 
Brnek Roads, and otherwise to extend the Powers 
conferred by the said Act,” was presented and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Scole Bridge 





Duffield and A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road from | 
i the North end of the town of Derby, in the county | 
nade 6=—s«Of Derby, to Sheffield, in the county of York, and | 
from Duffield to Wirksworth, in the county of | 
Derby, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the | 
Term, and extending the Powers of several Acts for | 
repairing the said Road, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie npon the Table. 


| 

Duffield and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
Sheffield one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Turnpike- . : : : andi 
seed. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Duffield 


and Sheffield Turnpike-road Bill. 


Derby and A Petition of Trustees of the Derby, Ashborne 
pinborne ~—_ and: Hurdloe Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in a 
” Bill for continuing the Term of the Derby, Ashborne 
and Hurdloe Road Act, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 
Derby and Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
— one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Derby 
and Ashborne Road Bill. 


North Staf- A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
eye Rail- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending 
dios to Derby the Churzet Valley Line of the North Staffordshire 
and Burton- Railway, to the Towns of Derby and Burton-upon- 
eB” Trent, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
ves vead ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo and Mr. 

Alderman Copeland. 


North Staf- A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 


fordshi ° é 
Pine rene Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enforcing 


North Western 22 agreement between the North Staffordshire and 
— Com- London and North Western Railway Companies, 
mies Bull, 


and for the better regulation of railway traftic be- 
tween them, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
John Lewis Ricardo and Mr. Alderman Copeland. 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, to Bury Saint 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing om 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Scole road. 
Bridge to Bury Saint Edmund’s Turnpike-road 

Bill. . 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto North and 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a South-West- 
Railway from the Loop Line of the Windsor, Staines Railway Bil 
and South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway, 
in the Parish of Ealing, in the County of Middle- 
sex, to the Zondon and North Western Railway, in 
the Parish of Hammersmith, in the said County, 
with a Branch, to be called “ The North and South 
Western Junction Railway,’ was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Mangles, Mr. Chaplin and Mr. 
Lacy. 


A Petition of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield, 
Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway Com- Rotherham, 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize De- Barnsley, 
viations of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Huddersfield 
Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, between and Goole 
Sheffield and Barnsley, and to amend the Acts re- Bway Bill 
lating to the said Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Waveney 
thereinafiter mentioned, for Jeave to bring in a Bill Valley 
for constructing a Railway from the Tivetshall Sta- Bilway Bill 
tion of the Eastern Union Railway to Bungay, in 
Suffolk, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Mar- 
quis of Douro, Mr. Burroughes and Mr. Beres- 
ford. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Harwich 
gesses of the borough of Harwich, for leave to aor ae 
bring in a Bill to improve the Town of Harwich, to an 
reclaim Part of the Foreshore of Harwich Harbour, 
and to construct Quays and a Pier, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 


Hobhouse, Mr. Bagshaw and Mr. Beresford. 





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12 


Eastern Union A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- 

Railway Bill. pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate Inter- 
course between the Eastern Union and certain other 
Railways, to alter certain Charges upon the Eastern 
Union Railway, and the Stowmarket Navigation, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Biil was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Cayley and Mr. Beresford. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway from Waterford to Tramore, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


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

and Tramore one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

aaaony. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Mater- 
ford and Tramore Railway Bill. 


Poulnasherry A Petition of John Edward Redmond, of the 

Embankment. Deeps, Enniscorthy, Landowner, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for embanking and inclosing the Estuary 
of Poulnasherry, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table, 


Waterford 
and Tramore 
Railway. 


Poulnasherry 
Embankment. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Poul- 
nasherry Embankment Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Shrews- 
bury and Chester Railway Bill. 

Glasgow and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
hla one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
" in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Glasgow | 


and South Western Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Public 
Records. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Aberdeen 
Public Records Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Malmes- 
bury Turnpike-roads Bill. 


Malmesbury 
Turnpike 
Roads. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 2 new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Pontefract, in the 
room of Samuel Martin, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of one of the Barons of Her Majesty’s Court 
of Exchequer. 


Pontefract 
Writ. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
terday, that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a 
new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Dun- 
garvan, in the room of the Right honourable Richard 
‘Lalor Sheil, who, since his election for the said Bo- 
rough, hath accepted the office of Her Majesty’s 
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tus- 
cany, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jrelund, to make out a 
Supersedeas to the said Writ for the election of a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Dungarvan. 


Dungarvan 
Writ. 


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A. 1851, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Roman 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased we 
to give directions, that there be laid before this’ 
House, a Return of the Number of Addresses which 
have been presented to Her Majesty on the subject 
of the recent measures taken by the Pope for the 
establishment of a Roman Catholic Hierarchy in 
this country ; with a Statement of the Places, Cor- 
porations, or Persons from whom the Addresses 
have been received ; with the Number of Signatures 
to each of such Addresses, and an Abstract of their 
—_— and prayer. 

rdered, That 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 Railway Acts. 
Return of the Railway Acts passed in the Session 
of 1850; the Length of each Line; the proposed 
Capital Stock; the Number of Shares authorized 
to be created, and the Sums authorized to be raised 
on Loan, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Valuation 
Copy of a Letter addressed by the Commissioners of ° H*#lan4. 
Valuation to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with No. 4. 
reference to the present State and Progress of the 
general Valuation of Ireland. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Petitions from Charles Spilman Todd ;—Joseph Attornies’ 
Edmund Wilkinson; — George Burd ; — Charles ©ettificates. 
Warren ;— Cresswell Tayleur Pigot ;— William Man- 
ley Wilkinson ;—Henry Grimley ;—Samuel Milhier 
Barton ;—and, William John Carpenter; praying 
for the repeal of the Duty on Attornies’Certificates, 

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


Petitions from Elson and Hardway ;—Eyke ;— Bible. 
and, Lewes; praying the House to permit all per- 
sons to print the Bible, if they think fit,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Colebrooke ;— Beaminster ;— South Church 
Cave ;— Hotham ;—Salford ;—North Witham ;— Rome. 
Swayfield ;—South Witham ;—Stoke (Lincoln) ;— 

Burton Coggles ;— Welby ;—Corby ;—Basingthorpe; 

-- Bitchfield ;—Shillington ;—Stainly and Gunly; 

—Ashow ; —Welwyn ;—Grinton ; — Archdeaconry 

of Richmond ;— Weybridge ;— Warplesdon ;—Shere ; 

—Frimley ; — Wyke ; — Alfold ; — Chiddingly ;— 
Hailsham ; — Staplehurst;— Ide Hill; a 
Parva ;— Upper Clatford ;— Witchampton ;—Glas- 
gow;—Cole Orton; —Whitwick ;— Buckminster- 
with-Sewstern ;—Ravenstone ;—Keresley and Coun- 
don ;— Bedworth ;— Tachbrook ;—Allesley ;— Nun- 
eaton ;— Temple Grafton;—Meriden ;—Great and 
Little Packington ;—Shuttington ;—Barton-on-the- 
Heath ; —Ansley ; —Whitnash ;— Upper Hodneil; 
— Stoke (Warwick) ;— Westoning ;— Worth Matra- 
vers ;— Calne;— Birmingham ;— Hillmorton ;— Bed- 


ford ; — Wolverhampton ; —Archdeaconry of Coren- 


try ;—and, West Bromwich ; praying the House to 
adopt measures for effectually repressing every en- 
croachment by the Church of Rome, upon the nights, 
laws and liberties of England,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Planters and Inha- Coffee. 
bitants ef Ceylon, praying for a reduction of the 
duty on Coffee, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Huli ;— Shepton Copyholds. 
Mallet ;—and, Canterbury ; praying for the entran- 
chisement. 





Constabulary. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture; 


Jews. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;e, 


Property Tax. 


Receipts. 


Windows, 


Civil List 
Pensions, 


No, 5, 


Mails on 
Railways. 


No. 6. 


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chisement of Copyholds,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from New Forest Union; — Havant 
Union ;—and, South Stoneham Union ; praying the 
House to extend and improve the Police Force of 
counties, consolidate the rural with the borough 
police, throughout the kingdom, and relieve the local 
rate-payers (either in whole or in part) from the 
charges now imposed upon them for the mainten- 
ance of a Constabulary Force,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge Union; — Sudbury 
Union ;— Thetford Union ;—Cheltenham Union ;— 
Salford Union ;—Oldham Union ;—Blaby Union ; 
Billesdon Union ;—Rye Union ;— Cuckfield Union ; 
— West Firle Union ;— Ticehurst Union ;—Samford 
Union ;— New Winchester Union ;— Rochdale Union; 
—Ashton-under- Lyne Union ;—Barton-upon-Irwell 
Union ;— Tenterden Union;— Market Harborough 
Union ;— Warwick Union ;— Bradford Union ( York); 
—and, Fareham Union; praying that a law may 
be passed for securing to rate-payers a more effi- 
cient control over County Expenditure, by the esta- 
blishment of County Financial and Administrative 
Boards,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hartfield ;—and, Buckminster- 
with-Sewstern; praying the House to refuse their 
sanction to the admission of Jews into Parliament, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Dudley Mutual 
Improvement Society, praying for a repeal of the 
Duty upon Paper, the Stamp Duty upon News- 
papers, and the Duty upon Advertisements, was 


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


A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Secre- 
taries of the Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Me- 
chanics’ Institute, praying that the tax upon News- 
papers, called the Stamp, the Excise Duty on Paper, 
the Tax on Advertisements, and the Customs Duties 
on Foreign Books, may be abolished, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Councillors of the 
royal burgh of Kirkcudbright, in North Britain, 
praying the House, in the event of a renewal of the 
tax upon Property and Income, to exempt from the 
operation of the Act income arising from trades 
and professions, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the [able, 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Merchants, Traders and others, residing in the bo- 
rough of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, praying the House 
to repeal the Stamp Duty on Receipts, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge ;— Andover ;— Exeter 
(two Petitions) ;— Wiveliscombe ;—Saint Luke, Chel- 
sea(Churchwarden and Chairman);— Great Easton; 
—Sunderland (Mayor) ;—Individuals residing in 
the Metropolis and its vicinity (ninety-four Peti- 
tions) ;—Devizes ;— Tunbridge Wells ;—Falmouth ; 
and, York (Mayor); praying for the repeal of the 
Window Duties,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil List 
Pensions, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed, 


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

VoL. 106. 





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Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, Flour, Grain, Flour, 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. aaa . 
oO. . 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Lights, 
to Lights, Pilotage, &amp;c., which was presented yes- Pilotage, &amp;c. 
terday, be printed. No.8. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine, Quarantine. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No.9. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Australia, Australia. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed, No. 10. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Capital Capital 
Punishment (Colonies), which was presented yes- PP we nor 
terday, be printed. a 

. No. 11. 

Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Revenue, &amp;e. 
mand,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, Com- 
merce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom, and its 
Dependencies.— Part XIX.—Sec. A. 1849. 

A Return, showing the Number of Passengers Railways. 

conveyed on allthe Railways in England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during the half- 
year ending the 30th June 1850, distinguished in 
different Classes, and the Receipts from each Class 
of Passengers, and from Goods, &amp;c., compiled from 
Returns made to the Commissioners of Railways, 
in pursuance of the provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 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, comparing the 
Traffic with that in the corresponding Period of 
1849. 

A Return of the Number and Nature of the Railway 
Accidents, and the Injuries to Life and Limb which Accidents. 
have occurred on the Railways in Great Britain 
and Jreland, from the 1st of January to the 30th of 
June 1850; together with the Number of Passen- 
gers conveyed during that Period (in continuation of 
the Return of Accidents for the preceding half-year, 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 197, Session 1850). 

Mr. Labouchere also presented,—Return to an Waterford, 
Order, dated the 9th day of August, in the last Wextra, 
Session of Parliament, for Copies of the Commu- putin 
nications and Papers which have passed between Railway. 
the Railway Commissioners and Messrs. Lewis and 
Nash, and Mr. Nash, relating to the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, 
up to that Date. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to the punblane, 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Re- Doune and 
port of the Commissioners of Railways, on the uailwaye 


abandonment of the Dunblane, Doune and Callander 
Railway. 

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


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House John Henry 

entertains a just and high sense of the distinguished Ley, Esquire. 
and exemplary manner in which John Henry Ley, 
Esquire, late Clerk of this House, uniformly dis- 
charged the duties of his situation, during his long 
attendance at the Table of this House, for above 
forty-nine years. 


Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms ( House 
of Commons. ) 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- 
pointed to control the arrangements of the Kitchen 
and Refreshment Rooms in the department of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House:—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Stafford, Mr. 
Alderman Humphery, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord 
Marcus Hill, Mr. Vesey Dawson, Mr. Archibald 
Hastie and Admiral Berkeley. 

Ordered, That Three be the Qourum. 


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

c3 


Resolved, 

















Witnesses. 


Letters. 


14 


Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
liberties and privileges of the Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland 
at the time elected, and not having declined to 
serve for any county, city or borough of Great 
Britain, to concern himself in the Election of Mem- 
bers to serve for the Commons in Parliament, ex- 
cept only any Peer of Ireland, at such Elections in 
Great Britain respectively, where such Peer shall 
appear as a Candidate, or by himself, or any others, 
be proposed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieu- 
tenant or Governor of any County to avail himself 
of any authority derived from his Commission, to 
influence the Election of any Member to serve for 
the 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 a 
other corrupt practices, this House will proceed wit 
the utmost severity against all such persons as shall 
have been wilfully concerned in such bribery, or 
other corrupt practices. 

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

e a high crime and misdemeanor ; and this House 
will proceed with the utmost severity against such 
offender. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
hath given false evidence in any case before this 


House, or any Committee thereof, this House will | 


proceed with the utmost severity against such 
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 an 
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- 
snce therein or thereabouts ; and that the Serjeant- 
at-Arms attending this House do communicate this 
Order to the Commissioners aforesaid. 

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

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

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House do take into his custody such Footmen 


as shall presume to disobey the Orders of the House ; | 


and that no such Footmen be discharged out of cus- 
tody but by the special Order of the House. 
Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House do, from time to time, when the House 
is going to Prayers, give notice thereof to all Com- 


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from this House, and | 


A. 1851. 


servants, or other persons 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 undeli- 
vered ; and that no Letter be delivered but within 
the hours aforesaid. 

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

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


book for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, shall 
be disposed of before the House will proceed upon 
any Motions of which Notices shall have been 
given. 

Resolved, That at the time fixed for the com- 
mencement of Public Business, on days on which 
Orders have precedence of Notices of Motions, and 
after the Notices of Motions have been disposed of 
on all other days, Mr. Speaker do direct the Clerk 
at the Table to read the Orders of the Day without 
any Question being put. 

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

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

Resolved, That the House do meet every Wed- 
nesday at twelve o’clock at noon, for Private Busi- 
ness, Petitions, Orders of the Day, and Notices of 
| Motions, and do continue to sit until six o’clock, 
_unless previously adjourned. 

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

Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in 
| Committee on Wednesday at six o’clock, the Chair- 
|man do immediately report progress, and Mr. 
Speaker do resume the Chair, and adjourn the 
ae. without putting any Question. 
| Resolved, That the business under discussion, and 

any business not disposed of at the time of such 
 Adjourassent, do stand as Orders of the Day for 
| the next duy on which the House shall sit. 

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








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


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


mittees ; and that all Proceedings of Committees | House, or shall be brought from the Lords, the 
in a morning, after such notice, be declared to be | Questions “That this Bill be now read a first time,” 
null and void. and “ That this Bill be printed,” shall be decided 
Ordered, That, to prevent the intercepting or | without Amendment or Debate. 
losing of Letters directed to Members of this House,| A Motion was made, and the Question being 
the person appointed to bring Letters from the Ge- | i age That the Committees of Supply and 
neral Post-office to this House, or some other person | Ways and Meuns, shall be fixed for Meniay, Wed- 
to be appointed by the Postmaster-General, do, for | nesday and Friday, and for any other day on which 
the future, every day during the Session of Parlia- Orders of the Day shall have precedence of Notices 
ment, Sundays excepted, constantly attend, from | of Motions, of which notice shall have been given 
ten of the clock in the morning till seven in the | on the preceding Friday ; 
afternoon, at the place appointed for the delivery of | _An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
the said Letters, and take care during his stay there, | Question, by adding at the end thereof the words, 
to deliver the same to the several Members to whom | “ and that no vote for money be taken in Committee 
they shall be directed, or to their known servant or | “ of Supply after midnight.” 
And 








Printing, 


Address 
reported, and 
agreed to. 





14 Victoriz. 


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 fMr. Hume, 

Yeas, Mr. William Williams : } i, 

Tellers for the [Mr. Cornewall Lewis, hu P 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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

Resolved, That when a Bill or other matter (except 
Supply or Ways and Means) has been partly con- 
sidered in Committee, and the Chairman has been 
directed to report progress, and ask leave to sit again, 
and the House shall have ordered that the Com- 
mittee shall sit again on a particular day, the Speaker 
shall, when the order for the Committee has been 
read, forthwith leave the Chair without putting any 
question, and the House shall 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 Amendmerts shall have been made 
thereto, the same shall be received without Debate, 
and a time appointed for taking the same into con- 
sideration. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That in the present Session of Parliament no busi- 
ness shall be proceeded with after midnight ; and 
that, at Twelve o’clock at night precisely, notwith- 
standing there may be business under discussion, 
Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House, without putting 
any Question ; 

lhe House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 





Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr — } 32. 
Tellers for the Noes, iene Frill, } 108. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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 printing 
Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of Mo- 
tions made by Members of this House :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Cornewall Lewis, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Sir John Young, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Loch. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Marquis of Kildare reported from the Com- 
mittee appomted yesterday to draw up an Address 
to be presented to Her Majesty, That they had 
drawn up an Address accordingly; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


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

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the assurance 
of Your Majesty’s great satisfaction in again meeting 
Your Parliament, and resorting to our advice and 
assistance in the consideration of measures which 
affect the welfare of our Country : 

Vo. 106. 


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15 


We beg leave to express the satisfaction with 
which we learn that Your Majesty continues to 
maintain the relations of Peace and Amity with 
Foreign Powers: 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that it 
has been Your endeavour to induce the States of 
Germany to carry into full effect the provisions of 
the Treaty with Denmark, which was concluded at 
Berlin in the month of July of last year; and we 
assure Your Majesty that we participate in the grati- 
fication which Your Majesty has been pleased to 
express in being able to inform us, that the German 
Confederation and the Government of Denmark are 
now engaged in fulfilling the stipulations of that 
Treaty, and thereby putting an end to hostilities 
which at one time appeared full of danger to the 
Peace of Europe: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty, that we parti- 
cipate in the hope which Your Majesty has been 
pleased to express, that the affairs of Germany may 
be arranged by mutual agreement in such a manner 
as to preserve the strength of the Confederation, 
and to maintain the freedom of its separate States: 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us, that 
Your Majesty has concluded with the King of Sar- 
dinia Articles additional to the Treaty of September 
1841, and for having directed that those Articles 
shall be laid before us : 

We are rejoiced to learn that the Government 
of |Brazil has taken new, and, as Your Majesty 
hopes, efficient measures for the suppression of the 
atrocious traffic in Slaves : 

We render our thanks to Your Majesty for having 
directed the Estimates of the year to be prepared 
and laid before us without delay, and for acquaintin 
us that they have been framed with a due regar 
to economy, and to the necessities of the Public 
Service : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that, 
notwithstanding the large reductions of Taxation 
which have been effected in late years, the receipts 
of the Revenue have been satisfactory : 

We learn with satisfaction that the state of the 
Commerce and Mauufactures of the United King- 
dom has been such as to afford general employment 
to the Labouring Classes : 

We concur with Your Majesty in lamenting the 
difficulties which are still felt by that amperes 
body among Your Majesty’s people who are Owners 
and Occupiers of Land; but we unite with Your 
Majesty in the confident hope that the prosperous 
condition of other classes of Your Majesty’s sub- 
jects will have a favourable effect in dimmishing 
those difficulties and promoting the interests of 
Agriculture : 

We beg humbly to state to Your Majesty, that we 
have observed that the recent assumption of certain 
Ecclesiastical Titles conferred by a Foreign Power 
has excited strong feelings in this Country; and 
we thank Your Majesty for informing us that large 
bodies of Your Majesty’s subjects have presented 
Addresses to Your aes, expressing attachment 
to the Throne, and praying that such assumptions 
should be resisted : 

We rejoice to learn that Your Majesty has assured 
them of Your resolution to maintain the rights of 
Your Crown and the independence of the Nation 
against all encroachment, from whatever quarter it 
may proceed : 

We also learn with satisfaction that Your Ma- 
jesty has, at the same time, expressed Your earnest 
desire and firm determination, under God’s blessing, 
to maintain unimpaired the Religious Liberty which 
is so justly prized by the people of this Country : 

We beg leave to assure Your Majesty, that we 
will devote our best consideration to the measure 
which will be laid before us on this subject : ’ 

We humbly state to Your Majesty, that it will 
be our duty to give our serious attention to the ad- 
ministration of justice in the several departments of 

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Queen’s 
Speech to be 
considered. 


Labuan, 


East India, 


Northern 
Lighthouses. 


16 5°—6° Februari. 


Law and Equity; and we thank Your Majesty for 
the confidence which Your Majesty feels, that the 
measures which may be submitted with a view of 
improving that administration will be discussed with 
that mature deliberation which important changes 
in the highest Courts of Judicature in the Kingdom 
imperatively demand : 

fe thank Your Majesty for acquainting us that 
a measure will be laid before us, providing for the 
establishment of a system of Registration of Deeds 
and Instruments relating to the transfer of property, 
and for informing us that this measure is the result 
of inquiries which Your Majesty has caused to be 
made into the practicability of adopting a system of 
registration calculated to give security to titles, to 
diminish causes of litigation to which they have 
ae been liable, and to reduce the cost of trans- 
ers : 

We render our thanks to Your Majesty for the 
confidence which Your Majesty has been pleased to 
express that it will be our constant care to combine 
the progress of improvement with the stability of our 
institutions ; and we unite with Your Majesty in the 
conviction that we may esteem ourselves fortunate 
that we can pursue without disturbance the course 
of calm and peaceable amelioration ; and we assure 
Your Majesty, that we feel we have every cause to 
be thankful to Almighty God for the measure of 
tranqullity and happiness which has been vouchsafed 
to us. 

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 ang to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 6° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 

MoM’; 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 March, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for an Account of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charges for Steamers and Troops employed 
at Labuan, and on the Coast of Borneo, from 1839 
to 1849 inclusive. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of East 
India Acts for 1848, with Index. 

Copy of East India Acts for 1849, with Index : 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers 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 1st day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns of the several 
Applications made to the Commissioners of Northern 
Lights since the passing of the Act 6 &amp; 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 Com- 
missioners :—Of the Dates of the first Proceedings 
of the Commissioners upon each such Application 
respectively, and the Nature of such Proceedings ; 
showing, where the Order has been to refer Applica- 
tions to Committees, the Names of Commissioners 








A. 1851, 


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 
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. 


Mr. Holford, from the Office of the Governors of Queen Anne's 
Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in ; and at the bar Bounty. 
oe aa pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
arliament,—An Account of all Receipts and Dis- 
bursements by the Governors of Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, during the year ending on the 31st day of 
December 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 
. — That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Vestrymen of the Parish of Sainé Saint Pancras 
Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, for leave to (Middlesex) 
bring in a Bill for amending, repealing and con- a 
solidating certain Acts for paving, lighting, watering 
and cleansing parts of the Parish of Saint Pancras, 
in the County of Middlesex, and for granting more 
effectual Powers in lieu thereof, and for including 
several populous parts of the said Parish, for which 
no — has been made, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord Dudley 
Stuart and Lord Robert Grosvenor. 


Mr. William Evans presented a Bill to regulate Midland 


and increase the Capital of the Midland Railway Railway | 
(Regulation 





Company, and to confirm and legalise the Creation 

and Issue of certain Fifty Pound Shares, and the of Capital, 
Application of the Proceeds of such Shares, and for *¢-) Bill. 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Evans presented a Bill to extend the Midland 
Time for the Purchase of certain Lands, and Com- Railway 
pletion of Works authorized by “ the Midland Rail- Vimeo) ¢ 
way Ripley Branches Act, 1848,” and on the Glou- Bil.’ 
cester and Stonehouse Junction Railway: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to enable the Come Regent’s Canal 
pany of Proprietors of the Regent's Canal to enlarge Company Bill 
the Reservoir on the River Brent, and to amend the 
Acts relating to the Canal: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shafto Adair presented a Bill for enforcing North Staf- 
an Agreement between the North Staffordshire and fordshire - 
London and North Western Railway Companies, x? Westerm 
and for the better Regulation of Railway Traffic be- Railway Com- 
tween them: And the same was read the first time ; panies Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shafto Adair presented a Bill for extending North Staf- 
the Churnet Valley Line of the North Staffordshire mony won 
Railway to the Towns of Derby and Burton-upon- se se Delle 
Trent, and for other Purposes: And the same was and Burton- 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Upon-Trent, 
sa &amp;c. ) Bill. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill to amend Cheltenham 


isi j and Gloucester 
and extend the Provisions of the Acts relating to District Turn- 


the Cheltenham and Gloucester District of Tura- pixe.road Bill. 
pike-roads, in the County of Gloucester, and to create 





a further 














14 Vicrori2Z. 


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


Cheltenham Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill to extend 

and Painswick and amend the Provisions of the Act relating to the 

Road Bill. Cheltenham and Painswick District of Turnpike- 
road, in the County of Gloucester, and to create a 
further Term therein: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


South Devon Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill for facili- 
tNo. 1) Bill. tating the Conversion by the South Devon Railway 


Company of Loan into Capital: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


South Devon Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill for enab- 


Railway, ling the South Devon Railway Company to effect 

(Ho. 2) BEL Arrangements between different Classes of Share- 
holders; for the creation of New Shares, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

East Lanca- A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 


= Railway bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the 
East Lancashire Railway Company, to settle between 
that Company and the Lancashire and Yorkshire 
Railway Company the Property and Management 
of the joint Lines into and the Stations at Liver- 
pool, and to enable the East Lancashire Railway 
Company to increase their Capital, and increase their 
Tolls, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson 
Putten and Mr. Brotherton. 


Manchester A Petition of Trustees of the Manchester and 
-_ vm Ashton-under-Lyne New Road, for leave to bring in 
NewRoed Bil, ® Bill to continue the term of the Act of the 6th 


year of Georgethe Fourth,c.51 (local), so farasrelates 
to the Turnpike-road between Manchester and Aud- 
enshaw, in the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, all in 
the County Palatine of Zancaster, and to make 
better Provision for the Repair of the Road, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Milner Gibson, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Heald. 


Great Malvern Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 
am, ment of the Town of Great Malvern, in the County 

olice, Sewers, ; ; y 
Waterworks, Of Worcester, for supplying the same with Water, 
Gasand__—s-_ and forthe Establishment of Markets therein: And 
Markets Bill. the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Eastern Union Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to facilitate In- 
Railway Bill. tercourse between the Eastern Union and certain 
other Railways; to alter certain Charges upon the 
Eastern Union Railway and the Stowmarket Navi- 
gation, and for other Purposes : And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Harwich Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to improve the 
A ea Town of Harwich, to reclaim Part of the Foreshore 
Pier Bill. of Harwich Harbour, and to construct Quays and 
a Pier, and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Sheffield, Mr. Brotherton 


Rotherham, Deviations of the Shefield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 


Wakes, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, between 

Huddersfield Sheffield and Barnsley ; and to amend the Acts re- 

Railway Bil lating to the said Railway: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time, 

Waveney Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing 

Railway Bi, 2 Railway from the Tivetshall Station of the Eastern 


Union Railway, to Bungay in Suffolk: And the 


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7 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making bet- Birkenhead 
ter Provision for the Execution of the Works of the ——o to 
Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, and for other Birkenhead 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; Dock Com- 


and ordered to be read a second time. pany, &amp;c.) Bill, 


Mr. Alderman Thompson presented a Bill to Millthrop and 
amend an Act passed in the third Year of the Reign Levens Turn- 
pike-road Bill, 


of King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
more effectually repairing the Roads from Nether 
Bridge to Levens Bridge, and from thence, through 
the Town of Miillthrop, to Dizxes ; and from the Town 
of Millthrop to Hang Bridge; and from thence to 
join the Heronsyke Taengie-soed, near Clawthrop 
Hall, in the County of Westmoreland:”’ And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Alderman Thompson presented a Bill for Appleby, Ken- 
keeping in Repair the Road from Appleby, in the Step omg A 
County of Westmoreland, to Kirkby in Kendal, and Market 

from Orton to the Turnpike-road near Shap, and Brough Turn- 
from Highgate, near Tebay, through Kirkby Stephen Pike-road Bill. 
to Market Brough, in the said County: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Holyhead 
ailway or 
ramway Bill. 


Mr. Alderman Thompson presented a Bill for 
making a Railway or Tramway from the Chester % 
and Holyhead Railway at Holyhead to the Harbour 


there, and for other Purposes: And the same was 


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


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton presented a Bill Trinity 
to extend the leasing Powers of the Corporate Body ones a Bil 
of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the Cel. Ce 
lege of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen 
Elizabeth, near Dublin, and also of the Provost 
thereof in his Corporate Capacity; and to enable 
them to make Grants of Lands in Perpetuity to their 
Lessees, in certain Cases: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton presented a Bill Saint Patrick's 
to provide for the Repair and Maintenance of the yee acy 7 
Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick, Dublin: And P%*4) 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. Goold presented a Bill to explain, amend Great South- 
and enlarge some of the Provisions of the Acts re- ¢™ — 
lating to the Great Southern and Western Railway (reland) Bill. 
Company, and to enable the said Company to raise 
further Capital, and to construct a Dock or Basin 
at Cork: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Killarney Junction Railway Killarney 
Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to amend “ The 7 ea 
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. Goold. 


A Petition of the Dublin, Dundrum and Rath- Dublin, 


a : in Dundrum and 
arnham Railway Company, for leave to bring in ee 


a Bill to enable the said Company to extend their Raitway Bil. 
Railway from Dundrum to Bray, and to extend the 
Time, and to continue and revive the Powers granted 
by the Acts relating to the Company, for the com- 
pulsory Purchase of Lands and completion of 
Works, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 





VoL. 106. 


scone: by Mr. Morgan John O'Connell and 


Mr. Gool 
D Mr. 





Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Itchen Bridge 
and Roads 
Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers’ Com- 
pany Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time for the 
Widening, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railwa 

(Branch to 
Haydon- 
square, White- 
chapel, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Pier and Port 
(Consolidation 
of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Chorley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


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Mr. Harris presented a Bill to amend “The Lei- 
cester Waterworks Act, 1847,” to make certain Alter- 
ations in the Works, and to extend the Period for 
completing such Works; and also to authorize an 
Arrangement with the Local Board of Health for the 
Borough of Leicester: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Harris presented a Bill for the Improvement 
of the Sewerage of the Borough of Leicester, and 
for making other Provisions for the Sanitary Regu- 
lation of such Borough: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Birmingham, in the county 
of Warwick, for leave to bring in a Bill for trans- 
ferring to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the said Borough the Estates, Properties and 
Effects now vested in certain Commissioners having 
jurisdiction over parts of the Borough, and to pro- 
vide for the better draining, lighting, paving, sup- 
plying with Water, and otherwise improving the 
said Borough, and making provision for the good 
Government, Regulation and Management thereof, 
and for the regulation and simplification of the sys- 
tem of rating therein, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Muntz, Mr. Scholefiel , Mr. Spooner 
and Mr. Newdegate. 


Mr. Willcox presented a Bill for amending and 
enlarging the Powers of the several Acts relating to 
“ The Company of Proprietors of the Ztchen Bridge 
and Roads :” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Willcox presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, near 
Bangor, to Port Dinorwic and Caernarvon: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to incorporate 
the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway 
Company for leave to bring in a Bill for extending 
the Time limited for widening the London and Black- 
wall Railway; and for making the Branches to the 
London and Saint Katherine Docks, for erecting a 
Station and other Works at Rhodeswell, in the 
Parish of Saint Anne; and for amending the Acts 
relating to the said Railway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Cobbold. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Branch Railway from the London and Blackwall 
Railway to Haydon-square, Whitechapel, and for 

ranting certain Powers to the London and North 

Vestern Railway Company, with reference thereto, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles Douglas 
and Mr. Mangles. 


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill for the Conservancy 
and Improvement of the Port of Hartlepool, in the 
County of Durham, 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 to authorize 
the Chorley Waterworks Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


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A. 1851. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for amending Downham 
an Act passed in the forty-second Year of the Reign — oo 
of his Majesty King George the Third, for draining 
and improving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds 
in the Parishes of Downham Market, Wimbotsham, 

Stow Bardolph and Denver, in the County of Nor- 
folk: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for better Newark-upon- 
paving, lighting, draining, cleansing and otherwise a _— 
regulating and improving a Portion of the Borough Market Bill. 
of Newark, in the County of Nottingham ; for re- 
gulating the Butchers’ Market therein; and for 
authorizing the Commissioners of the Newark 
Branch of the River Zrent Navigation to contribute, 
out of their Funds, a Sum of Money for the aforesaid 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Five Trustees of the Huddersfield and Huddersfield 
New Hey District Turnpike-road, for leave to bring 24 a 
in a Bill to amend an Act passed in the sixth year caeonil Bill, 
of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road 
from Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, to New Hey, in the Parish of Rochdale, 
in the County of Lancaster, with a Branch to Toot- 
hill-lane, in the said Riding ; and for making a new 
Road from Buckstones to the Highway leading from 
Ripponden to Stainland, at or near to Barkisland 
Sebeal, and to continue the Term thereby granted,” 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. Stansfield. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for the Extension Sunderland 
of the Boundaries of the Municipal Borough of _— 
Sunderland ; for the better Improvement and Re-~” 
gulation of the Borough, and for other Purposes : 

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


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for building a Bridge Ouseburn 
over Ouseburn, with Approaches thereto, in the Bo- a in 
rough and County of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne: And x eK castle- 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be upon-Tyne 
read a second time. Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply of the Aberdeen 
county of Aberdeen, for leave to bring in a Bill for eel 
erecting and maintaining new Public Offices for the ’ 
County of Aberdeen ; for altering and enlarging the 
present Record Office of the County, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Martin presented a Bill for the Restoration Dee Standard 
of the Standard in the River Dee, and for granting Restoration 
further Powers to the River Dee Company : hel ; 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Act Saint Helen’s 
for improving the Town of Saint Helen’s, in the ——— 
County Palatine of Lancaster, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for amending and extending the provisions of 
the Act for the Improvement of the said Town, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. William Brown, Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. 

Greenail. 


A Petition of Merchants, being Rate-payers to Liverpool 
the Liverpool Dock Estate, for leave to bring in a Docks (Alte- 
Bill to alter the Constitution of the Committee for &gt; enchnll 
the Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Zi- &amp;.) Bill. 


verpool Docks, to authorize the establishment of an 





Emigrants’ Home, and to alter and amend the Acts 
relating 





Hereford, Ross 
and Gloucester 
Railway Bill. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 


pany Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Burton-upon- 
Trent, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill. 


North and 
South Western 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


East London 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Dundee Police 
Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


relating to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Brown 
and Mr. Henry. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for making 
a Railway from the Gloucester and Dean Forest 
Railway, in the Parish of Westbury, in the County 
of Gloucester, to the City of Hereford: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Beresford presented a Bill for extending the 
Powers of Price’s Patent'Candle Company in relation 
to Letters Patent for Inventions applicable to their 
Undertaking: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Beresford presented a Bill for the Extension 
of the South Staffordshire Railway to the North 
Staffordshire Railway, near Burton-upon-Trent : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Beresford presented a Bill to amend some 
of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Bristol 
and Exeter Railway Company, and to grant to such 
Company certain Powers of holding Shares in other 
Undertakings: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for making a Railway 
from the Loop-line of the Windsor, Staines and 
South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway, 
in the Parish of Ealing, in the County of Middle- 
sex, to the London and North Western Railway, in 
the Parish of Hammersmith, in the said County, 
with a Branch, to be called “The North and South 
Western Junction Railway: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Bremridge presented a Bill for authorizing 
certain Deviations in the Jaw Vale Extension Rail- 
way, and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Edward Buxton presented a Bill for enabling 
the Company of Proprietors of the East London 
Waterworks to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of General Commissioners of Police 
for the Burgh of Dundee, acting under the Act 


- thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill, 


Reading 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


more effectually paving, lighting, watching and 
cleansing, and for constructing Sewers and Drains 
in the Burgh of Dundee, and Paes adjacent, for 
regulating the Police thereof, and for other pur- 
poses relating thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Gordon Hallyburton and Mr. Duncan. 


Mr. Boyd presented a Bill to amend an Act 
passed in the Session of Parliament of the fifth and 
sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled, “An Act for making and maintaining and 
improving a Harbour at Wicklow, in the County of 
Wicklow :” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Robert Palmer presented a Bill to alterand en- 
large the Powers of the Reading Waterworks Com- 
pany, and to authorize an Extension of the Works 
of the said Company: And the same was read the 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
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Mr. Robert Palmer presented a Bill to confirm the Reading 
Issue of certain Shares in the Reading Cemetery Cemetery 
Company ; to enable the Company to raise a fur- ven 
ther Sum of Money; and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lord Rendlesham presented a Bill for making a galesworth, 
Railway from Halesworth to Beccles and Haddis- Beccles and 
coe, with a Branch therefrom, to be called “The piiwec Bill. 
Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway :” And . 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Perth Petty 
Council of the city and royal burgh of Perth, for and Market 
leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the Petty Custon’s 
Customs of the City and Royal Burgh of Perth, Bill. 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Foa Maule and 
Mr. Home Drummond. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make the Dewsbury 
Limits of the Dewsbury Gas Act commensurate with 8 Bill. 
the whole of the Parish of Dewsbury and the Town- 
ship of Batley, in the Parish of Batley ; and to au- 
thorize the raising of a further Sum of Money: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Man- Manchester 
chester, and Inhabitants of townships within the Parish High- 
said parish, for leave to bring in a Bil for Relief *¥* Bil. 
to the several Townships in the Parish of Manches- 
ter from the Repair of Highways not situate within 
such Townships respectively, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Kershaw. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for repairing and Pyecombe 
managing the Roads from the Brighthelmston 414 Hicksted 
Road at Pyecombe to Hand Cross, and from Pye- Ror nn 
combe to the Henfield-road at Poyning’s Common, 
in the County of Sussex: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for rendering Laird’s Patent 
valid certain Letters Patent, granted to John Laird, Bill. 
of Birkenhead, Shipbuilder: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the york, New- 
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company to castle and 
make a certain Branch Railway in the County of Rock 2. 
Durham, to subscribe towards the West Durham _— 
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 for enabling the York, New- 
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company castle and _ 
to abandon a Portion of their Bishop Auckland sayy a 
Branch. Railway, and substitute in lieu thereof a donment of 
new Line of Railway, and to extend the Time for part of Bishop 
the Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works on #84 | ) 
certain Lines of Railway authorized to be made in Bill ~~ 
the County of Durham, 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 authorize the Victoria 
Construction and Maintenance of a Harbour and er ont a 
Docks at Redcar, in the North Riding of the Docks Bil. 
County of York: And the same was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Philip Howard presented a Bill for incor- Scarborough 
porating the Scarborough Gas Company; for Gas Bill. 
D2 enabling 





0 


enabling the Company to raise a further Sum of 


Money ; for better supplying the Borough of Scar- 
borough with Gas, 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 alter, amend and 
extend the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour 
of Liverpool: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Liverpool 
Docks 
(Amendment 
of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


North Shields 
Quays and 
— 
Bill. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for constructing and 
maintaining a Quay and other Works at North 
Shields, in the County of Northumberland, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Ul- 
ster Railway at Armagh, to the Town of Caledon, 
with a Branch therefrom, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. George Alex- 
ander Hamilton and Mr. James Fagan. 


Ulster Canal 
and Union 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the said Company to make certain Branch Rail- 
ways, for authorizing Arrangements with the Oz- 
ford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, 
ton and Stour Wolverhampton and Dudley, Birmingham, Wolver- 
Valley Rail- hampton and Stour Valley, and London and North 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. Western Railway Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Littleton and 
Mr. Westhead. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway 
(Branches 

to join the 
Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 


Sandon to 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill for continuing the 
Hugbridge, 


an rerio. Term of the Sandon and Bullock Smithy Turnpike- 

road (Leek Toad Act, so far as relates to the Leek District of 

District) Bill. Road, and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, from the Promoters of every Private Bill de- 
osited in the present Session, of the Number of 
ocal or Local and Personal Acts, and Consolida- 
tion Acts, now either wholly or partially in force 
with reference to the Undertaking, Corporation, 
Commissioners, Trustees, Parish, or other Parties to 
which such Bill relates ; giving, in a Tabular Form, 
the Year, Chapter and Title, and the Number of 
the Sections and Schedules of every such Act, and 
signed, in testimony of its Accuracy, by the Parlia- 
mentary Agent (or Firm) having the charge of the 


Bill. 


Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine 
imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, and the Quan- 
tities exported; also, the Quantities retained for 
Home Consumption after deducting the Amount ex- 
ported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1851; dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and other 
Sorts ; together with the Quantities of each Sort re- 
maining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1851, 
distinguishing London from the Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
distinguishing 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 Consump- 
tion, the Quantites exported, and the Quantities 
shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the 


Spirits. 


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A. 1851. 


year ended the 5th day of January 1851; together 
with the Quantities of each sort remaining in Bond 
on the 5th day of January 1851, distinguishing 
London from the Country (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 499, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That Sir John Walsh have leave of Leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of illness in his 4»sence 
family. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 12. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Ac- Railway 


cidents, which was presented yesterday, be printed. “a 
No. 13. 


Petitions from Wilts (two Petitions) ;—Hundred Agriculture. 
of Westbury (Wiits);—and, Eastern Division of the 
County of Suffolk (Chairman) ; complaining of the 
depressed state of Agriculture; and praying for 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read, and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frederick Crewe Lees ;— William attornies 

Henry Sams, Saville Warner Stevens and Edward Certificates, 
Freeland Fisher; — Joseph Loxdale Warren ;— 
Bath ;—Knaresborough ;— William John Carpenter 
(two Petitions) ;—and, William Roe Dunstan; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Duty on Attornies Certifi- 
cates,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Shepton Mallet Beer-houses. 
Union, in the county of Somerset, praying 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 Resident Householders of the Cape of Good 

Municipalities of Cape Town and Green Point, Cape 4ve- 

of Good Hope ;—and, Chairman and Secretary to 

the Commissioners for the Municipality of the City 

of Cape Town, a of Good Hope; praying for the 
establishment of Representative Institutions in the 

colony of the Cape of Good Hope,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Cambridge ; — Endon ; ~ King’s Church of 
Bromley ;— Checkley ;—Salford (five Petitions) ;— Rome. 
Manchester (six Petitions) ;— Blackley ;—Rusholme; 

— District of Ardwick ;-Clenore ;-Mogealy ;— Balli- 
naboy ;— Brinny ;--Buttevant ;-- Timoleague ;-- Kil- 
worth; — Ardnageehy; — Kilbrogan ;— Kinsale;— 
Clondulane; — Ballyclough; — Archdeacons and 
Clergy of the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and 
Ross ;—Cloyne ;— Brigown and Marshallstown ;— 
Knockmourne and Ballynoe ;—Hastings ; — Veign- 
mouth ;--St. Nicholus ;-- Loughton ;--Archdeaconry 
of Lincoln ;—Munckton ;--Burwell ;-- Walmsgate ;—- 
Billinghay ; —Covenham St. Bartholomew ; —Wal- 
cot (Lincoln) ;— Dunston ; —Burwash ;—Clare (Suf- 


folk) ; — Stoke D’ Abernon ; — Allerton ; —Fulham 


(two Petitions) ;— Hounslow ;— Grean ; — Connor ; 
— Clongish-Killoe ;— Mottrill ; — Armaghbreague ; 
-—Tuerty ;— Grange ;—Bansha ;—Members of the 
Bath Church of England Lay Association ;—Zud- 
gershall;—Enford and Netheravon ; —Enford ;— 
Blackburn ; — Middleton (Essex); — Creech St. 
Michael ; — Milton (Oxford); — Severn Stoke; — 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors in England and 
Wales ; — Fenny Bentley ; — Kniverton; — Glan- 
worth aud Dunmahon ;—Killeshandra ; — Beaulieu ; 
—Innis Mac Saint ;—Rostrevor ; — Garvaghy ;— 
Kilmain; — Ballyjamesduff ; — Clondahorky ; — 
Ferns ; — Ardmore ;— Dunmore East;— Donogh- 
moor ;— Annaduff ;— Duleek ;—Templederry ;-- Tes- 
sauran ;—-Cashel ;--Union of Hollymount ;--Maiden- 


| head ; — Sunninghill; — Cadishead ; — Newington- 


next- 





Clerks of the 
Peace. 


Coffee. 


Copyholds. 


Coroners, 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture, 


Jews. 


Newfound- 
dand. 


Railways, 


14 Vicroriz. 


next-Sittingbourne ;— New Brentford ;—Acton ;— 
Bedford and Hamlet of Hatton (Middlesex) ;— 
Ashford ;—Potter’s Bar ; — Hanwell ;— Halstow- 
the-Lower ;—Llanhenog ;—Diocese of Norwich ;— 
Playford ; — Framlingham; — Crofton ; — Stans- 
field; —County of Montgomery ;—Pulloxhill; pray- 
ing \\he House to adopt measures for repelling every 
aggnession, by the Church of Rome, upon the rights, 
laws and liberties of England,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Justices of the 
Peace for the county of Lancaster assembled at their 
Annual Session holden by adjournment at Preston, 
praying that the mode of appointing Clerks of the 
Peace for the several counties and other jurisdic- 
tions in Eugland and Wales, the tenure of their 
office, and the advantage of remunerating them by 
salaries, rather.than by fees, may be taken into con- 
sideration by thi: House, and that such reforms and 
improvements may be adopied in those respects as 
the House may judge expedient, due regard being 
had for all vested interests, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other In- 
habitants of Liverpool and vicinity, praying for a 
reduction of the Duty on Coffee, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Staines;— Temple Cloud ;— Glas- 
tonbury ;—Perridge ;—and, Wakefield; praying for 
the Enfranchisement of Copyholds,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Justices of 
the Peace for the county of Lancaster, assembled 
at their Annual Session holden by adjournment at 
Preston, praying that the mode of appointing 
Coroners for the several counties and other juris- 
dictions in England and Wales, the duties now per- 
formed by them, the tenure of their office, and the 
advantage of remunerating them by salaries, rather 
than by fees, may be taken into consideration by the 
House, and that such reforms and improvements 
may be oe in those respects as the House may 
judge expedient, due regard being had for all vested 
interests, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Uttoxeter Union ;— Totnes Union ; 
— Headington Union ; — Warminster Union ; — 
Blackburn Union ;— Wallingford Union ;— Fylde 
Union ;—Faversham Union ;— Halesworth Farmers’ 
Club;— Blything Union ;— Wakefield Union (Chair- 
man) ;— Kettering Union ;—and, Mildenhall Union ; 
praying that a law may be speedily passed for the 
establishment of County Financial and Administra- 
tive Boards, as a means of giving to rate-payers a 
control over the County Expenditure,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Covenham Saint Mary;— Dunston; 
— Burbage ;— Longdon ;—and, Severn Stohe ; pray- 
ing the House to refuse to sanction any measure for 
the admission of Jews into Parliament,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fire Sufferers of Saint John’s, New- 


foundland, praying for inquiry into the cause of the 


withholding of certain sums of money granted by 
Parliament for their relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
way Company, complaining that Railways are as- 
sessed at a higher rate than any other description 
of property, and praying for relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 106. 


6° Februari. 








91 


Petitions from Great Torrington; — Newton Abbot; windows. 

— Bath Union ;— Ozford ;— Ledbury ;—Individuals 
residing in the Metropolis and its vicinity (sixty- 
nine Petitions); — Glastonbury; — Newbury; — 
Northampion (two Petitions);—and, Maidenhead; 
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 pro- Addresses. 
osed, That this House will not proceed upon any 
Motion for an Address to the Crown to which oppo- 
sition is offered, but in a Committee of the whole 
House, except with respect to matters which have 
been previously submitted to a Select Committee : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Public 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to Petitions. 
the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and 
that such Committee do classify and prepare ab- 
stracts of the same, in such form and manner as 
shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
House all requisite information respecting their con- 
tents, and do report the same from time to time to the 
House; and that such Reports do in all cases set 
forth the number of signatures to each Petition :— 
And that such Committee have power to direct the 
printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such 
parts of Petitions, as shall appear to require it :-— 
And that such Committee have power to report their 
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, Captain Jones, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Brother- 
ton, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Scott, Mr. Bonham 
Carter, Mr. Clements, Mr. Lushington, Mr. Duncan, 
Sir Charles Douglas, Mr. Adderley and Mr. Owen 
Stanley. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Rates 
to establish County Financial Boards for the as- ae 
sessing of County Rates, and for the Administration 
of County Expenditure in England and Wales: 

And that Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Cobden do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hume be discharged from any Printing. 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Printing. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Greene be added to the 


Committee. 


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

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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider that Mo- 
tion. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Equivalent 
Copy of the Receipt or Acquittance of the Equiva- Company- 
lent Company for the Redemption Money paid by No. 14. 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
to the said Company, in pursuance of the Provisions 
of the Act of 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 63. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


dD 3 Ordered, 






















a eR REN Re 























































East India. 


Gencral 
Committee of 
Elections. 


No. 15. 


Answer to . 
Address. 


Bank of 
England. 


22 6°—7° Februariz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
General Abstract View of the Revenues and Charges | 
of India, as estimated, and according to the actual | 
Accounts, for the year 1848-49; and as estimated 
for the year 1849-50. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, '7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 18 5 1. 


PRAYERS. 
M&amp; 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 fol- 
loweth : 


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

The Right honourable For 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 
Borough of Wolverhampton ; 

And Sir John 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 7th day of February 
1851. 
Cuarvtes SHaw Lerevre, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the | said or to purchase and enlarge the East Bill. 
ock, 


House,that Her Majesty, having been attended with 
their Address of Wuiebey last, was pleased to 
receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 

I have received, with much satisfaction, your 
loyal and dutiful Address. 

Your expression of attachment to My Throne is 





A. 1851. 


An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of National Debt. 
£. 2,333,703. 168. 1d. in one year, from the 5th 
January 1850 to 5th January 1851, by the Com- 
missioners 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. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the — 
Petitions presented upon the 5th day of this instant Ft Report.) 
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 the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Shrewsbury 
Company, for leave to bring’ in a Bill to authorize $74 Chest 
the said Company to abandon the Crickheath and “ 
Wem Branches, to construct a Station at Birkenhead, 
to enter into arrangements with other Companies, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company, Electric 
for leave to bring ina Bill for amending the Act ns ag 
relating to the Electric Telegraph Company, was” 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo 
and Mr. Peto. 


A Petition of Directors of the Imperial Conti- Imperial 
nental Gas Association, for leave to bring in a Bill Gontinenta 
: ir), Soe Gas Associa- 
for amending the powers of the Imperial Continen- tion Bill, 
tal Gas Association, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Sir Edward Buxton and Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. 


A Petition of Directors of the Commercial Dock Commercial 


ag . Docks 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the yy)provement 


| Country to construct a Tramway to connect 
their Docks with the Deptford Branch Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Alcock, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Locke 
King. 





very gratifying to Me; and you may be assured of 
My determination to maintain the independence, 
and uphold the constitutional liberties of My people. 


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 
1851, 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 Janu- 
ary 1851 aforesaid. 

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 thereunder- 








A Petition of Subscribers to and Provisional Di- Stockton, Mid- 

| rr of * ps | thereinafter mentioned, ee 
or leave to bring in a Bill for supplying with Water en 

the Town of Stockton, in the County of Durham, tla 

and the Suburbs thereof, and the Towns of Middles- 

brough and Yarm, in the North Riding of the County 

of York, and the Suburbs thereof respectively, and 

for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 

a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereunto Metropolitan 
annexed, for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing Cattle Market 
a Market for the Sale of Live and Dead Stock, with Bul. 
Slaughter-houses and other Buildings and Conveni- 
ences connected therewith, in the Parishes of Horn- 
sey and Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of 
| Middlesex, and for other purposes, was presented, 
|and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. 
| Childers. 





A Petition of the Governor and Company of the New River 
|New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to Company Bill 
| London, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Governor and Company of the New River to alter 
| and improve the Course of their River, and to con- 


mentioned Days, being those next before the issue | struct Reservoirs, and other Works, was presented, 
from the Exchequer of Money for the Payment of} and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


Dividends on account of the National Debt, for each 
of the four preceding Quarters respectively. 


accordingly, by Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir James Duke 
_and Sir John Johnstone. 
A Petition 












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tg =&lt; 








Bala Pool 
Bill. 


Manchester 
and Ashton- 
under-Lyne 
New Road Bill. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Musselburgh 
(Arrangement 
with Creditors 
of the Burgh) 
Bill, 


Dublin, Dun- 
drum and 

Rathfarnham 
Railway Bill. 


Wexford Free 
ridge, 


Wexford Free 
Bridge, 


{imbridge 
aterw 
Bill orks 








14 Vicrortiz. 


A Petition of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., 
for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the Provisions 
of certain Acts concerning the Shropshire Union 
Railways and Canal Company, and the Zondon and 
North Western Railway Company, as their Lessees, 
in respect to the Water in Bala Lake, otherwise 
Bala Pool or Pimble Mere, in the County of Me- 
rioneth, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Rich- 
ards, Mr. Bagot and Mr. Mostyn. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to continue the 
Term of the Act of the Sixth Year of George the 
Fourth, Chapter Fifty-one (local), so far as relates to 
the Turnpike-road between Manchester and Auden- 
shaw, in the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, all in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and to make better 
Provision for the Repair of the Road, 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 
Acts relating to the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
pany, to settle between that Company and the Lan- 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, the Pro- 
perty and Management of the Joint Lines into and 
the Stations at Liverpool; and to enable the East 
Lancashire Railway Company to increase their Ca- 

ital and increase their Tolls: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
South Wales Railway Company to make a new 
Railway in the Forest of Dean, in lieu of the Rail- 
way already authorized; to construct new Lines at 
Newport, Cardiff and Britton Ferry, and to make 
an Alteration in the Line and Levels of their Rail- 
way, and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the Burgh of Musselburgh, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for regulating and securing the Debt 
due by the Burgh of Musselburgh, in the County 
of Edinburgh, and for other purposes in relation 
thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Hope and Sir William Gibson Craig. 


Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell presented a Bill to 
enable the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham 
Railway Company to extend their Railway from 
Dundrum to Bray; and to extend the Time and to 
continue and revive the Powers granted by the 
Acts relating to the Dublin, Dundrum and Rath- 
farnham Railway Company; for the compulsory 
Purchase of Lands, and Completion of Works; 
and to amend the Acts relating to the Dublin, 
Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway, and for other 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Wexford Free Bridge, 
and others, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Wexford Free Bridge Act, 1847, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Werford 
Free Bridge Bill. 


Mr. Shafto Adair presented a Bill for supplying 
the University and Borough of Cambridge, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, with Water: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Vou. 106. 


7° Februarii. 








23 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- Great North 


of Scotland 


way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend Railway Bill 


the Act relating to the said Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Admiral Gordon and Captain 
Fordyce. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Uttoxeter to 
for continuing and amending an Act of His present Stoke, near 
Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Uttoxeter em lee tads 
to Stoke, near Stone, and from Millwich to Sandon, to Sandon 
in the County of Stafford, for leave to bring in Turnpike 
a Bill for managing and repairing the Roads lead- a 
ing from Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from 
Millwich to Sandon, in the County of Stafford, was 
= and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Adderley and Mr. 

Jackson. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for transferring to Birmingham 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough Improvement 
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, the Bill. 
Estates, Properties and Effects now vested in cer- 
tain Commissioners having Jurisdiction over Parts 
of the Borough, and to provide for the better draining, 
lighting, paving, supplying with Water, and other- 
wise improving the said Borough, and making Pro- 
vision for the good Government, Regulation and 
Management thereof, and for the Regulation and 
Simplification of the System of Rating therein: 

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


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for making a Branch London ana 
Railway from the London and Blackwall Railway Blackwall 
to Haydon-square, Whitechapel; and for granting bm 4 to 
certain Powers to the London and North Western Haydon- 
Railway Company, with reference thereto: And the square, White- 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read L— &amp;e.) 


a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for extending the London and 
time limited for widening the London and Black- Blackwall 
wall Railway ; and for making the Branches to the on of 
London and Saint Katherine Docks ; for erecting a Time for the 
Station and other Works at Rhodeswell, in the Parish Widening, 
of Saint Anne; and for amending the Acts relating *~) ®i 
to the said Railway: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Hayling 
Hayling Bridge and Causeway, for leave to bring in Bridge and = 
a Bill to confer further Powers on the Company of *™*°¥*y Bi 
Proprietors of the Hayling Bridge and Causeway, 
and to enable them to construct a Railway from 
their Docks and Wharves at Langstone, to join the 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway at 
Havant, in the County of Southampton, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Admiral Berkeley and 
Mr. Compton. 


A Petition of the East Anglian Railways Com- East Anglian 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Railways Bill. 
Acts relating to the East Anglian Railways, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Jocelyn and 
Mr. Lacy. 


Mr. Littleton presented a Bill for enabling the South Staf- 
South Staffordshire Railway Company to make cer- fordshire 
tain Branch Railways, for authorizing Arrangements 7, on ee 
with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, join the 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley, Birming- en oor 
ham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley, and London ton and Stour 
and North Western Railway Companies, and for Valley Rail- 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first ¥#¥&gt; &amp;¢.) Bill- 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
D4 A Petition 




















—— a 


ww 


| 
| 


* Investment 


24, 7° Februarie. 


Warrington A Petition of the thereunder-signed Promoters, 

—— for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 

Railway Bil from Warrington to Altrincham, with a Branch to 
join the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- 
tion Railway at Lower Walton, to be called “ The 
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Greenall. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the mode in which the duties heretofore 
attached to the office of Counsel to the Speaker, 
with regard to the Private Business, shall be per- 
formed ; and to propose such regulations respecting 
Private Business generally as they may think fit :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Bernal, Sir George Clerk, 
Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Henley, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Hume, Mr. Sothe- 
ron, Mr. Brotherton, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. 
Deedes and Mr. Wilson Patten, with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

dedawad That Five be the Quorum. 


Private 
Business. 


Mr. Goold presented a Bill to amend the Killar- 
ney Junction Railway Act, 1846: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Killarney 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Helen’s Mr. William Brown presented a Bill for amending 
Improvement and extending the Provisions of the Act for the Im- 
- provement of the Town of Saint Helen’s, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


Liverpool Mr. William Brown presented a Bill to alter the 
Docks (Alte- Constitution of the Committee for the Affairs of the 


ee: Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, to 
&amp;c.) Bill. | authorize the Establishment of an Emigrants’ Home, 


and to alter and amend the Acts relating to the 
Docks and Harbour of Liverpool: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


North British A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 

Railway Bill. pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
said Company to enlarge their Station at Edinburgh, 
and to make certain short Railways there, and at 
Dalkeith, and to make Alterations in the Leith 
Branch, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Scott and Mr. Cowan. 


Bath Improve. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
wnt, Markets, esses of the city and borough of Bath, for leave 
and Bath to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the City 
Commons or and Borough of Bach, for the regulation of the 
—— Markets, and for amending the Act for supplying 
state Si" Bath with Water, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Lord Ashley and Viscount Duncan. 


Sir Henry Willoughby presented a Bill for regu- 
lating the Petty Customs of the City and Royal 
Burgh of Perth: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Perth Petty 
and Market 
Customs 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ulster Canal 
and Union 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Reynolds presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the Ulster Railway at Armagh to the 
Town of Caledon, with a Branch therefrom; and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


General Re- ? 
versionary and your Teulon, Esquire, William Wybrow, Esquire, 


Company Bill, Lieutenant-general Sir Lewis Grant, k.c. u., Charles 





Thomas Holcombe, Esquire, Lieutenant-general Sir | 
John Wilson, k.c.B. and Thomas Godfrey Sambrooke, | 





A. 1851. 


Esquire, seven of the Directors of the General Re- 
versionary and Investment Company, for leave to de- 
posit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for giving 
further powers to the said Company, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Llynvi Valley Railway Com- Llynvi Valley, 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the = Duffryn 
Acts relating to the Lilynvi Valley and Duffryn oe 
Llynvi and Porthcawl Railways, and for forming Railways Bill, 
a junction between such Railways and the South 
Wales Railway, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Robert Price and Mr. Morris. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Manchester 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making and Salford 
a Railway from the London and North Western eg 
Railway, in the Township of Salford, across the — 
River Jrwell, into the Borough of Manchester, to be 
called “ The Manchester and Salford Extension Rail- 
way,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Police 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Constables. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Number of Police 
Constables in each County, or Division of a County, 
in England and Wales, under the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. 
c. 93, distinguishing each Class or Denomination, 
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 the said Counties, with the Name and Population 
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 Expen- 
diture for the years 1849 and 1850. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Teasurets. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Abstracts of the Accounts 
of the several County Treasurers in England and 
Wales, for the years ending Michaelmas 1849 and 
1850 (in a similar Form to the Return presented 
and ordered to be printed by the House of Com- 
mons, on the 4th day of May 1849, 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. 


Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, Railway Acts 
dated the 5th day of this instant February, for a Re- 
turn of the Railway Acts passed in the Session of 
1850; the Length of each Line ; the proposed Capital 
Stock ; the Number of Shares authorized to be 
created, and the Sums authorized to be raised on 
Loan. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Income Tas: 
Order, dated the 26th day of April, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for a Return showing the Num- 
ber of Persons charged to the Income Tax for the 
years ended the 5th day of April 1848 and 1849, 
under Schedule (D.); distinguishing the Number 
charged in each of the following Classes, viz. under 
£.150 a year; £.150 a year and under £.200; 


A Petition of George Percy Elliott, Esquire, Sey- | £.200 and under £.300; £.300 and under £.400; 
| £.400 and under £.500 ; £.500 and under £.600 ; 


£.600 and under £.700; £.700 and under £. 800 ; 
£.800 and under £.900 ; £.900 and under £. 1,000 ; 


£.1,000 and under £.1,500; £.1,500 and under 


£.2,000 ; 











14 Vicroriz. 


£.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 up- 
wards; and the Amounts of Tax received from each 
Class :— Similar Return under Schedule (E.) to 
£.5,000 a-year and upwards :—Also, Return, show- 
ing the Net Amount of Property and Income Tax 
for the same years, classed under the several Sche- 
dules (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
317, of Session 1849). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Account, made up to the 31st December 1850, of 
the Sums which have been paid and applied within 
the year 1850, by virtue of an Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 115, 
intituled, “ An Act for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention between His Majesty and the King of the 
Netherlands aud 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 Ma- 
jesty, on all or any of the Securities there men- 
tioned, and towards paying and satisfying the Prin- 
cipal 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. 

An Account of the Sums advanced in each year 
from the Consolidated Fund for the Purchase of 
Bullion for Coinage, and of the Sums paid in each 
year to the Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer 
at the Bank of England, in repayment thereof. 

Particulars of the Case of Captain J.J.Arrow,R.n., 
to whom a Special Retired Allowance has been 
granted by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 
7 _— That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 





il. 


Russian Dutch 
Loan. 


Mint. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


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


Labuan. 
No. 16. 


East India. 
No. 17. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Acts passed by the 
Right honourable the Governor General of India 
in Council, in 1847, Nos. 1 to 23, with Index to the 
Acts of 1847, which were presented upon the 7th 
day of May 1849, be printed. 


East India. 
No. 17. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to East India, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Northern 
Lighthouses. 


No. 18, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Northern 
Lighthouses, which was laid upon the Table vester- 
day, be printed. 


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


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


No, 19. 


Agriculture. Petition from Battle ;—Hailsham ;—and, Hast- 
ings ; complaining of the depressed state of Agricul- 
ture, and praying for measures of relief,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Attornies 


Petitions from Lancaster ;—and, Thomas Brown ; 
y. Certificates. 


praying for the repeal of the Duty on Attornies’ Cer- 
tificates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Church and 
State. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters, Inhabitants 
of the borough of Stockport, praying the House to 
abolish forthwith the present connection between 
Church and State, as wel! as all other official en- 
couragements .given within the British territories to 
any religious Raustiieten, whether Romanist or 
Protestant, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

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25 


Petitions from Nether and Over Compton ; — Church of 
Broadwinsor ; —Rochdale ; —Drumeliffe ;—-Calry ; Rome. 
—District of Knocknarea ;—Stanford-le-Hope ;— 
Laindon-cum- Basildon ;— Reigate ;—Clondevadock ; 
—Culdaff ;—Deptford (two Petitions) ;— Ockham ; 
—District of Farncombe ;—Chobham ;— Woking ;— 
Send and Ripley ;—Ore ;—Ninfield ;— Winchelsea ; 
—Pett ;—Fairlight ; —Arlington ; —Llanymynech ; 
—Camberwell ;— Stamford ; — Warrington ;— Saint 
Pancras ; — Overton ;— Didsbury; — Tiverton ; — 
Huntspill ; —Chilton Polden ; — Othery ;—South- 
wark(twoPetitions) ;— Liston;—District of Grooms- 
port ; —Smalfield ;—Bath ;— Midsomer Norton ; 
—Corton Denham ;—Enmore ;—Claydon ;—Arch- 
deaconry of Taunton ;—Shirley (Derby) ;—Castle- 
rahan ; —Cloon ; — Ballynaclough ; —Maghercian ; 
— Kilnemanagh ; — Shildrumperton ; — Kilbizy ; —- 
Wetherslack ; —Sulgrave ; —Ewell ;—Great Bent- 
ley ;— Holderness ;—Saint Peter-le-Poor and Saint 
Benet Fink, in the city of London ;—Hinckley ;— 
Langton-by-Wragby ;—Durham (two Petitions) ;— 
Gosforth ;—Armagh ;—and, Diocese of Norwich ; 
praying the House to repel every encroachment of 
the Church of Rome upon the rights, laws and li- 
berties of England,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Boston Union ;— and, Chorley County Rates 
Union ; praying for the establishment of Financial 24 Expendi- 
and Administrative Boards, for giving to Rate-™ 
payers a control over the county expenditure,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Education 
gesses of the Borough of Newark, stating that a con- Ireland.) 
siderable grant of money is annually voted by the 
House for the promotion of the Education of the poor 
of Ireland; that the petitioners have learned with 
great regret, that the conditions under which that 
grant is administered are such as to preclude a large 
majority of the members of the Established Church, 
and others in that country, from availing them- 
selves of it; and praying the House so to modify 
those conditions, as to remove the objections taken 
to them, or to make such other arrangements as 
will prevent the exclusion of any body of people 
from participating in the assistance afforded by the 
State, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton Keynes;—and, Witherslack ; Jews. 
praying the House to refuse its sanction to any 
measure for the admission of Jews into Parliament, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Governors Legacy 
of the Society for clothing and maintaining and Duties. 
educating poor Orphans of Clergyymen of the Es- 
tablished Church, in that part of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain called England, until of age 
to be put apprentice, praying that the Legacy Du- 
ties may be taken off all charitable bequests made 
for the use of the poor, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ly- Paper. 
mington, praying for repeal of the Duty on Paper, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Blyth- Poor Law. 
ing Union, praying the House to repeal all laws 
relating to the settlement and removal of the poor, 
and to pass a law throwing the burthen of their 
support equally on all descriptions of property 
throughout the Kingdom, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





E A Petition 














County 


Constabulary. 


Slave Trade. 


Adjournment. 


Arctic 
Expeditions. 


Supply ; 


Queen’s 
Speech 
referred. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption. 


20 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Andover Union, praying the House to 
take such steps as will entend and improve the Po- 
lice Force of counties, consolidate the rural with the 
borough police throughout the Kingdom, and relieve 
the local rate-payers (either in whole or in part) 
from the charges now imposed upon them for the 
maintenance of a constabulary force, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Kelso, praying for the enforcement of 
the Slave Trade Treaties entered into with Spain 
and Brazil, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lancaster ;— Derby ;— Liverpool ; 
—Metropolis and Vicinity (sixteen Petitions) ; — 
Stamford ; — John Smith ; — Westminster Reform 
Society (Chairman) ; — Clifton Dartmouth Hard- 
ness ;—Newport (Isle of Wight);—Stroud (Chair- 
man) ; — Stafford ; — Southampton; — Clitheroe ;— 
Northallerton; — Hastings; — Reading ; — Hales- 
worth; — and, Southwold (two Petitions); pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Duty on Windows,— 
were 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. 


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 Copy or Extracts from any Correspondence or 
Proceedings of the Board of Admiralty, in relation 
to the Arctic Expeditions, including those more re- 
cently sent forth in resumption of the Search for that 
under the Command of Sir John Franklin :—Co- 
pies of any Instructions from the Admiralty to any 
Officers in Her Majesty’s Service engaged in Arc- 
tic Expeditions since the Date of the last Parlia- 
mentary Return on the same Subject (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Papers, No. 107 and No. 397, of 
Session 1850) :—And, Copy or Extracts from any 
Correspondence or Communications from the Go- 
vernment of the United States, or from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Minister at Washington,‘in relation to any 
Search to be made on the part of the United States, 
or from its Territory, for the Expedition under Sir 
John Franklin. 

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


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

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

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Speech read. 
Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 


jesty. 
Resolution to be reported. 


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

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pre- 


7°—8°—10° Februari. 


A. 1851. 


vent the Assumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles 
in respect of Places in the United Kingdom :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 8° die Februarii, 1851; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the 
direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord John Rus- 
sell, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Goulburn, Sir James Gra- 
ham, the Lord Advocate, Viscount Mahon, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Pendarves, Sir William So- 
merville, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Gladstone, the 
Judge Advocate, Sir John Young and Mr. Clive. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


in. 
Mr. Hawes accordingly presented the said Bill: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


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





a 





Lune, 10° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


they were called in; and at the bar presented,— 
A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Com- 
mons of the city of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to continue “ The City of London Sewers Act, 1848,” 
and to alter and amend the Provisions of the said 
Act, was read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 


in accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Sir James 
Duke. 


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 enlarging the Site of Smithfield Market, and 
improving the Approaches thereto, to change the 
Market-days, and to remove the Dead Meat Market 
from Newgate Market; and to erect a Dead Meat 
Market and Slaughter-houses on the enlarged Site 
of Smithfield, for increasing the Tolls, and for the 
raising of Money, and the Application thereof, was 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Smith- 





eld Enlargement Bill. 
f " The 


Hawes and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it 2 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen Library. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Passengers’ 
to amend the Passengers’ Act 1849: And that Mr. .—— 


No 


Bill. 
. 20. 


HE House being informed, that the Sheriffs London (City) 
of the city of London attended at the door, Sewers Bill. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of Smithfield 
the city of London attended at the door, they were Enlargement. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from smithfield 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Enlargemen™ 








14 Vicroriz. 


Clerkenwell The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 
, emery the city of London attended at the door, they were 
Seca the Called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
Corporation of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
London, &amp;¢.) city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Mayor and Commonalty and Ci- 
tizens of the City of London to complete the Im- 
provements authorized to be made by the Clerken- 
well Improvement Commissioners, and for amending 
the Acts relating to such Improvements, was read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clerkenwell Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Improvement one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


ferof . : ‘ , 
cee oe in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


Corporation of Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Clerken- 
London, &amp;¢-) we]? Improvement (Transfer of Powers to the Cor- 
poration of London). 


Imperial Gas- Mr. Filer, from the Imperial Gas-Light and Coke 
a~— bs Company, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
oo _ pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—A Return of the Contingency Fund of the Impe- 
rial Gas-Light and Coke Senay :—And then he 
2 withdrew. 
| Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
on) Petitions presented upon the 6th and 7th 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. 
Stafford Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
Norte m 0 the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
Division) for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
Writ. this present Parliament, for the Northern Division 
of the County of Stafford, in the room of Viscount | 9 
Brackley, who, since his election for the said Di- 
vision of the said County, hath accepted the office 
of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chil- 
tern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, 
y) in the County of Buchingham. 
Glasgow and = A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 
+ naa Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
alter, regulate and extend the powers of the said 
Company with respect to their Share Capital and 
borrowing Powers, and to confirm certain acts and | 
proceedings in relation thereto, and to regulate and | 
sanction the future application of Capital by the said Pp 
Company, and to vary certain Provisions in some 
of the Acts relating to the said Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, aud read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Hastings A Petition of Lessees and Occupiers of land in 


_—om the district of the Parliamentary Borough of Hast- 
ings, which is not comprised within the town and 
port of Hastings, and the town of Saint Leonard, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for improving, watching, 
lighting and providing with Water that part of the 
Borough of Hastings, in the County of Sussex, 
which is not comprised within the respective Limits 
of the Local Acts ; for regulating the Town and Port 
of Hastings, and the Town of Saint Leonard, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hollond and Mr. 

Brisco. 


Newington A Petition of the Rector of the parish and parish 
peins Hin church of Saint Mary, Newington, in the county of 


Surrey, and of Trustees of the Walworth Common 
Estate, or Governors and Guardians of the Poor of 
the said parish, or persons interested in the termi- 
nation of the litigation thereinafter referred to, and 
Parties thereto, for leave to bring in a Bill for alter- 
ing and amending the Walworth Common Inclosure 


10° Februari. 





27 
Act, 10 Geo. 8, c. 72; for authorizing a Partition of 
the Walworth Common Estate ; for incorporating 
the Governors and Guardians of the Poor of the 
Parish of Saint Mary, Newington, in the County of 
Surrey, and for enabling such Governors and Guar- 
dians to erect a new Workhouse ; for altering and 
amending the Acts 54 Geo. 3, c. 113, and the 
Ist Geo. 4,'c. 41, relating to the said Parish; and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 


Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. D’ Eyncourt and Mr. Locke King. 


A Petition of Directors of the Law Property Law Property 
Assurance and Trust Society, for leave to bring ina —— 
Bill to incorporate the said Society, and to give ad- Society Bill. 
ditional Powers to the Society, was presented, an 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Brockman. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
for leave to bring in a Bill to ratify and confirm Fay ae 
certain Subscriptions and Payments made by or edi aes 
on behalf of the South Wales Railway Company to 
other Railway Companies, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Maunsell Talbot and Mr. Saunders Davies. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the thailenys to 
said Company to construct new Lines of Railway connect the 
to connect the Birmingham and ~— Junction Birmingham 
Railway with the London and North Western Rail- 4 Oxford 
“ae : Junction Rail 
way, at Birmingham, and with the Rugby and way with the 
Leamington Railway, at Leamington, and tor other ieniee ee 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was North Western 

, - y at 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mul- Birmingham, 
lings and Mr. Heyworth. &amp;c.) Bill. 

A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- — and 

: Seow 2 . _ Dar on, 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for em- i" Valley 
owering the Wear Valley Railway Company, the ana Middles- 
Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Company, and brough and 
the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to amy, ag 
enter into Arrangements for an Amalgamation, OF panies Amal- 
otherwise ; for enabling the said Companies to raise gamation Bill 
more Money, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester 
of the borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in Waterworks 
a Bill for the further Amendment of the Acts relat- 
ing to the Manchester Corporation Waterworks, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


rought in accordingly, by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. 
Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Manchester 
gesses of the Borough of Manchester, fer leave to Improvement 
bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing and ~*" 
otherwise improving the several Townships and 
Places in the Borough of Manchester, and amending 
and consolidating the Provisions of existing Local 
Acts relating thereto, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Tees River 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Conservancy 
Conservancy of the River Tees, was presented, and” 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Manchester 
Railway from the London and North Western Rail- 2"4 Salford 
. . ; : Extension 
way, in the Township of — across .the River Raiiway Bill. 
Irweil, into the Borough of Manchester, to be called 
“The Manchester and Salford Extension Railway :” 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 








VoL. 106. 





Mr. 


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28 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for Relief to the 
several Townships in the Parish of Manchester, 
from the Repair of Highways not situate within 
such Townships respectively: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Manchester 
Parish 
Highways Bill. 


Dundee Police Mr. Duncan presented a Bill for more effectually 
paving, lighting, watching and cleansing, and for 
constructing Sewers and Drains in the Burgh of 
Dundee and Places adjacent; for regulating the 
Police thereof, and for other Purposes relating 
thereto: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to enlarge their present Terminal Sta- 





tion in Dundee, and to amend the Acts relating to the | 


Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dun- 
canand Lord Gordon Halluburton., - 


Edinburgh 
Royal Asylum 
for the Insane 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, 
now called “‘ The Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the 
Insane,” for leave to bring in a Bill for of new incor- 
porating the Edinburgh cute Asylum under its 
present name of “ The Royal Edinburgh Asylum 
for the Insane,” for enabling the said Corporation 
to borrow Money, and for other Purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir William Gibson 
Craig and Mr. Cowan. 

Uttoxeter to Mr. Jackson presented a Bill for managing and 
Stoke, near repairing the Roads leading from Uttoxeter to 
ee. Stoke near Stone, and from Millwich to Sandon, in 
toSandon the County of Stafford: And the same was read 


Turnpike- the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
roads Bill. time 


Bath Improve- Lord Ash/ey presented a Bill for the Improve- 
— ment of the City and Borough of Bath, for the Re- 
——— gulation of the Markets, and for amending the Act 

for supplying Bath with Water: And the same was | 


Commons or 
Freemen’s _ read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Estate Bill. 


10° Februari. 





Hayling Mr. Lacy presented a Bill to confer further Pow- 

Bridge and ~—s ers on the Company of Proprietors of the Hayling 

Causeway Bill. Bridge and Causeway, and to enable them to con- | 
struct a Railway from their Docks and Wharves at 
Langstone to join the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway at Havant, in the ot of South- 
ampton: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lacy 


Commercial 
Doc mercial Doc 


ks 
Improvement 
Bill. 


o— a Bill to enable the Com- 
Company to purchase and enlarge 
the East Country Dock ; to construct a Tramway 
to connect their Docks with the Deptford Branch 
Railway ; and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


East Anglian Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for amending the Acts 

Railways Bill. yelating to the East Anglian Railways: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lancashire A Petition of Proprietors of Fifth Shares in the 
and Yorkshire Zancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, for 
Cpifth Shares.) leave to bring in a Bill to declare the rights of 
“the Holders of Fifth Shares in the said Company, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Mr. Greenaill presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Warrington to Altrincham, with a Branch 
to join the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 


Warrington 
and Altrinch- 
am Junction 
Railway Bill. 





A, 1851. 


Junction Railway at Lower Walton,to be called “ The 

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway,” and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Admiral Gordon presented a Bill to amend the Great North 
Act relating to the Great North of Scotland Railway of Scotland 
Company: And the same was read the first time; Gmeay Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

_A Petition of the Governors and Proprietors of King’s College 
King’s College, London, for leave to bring in a Bill Hospital Bill. 
to enable the Corporation of the Governors and 
Proprietors of King’s College, London, to acquire 
and hold Real and Personal Property for the pur- 
poses of King’s College Hospital, and to connect 
the said Hospital as a Medical School with King’s 
College, and to confer other powers on the Corpora- 
tion in respect thereof, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Alderman Copeland and Sir George Staunton. 


Mr. Vernon Smith presented a Bill to enable the New River 
Governor and Company of the New River to alter Company Bill. 
and improve the Course of their River, and to con- 
struct Reservoirs and other Works: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads, for leave to bring in a nd Bridg- 
Bill for repairing the Road leading from Shrewsbury yt" turn 
to Bridgnorth, and several other Roads therein Bill 
mentioned, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Robert Clive and Mr. Slaney. 


A Petition of the Farmers’ Estate Society of Ire- Farmers’ 
land, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend “ The Estate Society 
Yarmers’ Estate Society (Ireland) Act, 1848,” was Ire ill. 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Monsell, Mr. Stafford 
and Mr. Goold. 


A Petition of Inhabitants in the proposed district Baggottrath 
of Baggottrath and Sandymount, for leave to bring and Sandy- 
in a Bill for improving the Townlands of Baggot- a 
trath and Sandymount, and other Townlands in the Bill. 
vicinity thereof, situate in the Parishes of Saint 
Peter and Saint Mary, Donnybrook, in the County 
of Dublin, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Goold 
and Mr, Morgan John O’ Connell. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the town Wrexham 
of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, for leave tmprovement 
to bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, watching, - 
watering, cleansing, and otherwise improving and 
regulating the Town of Wrexham, in the County of 
Denbigh, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. West, 

Mr. Mostyn and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Weston-super- 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Mare _ - 
Bill for extending the Provisions of the Weston- Yfaret Bill. 
super-Mare Improvement and Market Act, and for 
granting further Powers relating to the Sewage of 
the Town, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Miles 
and Mr. Pinney. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Mildenhall, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill ory a 
for more effectually repairing the Road from Beck Lakenheath 
Fen Lane, inthe Parish of Mildenhall, in the County and Hockwold 
of Suffolk, to Littleport, in the Isle of Ely and Roads Bill 
County of Cambridge, and other Roads therein 
mentioned, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
was presented, and read ; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Harry Wadding- 
ton and Mr. Richard Townley. 

A Petition 








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14 Vicroriz. 


Hartlepool. A Petition of the Mayor and Burgesses of the 
Freemans borough of Hartlepool, in the Bishoprick of Dur- 
Harbour Dues 2am, or of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 


Bill. the borough of Hartlepool, and also of Freemen or 
Burgesses of the said borough of Hartlepool, for 
leave to bring in Bill to provide for the alteration or 
extinguishment of the existing rights in the Free- 
men’s Pastures in the Township and Borough of 
Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, and for the 
Appropriation and Management of such Pastures, 
for vesting in the Body Corporate of the Borough 
the Harbour Dues receivable by them, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Farrer and Mr. Spearman. 


Islington A Petition of Directors of the Islington Cattle 

Cattle Market Market and Abattoir Company, for leave to bring 

= in a Bill for incorporating the Islington Cattle Mar- 
ket and Abattoir Company, for extending the Cattle 
Market at Islington, in the County of Middlesex, 
and for amending an Act relating to the same, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fitzroy and Mr. 
Christopher. 


Durham A Petition of Subscribers to, and Provisional 

Markets Bill. Directors of the undertaking thereinafter mentioned, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing new 
Markets and Market-places in the City of Durham, 
for abolishing the Corn Tolls, and for regulating the 
Markets and Fairs within the said City, and the 
Suburbs thereof, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Seaham, Mr. 
Granger ana Mr. Spearman. 


A Petition of Conservators of the River Cam, 
elected or appointed for executing the several Acts 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for amending the Acts relating to the Navigation of 
the River Cam, or Cham, alias Grant, between 
Clayhithe Ferry and The Queen’s Mill, in the Town 
of Cambridge; for enabling the Conservators of 
the said River to make Approaches thereto, and a 
Bridge over the same, to alter the Navigation Tolls, 
and to sue and be sued in the name of their Clerk ; 
for conferring additional Powers, and other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Richard 
Townley and Mr. Shafto Adair. 


‘Cam Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Hartlepool A Petition of Commissioners of the Pier and Port 
Fier and Port of Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, for leave to 


ng bring in a Bill for enabling the Commissioners of 

&amp;c.) Bil. the Pier and Port of Hartlepool to construct an 
additional Pier for the protection of the Harbour 
and Bay of Hartlepool, and to establish and main- 
tain a Ferry across the Harbour; for enabling the 
Commissioners to raise further Monies; for amend- 
ing the Acts relating tothe said Pier and Port, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Farrer and Mr. Spearman. 

Waterford. A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 

Ratwimerick way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 

y Bil, . . “pa p 2 . 

rize certain Deviations in the Line of the Waterford 
and Limerick Railway, and to amend the Acts relat- 
ing thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Monsell, Mr. Meagher and Mr. 
Scully. 

yy A Petition of John Angerstein, of Wvodlands, in 

way Bil, the county of Kent, Esquire, and of the South East- 


ern Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the construction of a Bridge across the 
Lower Turnpike-road leading from p. sinecarse to 
Woolwich, and the diversion of a Footpath, was pre- 
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10° Februari. 29 


sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Henry Willoughby 
and Mr. Newdegate. 


Mr. Mackenzie presented a Bill for regulating Musselburgh 
and securing the Debt due by the Burgh of Mussel- pry a 
burgh, in the County of Edinburgh, and for other of the Burgh) 
Purposes in relation thereto: And the same was Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for amend- Ekectric 
ing the Act relating to the Electric Telegraph Com- Telegraph 
pany: And the same was read the first time; and C°™P®y Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for amend- Imperial 
ing the Powers of the Imperial Continental Gas Continental 
Association : And the same was read the first time ; — — 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for amend- Liynvi Valley 
ing the Acts relating to the Zlynvi Valley, and rater oe 
Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railways, and for Porthcawl 
forming a Junction between such Railways and the Railways Bill. 
South Wales Railway: And the same was read the 


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


A Petition of Feargus O’ Connor, Esquire, a Mem- National Land 
ber of the House, and of Promoters and Directors Company 
of the Company or Association thereinafter men- pin 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve the 
National Land Company, and to dispose of the 
Lands and we a belonging to the Company, 
and to wind up the Undertaking, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Henry Berkeley, Colonel Thomp- 
son and Mr. William Fagan. 


Mr. Stansfield presented a Bill to amend an Act Huddersfield 
passed in the sixth year of the Reign of King George wht a 
the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for repairing and sihooend Bill, 
maintaining the Road from Huddersfield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, to New Hey, 
in the Parish of Rochdale, in the County of Lan- 
caster, with a Branch to Trothili Lane, in the said 
Riding, and for making a new Road from Buckstones 
to the Highway leadmg from Ripponden to Stain- 
land, at or near to Barkisland School,” and to con- 
tinue the Term thereby granted: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill for amending, Saint Pancras 
repealing, and consolidating certain Acts for paving, ae 
lighting watering and cleansing Parts of the Parish **"S BY 
of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, and 
for granting more effectual Powers in lieu thereof, 
and for including several populous Parts of the said 
Parish, for which no Provision has been made: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Persons being a quorum of the Stroud and 
Trustees of the Turnpike Road thereinafter par- —— 
ticularly referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill for “°“° ~* 
repairing the Road from the Town of Stroud, in the 
County of Gloucester, through Pitchcomb, into the 
City of Gloucester, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Poulett Scrope and Mr. Stanton. 


A Petition of the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail- Waterford 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend nd Kilkemy 
the several Acts relating to the Waterford and Kil- — 
kenny Railway Company, to enable the said Com- 
pany to sell or lease their Undertaking, and to pur- 
chase or lease the Bridge over the River Suir at 
Waterford, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Henry Winston Barron, Mr. 

Butler and Mr. Sullivan. 
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10° Februari. 


Malmesbury 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- 
Turnpike 
Roads. 


inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
renew the Term and continue the Powers and Pro- 
visions of an Act passed in the first year of the 
reign of his Majesty, King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing and 
improving several Districts of Malmesbury Turnpike 
Roads, and other Roads connected therewith, in the 
Counties of Wilts, Berks and Gloucester,” was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell presented a Bill for 
enabling the North British Railway Company to 
enlarge their Station at Edinburgh, and to make 
certain short Railways there and at Dalkeith, and 
to make Alterations in the ZLeith Branch, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Stockton, Mid- 
dlesbrough, 
Yarm, &amp;c. 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill for supplying with 
Water the Town of Stockton, in the County of Dur- 
ham, and the Suburbs thereof, and the Towns of 
Middlesbrough and Yarm, in the North Riding of 
the County of York, and the Suburbs thereof res- 
pectively, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Glamorgan Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

County Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Glamorgan, 
in the room of the Earl of Dunraven, who, since his 
election for the said County, hath accepted the of- 
fice of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Whitby, 
and of Owners of property in the said town, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for supplying the Inhabi- 
tants of the Town of Whitby and the adjacent 
Places with Water, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Hudson and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 


Whitby 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 21. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the 
principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchan- 
dize, of the Consumption of such Articles, and of the 
Customs Duties received thereon, in the year end- 
ing 5th January 1851, compared with the Imports, 
Consumption and Receipts of the preceding year: 
—An Account of the Exports of the principal Ar- 
ticles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, in. the 
year ending 5th January 1851, compared with the 
Exports of the preceding year:—An Account of 
the Exports of the principal Articles of British and 
Irish Produce and Manufactures, in the year end- 
ing 5th January 1851, compared with the Exports 
of the preceding year:—An Account of the Gross 
and Net Produce of the Duties of Customs in the 
year ending 5th January 1851, compared with the 

roduce in the preceding year:—An Account of 
the Number and Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing 
the Countries to which they belonged, which en- 
tered Inwards and cleared Outwards, in the year 
ended 5th January 1851, compared with the Entries 
aud Clearances of the preceding year; stated ex- 
clusively of Vessels in Ballast, and of those em- 
ployed in the Coasting Trade, or the Trade between 
Great Britain and Ireland :—An Account of the 
Number and Tonnage of Vessels which entered In- 
wards and cleared Outwards with Cargoes, at the 
several Ports of the United Kingdom, during the 
year ending 5th January 1851, compared with the 

ntries and Clearances of the preceding year; dis- 
tinguishing the Vessels employed in the Intercourse 
between Great Britain and Ireland from other 
Coasters. 

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


A. 1851. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rochester 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Cathedral. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Appointment of Almsmen 
and Beadsmen to Rochester Cathedral, prepared 
and completed at the Signet Office, under the 
Queen’s Sign Manual, and by the Direction of the 
Secretary of State, from the year 1773 to the pre- 
sent Time. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to establish County Rates 
County Financial Boards for the assessing of County — a 
Rates, and for the Administration of County Ex- ‘ 
penditure in England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 26th day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


No. 22. 


Ordered, That Mr. Mackenzie be added to the Private 
Select Committee on Private Business. Business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Property and 
Statement of the Amounts of Property assessed come Tax, 
under Schedule A. of the Property and Income Tax No. 10. 
Act, distinguished under separate Heads, in Eng- 
land and Wales and Scotland, for the years ending 
on the 5th day of April 1814 and 1815, 1842, 1845 
and 1848. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 Poor Relief 
Return of the Amount of Poor-rate lodged, and of (Ireland.) 
the Expenditure for the Relief of the Poor in Jre- No. 23. 
land, in the year ended the 29th day of September 
1850, in comparison with the same for each of the 
two preceding years. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Naval Medals. 
Copies of the Report, dated November 1850, of the No, 94, 
Committee of Flag Officers appointed to decide 
upon the Validity of Claims toa Naval War Medal, 
on the principle laid down by the Queen’s gracious 
Command in the Gazette of the 7th day of June 
1847, and other subsequent Notifications of Her 
Majesty’s Pleasure :—Of the Letter addressed by 
J. Parker, Esquire, M. v., Secretary of the Admi- 
ralty, to Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Byam Martin, 
G.c. B., Chairman of the Medal Committee, dated 
the 25th day of January 1851 :—And, of the No- 
tice, dated the 25th day of January 1851, inserted 
in the Gazette of the 28th day of January 1851, by 
J. Parker, Esquire, m. p., Secretary of the Admi- 
ralty, relative to outstanding Claims to the Naval 
War Medal being submitted before the 1st day of 
May 1851. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Petitions from the District of Holsworthy ;—Mar- Agriculture. 
ton;—and, Denbigh (Mayor); complaining of the 
depressed state of Agriculture, and praying for mea- 
sures of relief,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter ;— Barton-upon-Humber ; Attornies 
— Sandwich ;—Deal ;—Invernesshire ;—and, John Certificates 
Robinson Legge ; praying for the repeal of the Stamp 
Duty on Attornies Certificates,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions 








Church of 
Rome. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture, 


Distress. 


Jews. 


Paper, 


Railways, 


Windows, 


$ 
tes. 
Bank of 
England. 
N 0. 25. 





14. Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Lancaster (Durham) ; — Sutton 
(Surrey) ;— Putney (Chairman) ;— Oxted ;— Walton- 
on-the- Hill;— Tandridge ;— Elland-cum- Greetland ; 
— Netherbury ;— Ballyrashane ;—Stoke Saint Mil- 
borough ; — Castlemagner ; — Kilaspigmullane ; — 
Douglas (Cork) ;—Killanully ;—Cork (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Saint Nicholas Blackrock ;— Ballycotton ; 
— Goltho-with-Bullington ;— Wonersh;—Farnham; 
—Albury ;—Ewhurst ;—Surrey (Sheriff and Chair- 
man);— Camden ;— Ardtren;—Great Sankey and 
Penketh ;—Preston;—Saint Pancras ;—Littleton ; 
— Teddington ; — Killyfaddy ;— Favor Royal ;— 
Newbourn Saville ;— Witham ;—Chard ;—Liming- 
ton ;— Charlton Machrell;— Muchelney ;— Merriott; 
— Charlton Adam ;—Middlesmoor ;—Saint Osyth ; 
— Merstham ; — Saul ;— Duncan ; —Donegore and 
Kilbride ;— Drumlane ; — Anna ; — Castletarra ;— 
Carberry ;—Castlecomer ; —Drumsnott ;—Cong ;— 
Drumgooland ; — Castletown ; — Farmonbarry ;— 
Kilbride ;—Kilsielyde ;—Omeath ;— Kilcommon and 
Crosspatrick;—Union of Shinrone ;—Ardfinnan; 
—Laugharne, Lansadwrnen, Llandawke, Pendine, 
Eglwyscummin, Kiffig and Marros;— Baleek; 
— Union of Aughrim ; — Ballymoyer ; — Kensall 
Green ; — Norwood (Middlesex); — Ickenham ; — 
Harrow-on-the-Hill ;— Kensington ;—and, Lurgan ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for repelling 
every encroachment by the Church of Rome upon 
the rights, laws and liberties of England,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Croydon Union; — Guildford 
Union ;—Southwark (Chairman and Vestry Clerk) ; 
—Houghton-le-Spring Union ;—Isle of Wight ;— 
and, Brizworth Union; praying for the establish- 
ment of financial and administrative Boards for 
giving to the rate-payers a more efficient control 
over the county expenditure,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Crofters, Cottars and others residing 
in the parishes of Durinish, and of Bracadale, in 
the Island of Skye, Inverness-shire, complaining of 
Distress, and praying the House to adopt measures 
for relieving their immediate wants, and for pro- 
moting the permanent improvement of their condi- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Goltho-with-Bullington ;—Stoke 
Saint Milborough;— and, Bulwell; praying the 
House to refuse to sanction any measure for the 
admission of Jews into Parliament,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition ofthe Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Bradford, in the county of York, 


‘praying for the repeal of the Duty on Paper, was 


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


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
pany, praying for alteration of the mode of assess- 
ment of Railways, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clifton (Chairman) ;—Cheltenham 
(Chairman) ;—Zouth ;—Metropolis and its Vicinity 
(One hundred and thirty-two Petitions) ; — Ezeter 


(two Petitions) ;—Exmouth ;— Winchester ;— Ken-. 


dai (Mayor) ;--Southwark (Chairman and Vestry- 
clerk) ;—Shepton Mallet ;— Castle Cary ;— Glas- 
tonbury ;— Hereford ;—and, Southampton (two Pe- 
tions); praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Windows,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 


$ England, which were presented upon Friday last, 
e 


rinted. 
OL. 106. 


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31 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the National National 
Debt, which was presented upon Friay last, be Debt. 
printed. No. 25. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Railway Acts. 
Acts, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 26. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Income Tax. 
Tax, which was presented upon Friday last, be No,27. 
printed, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, Mint. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 98. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the Naval Receipt 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account *4 Expendi- 
of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure, for the year 
ended the 31st March 1850. , 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, to Supply. 
whom it was referred to consider the Motion made 
upon Thursday last, That a Supply be granted to 
Her Majesty, a Resolution; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 
Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 


jesty. 


The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolu- 
tion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Navy, Army 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1852, be 24 Ordnance. 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1852, be 
laid before this House: 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1852, 
be laid before this House. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions to the proper Officers to lay before 
this House the said Estimates. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ecclesiastical 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed ae 
upon Friday last, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to prevent the Assumption of certain Ecclesi- 
astical Titles in respect of places in the United 
Kingdom ; 

And the Question being again egg :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

continued to sit till after 
uesday morning ; 


And the House aye 
Twelve of the clock on 


Martis, 11° die Februarii, 1851: 


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,{ Mr — 59. 


Mr. Hayter: 71 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent the As- 
sumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles in respect 
of places in the United Kingdom ; . 
E4 A Motion 











32 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-| Brotherton, Esquire, William Brown, Esquire, Lewis 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the | William Buck, Esquire, Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, 


said Motion was, with leave of this House, with- 
drawn. 


till To-morrow. 


Passengers’ 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Roman 
Catholic 
Relief. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Mills and 
Factories 
Cfreland) Bill. 


Archbishop- 
ricks and 
Bishopricks. 


Apprentices 
and Servants 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Passengers’ Act Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Repeal 
of Enactments imposing certain Pains, Penalties 
and Disabilities upon Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic 
Subjects ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the fMr. Anstey, \ 35 

Yeas, \Mr. William Fagan: \ im 

Tellers for the (Sir Robert Harry Inglis, |,45 

Noes, {Mr Beresford: _— 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better Provision for the paving, lighting, 
draining, cleansing, supplying with Water, and 
Regulation of Towns in Jreland: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the Parliament of Ireland of the 
twenty-fifth year of King George the Third, for 
explaining and amending several Laws for the En- 
couragement of Agriculture, so far as relates to 
Leases for the erection of Mills: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Sir George Grey 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 Gross and Net Income of each Arch- 
bishoprick and Bishoprick in England and Wales, in 
each year (from the 1st day of January 1844), spe- 
cifying all Sums received from or paid to the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners, and all Monies received 
from Rents, Fines, Renewals of Leases, Building 
Leases, and from all other Sources :—And, of the 
various Items constituting, in every instance, the 
difference between Gross and Net Income. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Protection of young Persons under the 
care and control of others as Apprentices of Ser- 
vants ; and to enable Guardians and Overseers of 
the Poor to institute and conduct Prosecutions in 
certain cases: And that Mr. Baines and Mr. Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the 35th, 36th, 37th 
and 38th sections of the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 98, to 
amend the Law for the Trial of Election Petitions, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The Clerk read the List of Members who have 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election 
Committees, as being upwards of sixty years of age, 
as followeth: Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the Ho- 
nourable Hugh Arbuthnott, Robert Baynes Arm- 
strong, Esquire, Joseph Bailey, Esquire, Edward 
George Barnard, Esquire, John Benbow, Esquire, 
John Benett, Esquire, Richard Blakemore, Esquire, 


Admiral Bowles, John Brocklehurst, Esquire, Joseph 


10°—11° Februariz. 





A. 1851. 


William Busfeild, Esquire, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, 
Esquire, the Right honourable Sir George Clerk, the 
Honourable Robert Henry Clive, Henry Combe 
Compton, Esquire, William Sharman Crawford, Es- 
quire, the Right honourable Charles Tennyson 
D’ Eyncourt, Quintin Dick, Esquire, Henry Drum- 
mond, Esquire, Henry Home Drummond, Esquire, 
the Right honourable Edward Ellice, William Evans, 
Esquire, William Johnson Fox, Esquire, Augustus 
Eliott Fuller, Esquire, Admiral Gordon, William 
Ormsby Gore, Esquire, the Right honourable Henry 
Goulburn, Richard Harris, Esquire, John Heath- 
coat, Esquire, Alexander Henry, Esquire, the Right 
honourable John Charles Herries, Thomas Law 
Hodges, Esquire, Sir John Hope, Thomas Houlds- 
worth, Esquire, Joseph Hume, Esquire, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Sir Edward Kerrison, Sir Charles 
Knightley, Sir Charles Lemon, the Right honourable 
Sir i homas Frankland Lewis, James Loch, Esquire, 
Sir Ralph Lopes, Major Macnamara, Lord Charles 
Somerset Manners, John Masterman, Esquire, Tho- 
mas Philip Maunsell, Esquire, William Ord, Es- 
uire, Sir John Owen, Sir George Brooke Pechell, 

dward William Wynne Pendarves, Esquire, Sir 
George Richard Philips, Colonel Powell, Nicholas 
Maher Power, Esquire, Sir Robert Price, Richard 
Prime, Esquire, Edward Royd Rice, Esquire, 
Richard Richards, Esquire, Richard Spooner, Es- 
quire, Sir George Thomas Staunton, Sir George 
Strickland, Henry William Tancred, Esquire, Tho- 
mas Thornely, Esquire, Sir William Verner, John 
Ennis Vivian, Esquire, Harry Spencer Waddington, 
Esquire, Richard Walker, Esquire, Edmond Wode- 
house, Esquire, William Battie Wrightson, Esquire. 
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 Excherquer, having stated, that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material 
inconveuience 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 Princi- 
pal 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 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, hav- 
ing stated, that, being First Lord of the Admiralty, 
he could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the Public Service, during 


the time he may hold the said office ; 











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14 Victoriz. 


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


Exchequer Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Bills. an Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or autho- 
No.29. ized to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies 
of 1851, unprovided for. 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Improvement Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to make 
of Towns 


1, better Provision for the paving, lighting, draining 
Ireland) Bill. . - : 7 
— cleansing, supplying with Water, and Regulation of 


No. 30. ‘Towns 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. 

Mills and Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend 
rata’) pi, 24 Act of the Parliament of Ireland, of the Twenty- 
6 No. 31 fifth Year of King George the Third, for explaining 
%°" and amending several Laws for the Encouragement 
of Agriculture, so far as relates to Leases for the 
erection of Mills: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Monday next; and to be printed. 
Apprentices Mr. Baines presented a Bill for the better Pro- 


and Servants tection of young Persons under the Care and Con- 
trol of others as Apprentices or Servants; and to 








No. 32. enable Guardians and Overseers of the Poor to in- 
stitute and conduct Prosecutions in certain Cases : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 26th 

day of this instant February ; 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, 11° die Februari ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
South Wales R. Saunders Davies presented a Bill to ratify 
ey on and confirm certain gery ee and Pay- 
‘1) BM ments made by or on behalf of the South Wales 
Railway Company to other Railway Companies : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Ministers’ A Petition of Members of the Committee ap- 
bac pointed under the authority of the Free Church of 
rphans’ Fund : ‘ ; 
ofthe Free Scotland for managing the scheme thereinafter 
Church of | mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better 


Scotland Bill. raising and securing a Fund for a provision for the 
Widows and Children of the Ministers of the Free 
Church of Scotland, and for the Widows and Chil- 
dren of the Professors holding Professors’ Offices in 
any College connected with the said Church, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. 
Bouverie and Mr. Cowan. 


— Steam A Petition of Members of a proposed Company, 

Bi, """Y to be called “ The Severn Steam Tug Company,” for 
leave to bring in a Bill for forming and regulating 
the Severn Steam Tug Company, and to enable the 
said Company to work certain Letters Patent on 
the said River, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Humphrey Brown and Mr. Keating. 


leeds and A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- 
a pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the 


name of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company 
VoL. 106. 


10°—11° Februariz. 














33 


to the name of “ The Leeds Northern Railway Com- 
pany,” for extending the time for completion of cer- 
tain Works, for regulating the Capital of the Com- 
pany, and for dther purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Beckett and Mr. James Marshall. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for of new incor- Edinburgh 
porating the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, under its Roy! Asylum 
present name of “ The Royal Edinburgh Asylum for Bill. — 
the Insane ;” for enabling the said Corporation to 
borrow Money ; 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 for extending the bn te daa 
Provisions of the Weston-super-Mare Improvement *°"° 
; t and 
and Market Act, and for granting further Powers focket Bill, 
relating to the Sewage of the Town: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Mildenhall, 
— repairing the Road from Beck Fen-lane, in — 
the Parish of Mildenhall, in the County of Suffolk, Lakenheath 
to Littleport, in the Isle of Ely and County of Cam- and Hockwold 
bridge, and other Roads therein mentioned, in the 2oads Bill. 
Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Islington 
the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company, Cattle Market 
for extending the Cattle Market at Islington, in the ” 
County of Middlesex, and for amending an Act re- 
lating to the same: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the further Manchester 
Amendment of the Acts relating to the Manchester Waterworks 
Corporation Waterworks: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for paving, lighting, Manchester 
cleansing and otherwise improving the several Town- mprovement, 
ships and Places in the Borough of Manchester, and ~ 
amending and consolidating the Provisions of ex- 
isting Local Acts relating thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for repairing the Shrewsbury 
Road leading from Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth, and 2nd Brils- 
several other Roads therein mentioned: And the oie Roads 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill. 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for altering and Newington 
amending the Walworth Common Inclosure Act, Saint Mary 
10 Geo. 3, c.72; for authorizing a Partition of the **"" 
Walworth Common Estate ; for incorporating the 
Governors and Guardians of the Poor of the Parish 
of Saint Mary Newington, in the County of Surrey, 
and for enabling such Governors and Guardians to 
erect a new Workhouse ; for altering and amending 
the Acts 54 Geo. 3, c. 118, and 1 Geo. 4, c. 41, re- 
lating to the said Parish; 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 Dun- pundee and 
dee and Arbroath Railway Company to enlarge their Arbroath _ 
present Terminal Station in Dundee, and to amend Railway Bill. 
the Acts relating to the Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Edinburgh, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to —— i 
consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the said way Bill, _ 


FP Company, 





United King- 
dom Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Cam Navi- 
gation Bill 


Farmers’ 
Estate Society 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Baggotrath 
and Sandy- 
mount Im- 

provement 

Bill 


Hartlepool 
Pier and Port 
(Construction 
of New Pier, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Stockton and 
Dar ton, 
Wear Valley 
and Middles- 
brough and 
Redcar Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Tees River 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Bala Pool Bill. 


Angerstein's 
Branch 
Railway Bill. 


34 


Company, and to grant further powers to the said 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ed- 
ward Ellice and Mr. Fergus. 


A Petition of Charles Paris Poole, of Richmond- 
road, in the parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the 
county of Middlesex, gentleman, and of John Lee 
Stevens, of Cambridge-terrace, Clapham-road, in the 
county of Surrey, gentleman, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for enabling the United Kingdom Electric Tele- 
graph Company to purchase and work certain Let- 
ters Patent, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Mangles and Mr. Clay. 


Mr. Richard Townley presented aBill for amending 
the Acts relating to the Navigation of the River Cam 
or Cham, alias Grant, between Clayhithe Ferry and 
the Queen’s Mill, in the Town of Cambridge; for 
enabling the Conservators of the said River to make 
Approaches thereto, and a Bridge over the same, to 
alter the Navigation Tolls, and to sue and be sued 
in the name of their Clerk ; for conferring additional 
Powers; and other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Goold presented a Bill to amend the Farmers’ 
Estate Society (Ireland) Act, 1848: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Goold presented a Bill for improving the 
Townlands of Baggotrath and Sandymount, and 
other Townlands in the Vicinity thereof, situate in 
the Parishes of Saint Peter and Saint Mary’s, 
Donnybrook, in the County of Dublin: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill for enabling the Com- 
missioners of the Pier and Port of Hartlepool to 
construct an additional Pier for the Protection of 
the Harbour and Bay of Hartlepool, and to establish 
and maintain a Ferry across the Harbour ; for enab- 
ling the Commissioners to raise further Monies ; for 
amending the Acts relating to the said Pier and 
Port; and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill for empowering the 
Wear Valley Railway Company, the Middlesbrough 
and Redcar Railway Company, and the Stockton 
and Darlington Railway Company, to enter into ar- 
rangements for an Amalgamation or otherwise; for 
enabling the said Companies to raise more Money, 
and for other Purposes : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


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


Mr. Williams Wynn presented a Bill for altering 
the Provisions of certain Acts concerning the Shrop- 
shire Union Railways and Canal Company and the 
London and North Western Railway Company as 
their Lessees, in respect to the Water in Bala Lake, 
otherwise Bala Pool or Pimble Mere, in the County 
of Merioneth: And the same was read the first time : 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Henry Willoughby presented a Bill to autho- 
rize the Construction of a Bridge across the lower 
Turnpike-road leading from Greenwich to Woolwich, 
and the Diversion of a Footpath: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 





11° Februari. 





A, 1851. 


Mr. Grey presented a Bill for improving, watch- Hastings 
ing, lighting and providing with Water that Part of Sapeorenal 
the Borough of Hastings, in the County of Sussex, . 
which is not conpaleall within the respective limits 
of the Local Acts; for regulating the Town and 
Port of Hastings and the Town of Saint Leonard : 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough and pa- Cheltenham 
tish of Cheltenham, for leave to bring in a Bill for provement 
better paving, draining, lighting, cleansing, supply- Ri, — 
ing with Water, regulating in regard to Markets, 
Interments, Hackney Carriages, and other pur- 
poses, and otherwise improving the Borough of 
Cheltenhum, in the County of Gloucester, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grenville Berkeley, 

Sir William Codrington, Admiral Berkeley and Mr. 
Mullings. 


Mr. Mullings presented a Bill for enabling the Great Westem 
Great Western Railway Company to construct New Railway 
Lines of Railway, to connect the Birmingham and eet ry 
Oxford Junction Railway with the London and Birmingham 
North Western Railway at Birmingham, and with 2%4 Oxford | 
the Rugby and Leamington Railway at Leamington, mg 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 


London and 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second ae 
time. 


ailway at 

Birmingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

Mr. John Williams presented a Bill for establish- Metropolitan 
ing a Market for the Sale of Live and Dead Stock, Cattle Market 
with Slaughter-houses and other Buildings and 
Conveniences connected therewith, in the Parish of 
Hornsey, and Saint Mary, Islington, iu the County 
of Middlesex, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to continue “ The London (City) 
City of London Sewers Act, 1848,” and to alter and Sewers Bill. 
amend the Provisions of the said Act: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for supplying the whitby 
Inhabitants of the Town of Whitby and adjacent Waterworks 
Places with Water: And the same was read the Pu 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope presented a Bill for repairing Stroud and 
the Road from the Town of Stroud, in the County Gloucssiir 
of Gloucester, through Pitchcomb, intu the City of “™ 
Gloucester: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Farrer —- a Bill to provide for the Hartlepool 
Alteration or Extinguishment of the existing Rights Freemen's 
in the Freemen’s Pastures in the Township and Bo- yarbour Dues 
rough of Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, and Bill. 

for the Appropriation and Management of such Pas- 

tures ; for vesting in the Body Corporate of the Bo- 

rough the Harbour Dues sensieaiile tg them ; and 

for other Purposes: And the same was read the 


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


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Standing 
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,’ 
to consist 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. Wright- 





son, Mr. Evelyn Denison and Mr. Henley. 
, ™ Ordered, 











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ty) 
, 





14 Vicroriz. 


London and Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
Blackwall _ the London and Blackwall Railway (from London 
ety ber and Blackwall Extension Railway to Tilbury, &amp;c.)) 
Blackwall § Bill, which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
amyl referred to the Select Committee on Standing Or- 

Tilbury, &amp;e.) ders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
liance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said. 

Select Committee. 

Malton and Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 


Driffield Junc- the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Bill, 
tion Railway. Which was presented upon Wednesday last, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
liance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
etition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ulverstone Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 

and Lancaster the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Bill, which 

a was presented upon Wednesday last, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
liance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
etition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 

Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Cork and Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
Waterford the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill, which was 
aun. resented upon Wednesday last, ‘be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 
Towcester, Ordered, That the Petition for leave to deposit 
rg a Petition for leave to bring in the Towcester, Brack- 
the-Green ley and Weston-on-the-Green Turnpike-road Bill, 
Turnpike- © which was presented upon Wednesday last, be re- 
reed. ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
| 
Buckingham, Ordered, That the Petition for leave to deposit a 


—— and Petition for leave to bring in the Buckingham, 


Turnpike- Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road Bill, which 

Toad, was presented upon Wednesday last, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Duffield and 


sw al Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 

pike-road, th Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike-road Bill, which 
was | ame a upon Wednesday 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 Wednesday last, be referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


per how Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
Road, the Derby and Ashborne-road Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon Wednesday last, be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report, in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 
aan Hav Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 


the Bann Navigation Bill, which was presented upon 
Wednesday last, be referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 


pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
VoL. 106, 


11° Februariz. 





35 


Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Scole Bridge 
the Scole Bridge to Bury Saint Edmund’s Turn- to Bury Saint 
° ° P und’s 
pike-road Bill, which was presented upon Wednes- Turnpike- 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on road. 
Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
cre with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
etition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Waterford 





|the Waterford and Tramore Railway Bill, which and Tramore 


was presented upon Wednesday last, be referred to Railway Bill, 


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


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Poulnasherry 





the Poulnasherry Embankment Bill, which was pre- P™bankment. 
sented upon Wednesday last, be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
| pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- ghrewsbury 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the and Chester 
Petition for leave to bring in the Shrewsbury and Railway. 
Chester Railway Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- Glasgow and 
|pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case {&lt;a 
the Petition for leave to bring in the Glasgow and “™’™*Y: 
South Western Railway Bill, which was laid upon 
| the Table upon Wednesday last, be referred to the 
‘Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- Aberdeen 

'pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of —. 
the Petition for leave to bring in the Aberdeen Public “““"™ 
Records Bill, which was laid upon the Table upon 

| Wednesday last, be referred to the Select Com- 

| mittee on Standing Orders. 

| Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- Malmesbury 


| pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the Turnpike 
' Petition for leave to bring in the Malmesbury Turn- ~~ 

| pike-roads Bill, which was laid upon the Table upon 

| Wednesday last, be referred to the Select Com- 


| mittee on Standing Orders. 


| Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Aberdeea 

| the Aberdeen Public Records Bill, which was pre- UNC 
sented upon Thursday last, be referred to the Select ; 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

| Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Shrewsbury 

\the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill, which —_— 

| was presented upon Friday last, be referred to the ” 


| Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Wexford Free 
‘the Wexford Free Bridge Bill, which was presented Bridee. 
|upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
| mittee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
liance 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. 
F2 Ordered, 





36 


General Re- Ordered, That the Petition for leave to —_ a 
versionary and Petition for leave to bring in the General Rever- 


ay sionary and Investment Company Bill, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be send to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Smithfield Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 

Enlargement. the Smithfield Enlargement Bill, which was _pre- 
sented yesterday, be referred te the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 

pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table yesterday, be referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 

Clerkenwell Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 

Ciienter of the Clerkenwell Improvement (Transfer of Powers to 


Powers to the the Corporation of London, &amp;c.) Bill, which was 
Corporation of presented yesterday, be referred to the Select Com- 

London, Xe.) mittee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
oe with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
etition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table yesterday, be referred to the said Select Com- 

mittee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill, which 


Glasgow and 
South Western 


cami: was presented yesterday, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Lancashire — Ordered, That the Petition for leave to mors 

and Yorkshire in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Fift 


aeifth Shares.) Shares) Bill, which was presented yesterday, be re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Malmesbury Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
Turnpike § the Malmesbury Turnpike Roads Bill, which was 
eae. presented yesterday, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 
Waterford, A Petition of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow 
Wexford, and Dublin Railway Company, for leave to bring 
baer age ay in a Bill to authorize the Abandonment of a Portion 
way Bill. of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 


Railway, and the Construction of a new Line of 
Railway in lieu of a Portion of the Line to be aban- 
doned ; to extend, in respect of a Portion of the 
said Undertaking, the Periods at present limited 
for compulsory Purchase of Lands, and for Com- 
pletion of Works, and to amend the Acts relating 
to the said Railway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was poh seer to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Reynolds and Mr. 
John Talbot. 


Appleby,Ken- _ The Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Stephen and Mar- 


dal, Kirkby ket Brough Turnpike Road Bill was read a second 
— and time; and committed. 
Brough Turn. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


pike-road Bill. mittee of Selection. 


The Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Bangor and 
Caernaryon 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead The Birkenhead Docks (Further Powers to Birk- 
Docks (further enhead Dock Company, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 


ae time ; and committed. 
Dock Com- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


pany, &amp;c.)Bill, mittee of Selection. 


The Bristol and Ezeter Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill. 





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A. 1851. 


The Cheltenham and Gloucester District Turn- Cheltenham 


. . ‘ _ and Gloucester 
pike — Bill was read a second time ; and com District Turn, 
mitted. pike-road Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cheltenham and Painswick Road Bill was Cheltenham 
read a second time ; and committed. oot 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ' 
mittee of Selection. 


The Dee Standard Restoration Bill was read a Dee Standard 
second time ; and committed.  -— _rccaae 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-  ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Dewsbury Gas Bill was read a second time ; Dewsbury Gas 

and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Downham Market, &amp;c. Drainage Bill was Downham 
read a second time; and committed. ae at a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- - 

mittee of Selection. 


The East London Waterworks Bill was read a East London 

second time ; and committed. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Eastern Union Railway Bill was read a se- Eastern Union 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company Bill Great Central 


was read a second time ; and committed. oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pany Bil. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- Great South- 
land) Bill was read a second time; and committed. &amp;™ ——— 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com~ (ireland) Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Great Malvern 
Waterworks, Gas and Markets Bill was read a se- Improvement, 
cond time ; and committed. tn 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Gas and 


mittee of Selection. Markets Bill. 


The Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway Halesworth, 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. — and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill 
mittee of Selection. 

The Harwich Improvement, Quays and Pier Bill Harwich 
was read a second time ; and committed. map ' 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Pier Bill. 

mittee of Selection. 


The Hartlepool Pier and Port (Consolidation of Hevtiogst “ 
Acts, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and com- {Consolidation 
mitted. of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Bill Hereford, Ross 
was read a second time; and committed. mney 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Holyhead Railway or Tramway Bill was read Holyhead 

a second time ; and committed. th 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Itchen Bridge 
and Roads 


Ordered, ®™ 


The Jtchen Bridge and Roads Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 








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" 


8S 
er 


ill. 





14 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Laird’s Patent Laird’s Patent Bill was read a second time; and 
Bil. committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Leicester The Leicester Waterworks Bill was read a second 

Waterworks time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Leicester The Leicester Sewerage Bill was read a second 
Sewerage Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Liverpool The Liverpool Docks (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Docks — Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

eae be) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Midland The Midland Railway (Regulation and Increase 


Railway (Re- of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and 


Fuaiwe of committed. 


Capital, &amp;¢.) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Midland The Midland Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) 

Railway P Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

(me &amp;e,)Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Millthrop and The Millthrop and Levens Turnpike-road Bill 


— a4 was read a second time; and committed. 
a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Newark-upon- The Mewark-upon-Trent Improvement and Mar- 


TrentIm- — ket Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
* mittee of Selection. | 

North and The North and South Western Junction Railway 


South Western Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


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Railway Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 
North Shields ‘The North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill 
tall was read a second time ; and committed. 
Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Ouseburn The Ouseburn Bridge and Approaches in NVew- 
Bridge and — castle-upon-Tyne Bill was read a second time; and 
pproaches in itted 
Newcastle. Committed. - 
upon-Tyne Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bil mittee of Selection. 
Price’s Patent © Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill was read a | 
—a second time ; and committed. 
aon Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 
Reading 
aaerworks time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
| 
Realing The Reading Cemetery Company Bill was read a | 
ete! } ° . ; 
Gomes Bul second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Regent’sCanal The Regent's Canal Company Bill was read a 
Company Bill. second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





VoL. 106. 





37 


The Saint Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin) Bill was Saint Patrick’s 
read a second time ; and committed. pes one n 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- OC™) 

mittee of Selection. 


The Scarborough Gas Bill was read a second Scarborough 

time; and committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Sheffield, 
Huddersfield and Goole Railway Bill was read a Rotherham, 
second time; and committed. Wakeficla, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Huddersfield 
mittee of Selection. Reilwey Bill 

The South Devon Railway (No. 1) Bill was read South Devon 
a second time; and committed, Railway _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ® !) Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


The South Devon Railway (No. 2) Bill was read South Devon 
a second time ; and committed. (No. 3 Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-“* 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sunderland Improvement Bill was read a Sunderland 
second time; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- = 
mittee of Selection. 


The Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill was read Taw Vale 
a second time; and committed. &gt; ~~ “am 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-  ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Trinity College (Dublin) Bill was read a se- Trinity College 
cond time; and committed. (Dublin) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read a se- Waveney 
cond time ; and committed. Rhea Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-— 
mittee of Selection. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway York, New- 


‘(Branch to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was °stl¢and Ber- 


‘ . wick Railwa 
read a second time; and committed. (Branch to od 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- West Durham 
mittee of Selection. — &amp;e.) 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway York, New- 
(Abandonment of Part of Bishop Auckland Branch, castle and Ber 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. pps &lt;n 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- of Part of 


mittee of Selection. Bishop Auck- 
land Branch, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
Mr. Williams presented a Bill for paving, lighting, wrexham 
watching, watering, cleansing, and otherwise im- improvement 
proving and regulating the Town of Wrexham, in the 34 
County of Denbigh: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Railway from May- Mayfield 


The Reading Waterworks Bill was read a second | field, in the — of Sussex, to join the Railway Railway. 
é 


from Tonbridge Wells to near Hastings, of the South 
Eastern Railway, near the intended Station at With- 


_ernden Bridge, for leave to bring ina Bill for the 


making of a Railway from Mayfield, in the County 
of Sussex, to join the Railway, from Tonbridge 
Wells to near Revtingy of the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company, and to be called “ The Mayfield 
Railway,” was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mayfield 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Kailway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 

F 3 Orders 





Durham 
Markets Bill. 


Liverpool and 
allasey 

Gunpowder 

Magazines. 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


Irish Repro- 
ductive Loan 
Fund. 


Insolvent 
Debtors 
Courts. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 


Teind Court 
(Scotland. ) 


Naval Receipt 
and Expendi- 
ture. 

No, 33. 


38 


Orders in the case of the Petition for the Mayfield 
Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill for establishing 
New Markets and Market Places in the City of 
Durham ; for abolishing the Corn Tolls, and for 
regulating the Markets and Fairs within the said 
City, and the Suburbs thereof; and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant February, for Copies of Memorials addressed 
to the Secretary of State respecting the Liverpool 
and Wallasey Gunpowder Magazines; and, of the 
Correspondence between the Secretary of State and 
the Corporation of Liverpool, and other Parties, re- 
lating thereto. 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of all Monies received and expended on ac- 
count of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, from 1st 
January to 31st Deeember 1850 inclusive :—An Ac- 
count of all Monies received as Tax upon Houses, 
Lands and Tenements, for the Purposes of the Dub- 
lin Metropolitan Police, as made up to 10th De- 
cember 1850, from which Date the Powers of assess- 
ing and levying said Tax heretofore vested in the 
Commissioners of Police, were transfered to the Col- 
lector-general of Rates, appointed under 12 &amp; 13 
Vict. c. 91. 

Copies of Thirty-seven 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. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count showing the Receipts and Disbursements on 
Account of the Jrish Reproductive Loan Fund, up 
to and for 31st December 1850. 

Particulars relative to the Superannuation of cer- 
tain Officers of the Courts for Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to Tho- 
mas Steele and others, Officers of the Court of Ex- 
chequer in Ireland. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to 
Gerald Tench, Esquire, and others, Officers of the 
Court of Exchequer in Ireland. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to 
Acheson Lyke and others, Officers of the Court of 
Exchequer in Jreland. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to F. 
W. Brady, Esquire, Secretary to the Lord Chan- 
cellor of Lreland. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- 
lowance of £.68. 13s. 5d. to William Shiell, one 
of the Assistant Clerks in the Inner House of the 
Court of Session, Scotland, year 1850. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- 
ances to James Denhan aud others, Assistant Clerks 
in the Outer House of the Court of Session, Scot- 
land, year 1850. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- 
lowance to William Drysdale, as late one of the 
Assistant Clerks in the Outer House of the Court of 
Session in Scotland. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- 
lowance of £.156. 8s. 10d. to John Barron, De- 
pute Clerk in the Teind Court in Scotland, year 1850. 
‘ ee That the said Papers do lie upon the 

‘able. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Re- 
ceipt and Expenditure, whicn was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 





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A. 1851. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Steam Com- 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of a proposal made on or about the 
8th day of September 1848, by the Peninsular and 
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, to Her Ma- 


jesty’s Government, to effect an estimated saving 


to the Public of £. 50,000 per annum, in the Cost of 
conveyance of the Mails between England and 
Bombay, combined with additional and improved 
means of Transit ; and of any Correspondence be- 
tween the Government and the East India Com- 
pany in reference thereto:—And, of any Offers to 
Her Majesty’s Government by the Penisular and 
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, under date 
the 17th day of July, and 2d day of November 
1848, and 13th day of January 1851, for establish- 
ing a Steam Communication with Australia (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 693, of Ses- 
sion 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 Instructions to Commander Farquhar, 
referred to in his Letter to Rear-Admiral Sir Francis 
Collier, dated the 25th day of August 1849 ; toge- 
ther with Copies of any subsequent Despatches 
from the Admiralty to Rear-Admiral Sir Francis 
Collier, on the subject of Rear-Admiral Collier’s 
Despatch of the 4th day of September 1849 (see 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 122, of Session 1850), 
inclosing the above-mentioned Letter of Commander 
Farquhar to the Secretary of the Admiralty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Admirals, Vice, Rear and Retired 
Admirals, Retired Captains, Captains, Commanders 
and Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, promoted on 
and since the 1st day of January 1848; distinguish- 
ing those promoted on Full Pay from those on Half 
Pay at the time of their Promotion, stating the 
Date of Entry of each Officer into the Navy, and 
the Dates of the several Commissions successively 
attained ; also, the Period which each Officer had 
served in each Commission, and the Period on Half 
Pay in each Commission, and the Aggregate Time 
of Full Pay and of Half Pay of each Officer, to the 
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 Rank of 
Midshipman to that of Admiral inclusive ; stating 
the Number of each Rank promoted in each year, 
and distinguishing the Number of each Rank pro- 
moted, 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 
Number of each Rank employed and unemployed 
at each of those Periods, and the Total Number of 
each Class :—And, showing the Total Number of 
Officers in the Royal Navy on the 1st day of January 
in each of the years 1828 and 1850; distinguishing 
the Number cf each Rank, from Admiral to Lieu- 
tenant inclusive, on Half Pay and in Commission ; 
also, distinguishing the Number of Officers, and 
their Ranks, in the Coast Guard Service in each of 
those years (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 725, of Session 1848). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence with the Trinity 
House, and with the Admiralty, upon the — 
0 


d munication 
with India, 
&amp;e, 


Piracy 
(Borneo.) 


Navy. 


Lighthouse 
(Guernsey-) 














14 Vicroriz. 


of the Lighthouse required to be erected on the 
Great Hanois Rock on the West Coast of Guernsey: 
—And, Statement of what Measures have been 
taken, and of what Designs and Estimates have 
been received upon the subject, since the 22d day 
of May 1850. 

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


Lighthouses 
(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, a Statement of what Measures have been 
adopted respecting the Erection, Management and 
Superintendence of Lighthouses in the British Co- 
lonies and Possessions (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Papers, No. 225, of Session 1849, and 
No. 656, of Session 1850) :—And, Abstract of any 
Returns received from the Colonies upon the sub- 
ject, since the 19th day of July 1850. 

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


Ennistymon Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Union. Copies of any Correspondence which may have 
taken place in relation to the dismissal of the Board 
of elected Guardians of the Ennistymon Union, and 
the Appointment of paid Officers therein. 

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


Accounts of the Numbers of Quarters of Corn, to- 
gether with the Numbers of Cwts. of Meal converted 
into Quarters, which have been imported from Fo- 
reign Countries, for each Month, from the 5th day 
of January 1850 to the 5th day of January 1851 ; 
distinguishing the Countries from which imported : 
—Of the Average Price of each Description of Corn 
monthly in England and Wales, from the 5th day 
of January 1850 to the 5th day of January 1851 :— 
—And, the Average Price of the year; also, the 
Average Price at which the Rent-charge in lieu of 
Tithes is taken for the year. 


Leave of Ordered, That Lord Brooke have leave of absence 


Absence, for two months, on account of a domestic affliction. 
Railways, Mr. Labouchere —— by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
of Railways for the year 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
a Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
(Canada) ——— relative to the Clergy Reserves in 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Lancashire Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
+ empeaeaee one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


(FifthShares.) In respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway (Fifth Shares) Bill. 

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


Agriculture. 


Petitions from Blandford Forum; —Cardiff ; — 
Devon; — Kirton - in - Lindsey ; — Milton -under- 
Wychwood; —Banbury ;—Alby, Basingham, Bir- 
mingham Parva, Calthorpe and Erpingham; — 
County of Stafford ;— Uppingham ;—Combmartin ; 
—Braunton ; — Atherington; — Heanton Punch- 
ardon; — Berrynarbor ; — Ridlington;—High Er- 
call;—Slawston and Blaston;— Winchester ;— Essex; 
— Horninghold ;—Sudbury ;—Hundred of Cosford 
pity Saher png division of the county of Wilts; 

Pocklington; — Market Weighton ; — Stamford 
Bridge ; — Huggate ; — Hayward’s Heath ; — Pet- 
worth; — Steyning ; — Brighton ; — Horsham ; — 

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39 
Arundel ; — Lewes; — Basingstoke ; — Coleshill ; — 
and, Bishop Wilton; complaining of the depressed 
state of Agriculture, and praying for measures of 


relief, —were — and read; and ordered tc 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stowmarket ;— William Dimham Attornies 
King ; — Samuel Heath;—and, William Price ; Certificates. 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Attornies 
Certificates,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of George Theobald and Household ;— Bible. 
W. L. R. Cates and Wife ;—T. Sloane and House- 
hold ;— 7’. Seaman and Household ;—J. Thomas and 
Family ;— Newport (Gloucester);—and, Wickham 
Market (three Petitions), praying the House to take 
such steps as shall remove the restriction on the 
multiplication of copies of Holy Scripture in Eng- 
land, by enabling all persons whatever to print the 
Bible,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hatherleigh (chairman) ;—Knock- Church 

breda;— Moira ;—Aglish ;— Lislee ;—Aghadown ;— % Rome. 
Kilmeen ; — Midleton ; —Kiiroan ; —Skibbereen ;— 
Clonmel ;—Sligo ;—Kilmarshalgan and Templeton; 
— Paignton; —Healing ; — Camberwell ; —Abbots- 
kerswell; —Dalbury and Trusley ; — Ash ; — Ban- 
stead ; — Llanvrechva ; — Limislonagh ; — Ballin- 
derry ; —Coolbanagher ; —Tullilease ; —Callan ;— 
District of Collinstown ;—Kilfane (two Petitions) ; 
— Mostrim ; —Killeagh ;— Ballinasloe ;— Archdea- 
cons and Clergy of the united diocese of Cashel and 
Emley ;— Devizes ;—Charlbury ;—Smart’s Hill ;— 
Westoning ; — West Tarring ; — Harting ; — Coal- 
ville ;—Lanmartin and Wilcrick ;— Newport (Mon- 
mouth);-—Risca ;— Chepstow ;-— Hermitage ;—Black- 
burn ;— Cranbrook ; — Monmouth ;— Clifton (Bed- 
ford) ; — Keddington ; — District of Woods ;—and, 
Witney; praying the House to adopt measures for 
repelling every encroachment by the Church of 
Rome upon the rights, laws and liberties of England, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lichfield Union ; — Hartismere County Rates 
Union (Chairman) ; — Todmorden Union ; — Dep- — 
wade Union ;— Chesterton Union;—Bicester Union; ~ 
— St. George-the- Martyr, Southwark ;— Newmarket 
Union ;— Bedford Union ;— Wisbech Union ;—and, 
Ely Union ; praying, that a law may be passed giving 
the rate-payers a contro] over the general expendi- 
ture for county purposes,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Brechin ; — Property Tax. 
praying for abolition or modification of the Property 
Tax,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paignton ;—North Jameston ;— Jews. 
Harting ;—and, Lanmartin and Wilcrick ; praying 
the House to refuse to sanction any measure for the 
admission of Jews into Parliament,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Treasurer of the Incorporated Legacies. 
National Society for the education of the poor in the 
principles of the Established Church throughout 
England and Wales, praying that charitable bequests 
may be exempted from the Legacy Duties, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and Malt. 
others, inhabitants of the parish of Queniborough, 
in the county of Leicester, praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Malt, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


F4 Petitions 





SSS See = 


Newspapers, 
&amp;c. 


Public Health 
Act. 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Sunday 
Trading. 


Windows. 


Distress of 
Owners and 
Occupiers of 
Land, 


40 11°—12° Februari. 


Petitions from Monaghan (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Dublin (two Petitions); praying for repeal of the 
Duty on Paper,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wether Hallam Ward, in the bo- 
rough of Sheffield ;—and, Bradford( York); praying 
for the repeal of the tax on Newspapers, called the 
Stamp, the Excise Duty on Paper, and the tax on 
Advertisements,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of 
that part of the parish of Pilton, which forms a 
portion of the Parliamentary Borough of Barn- 
staple, praying the House to refuse its sanction to 
any measure for including the said parish, under 
the provisions of the Public Health Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered 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, 
in the county of Roscommon, praying for amendment 
of the Poor Law in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Eneas Mac Donnell, Esquire, Bar- 
rister, now residing at Michael's Grove, Brompton, 
praying that an inquiry may be instituted into the 
actual position of the Roman Catholics of the United 
Kingdom, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, 
taking notice of a proposed Bill for the suppression 
of unnecessary Sunday Trading; and praying that 
such Bill may not pass into law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portsmouth ;—Halifax (Mayor) ; 
— New Sarum ;— Hackney (Chairman) ;—Liberty of 
Norton Folgate (Middlesex) ; — Plymouth ;— Me- 
tropolis and its vicinity (fifty-six Petitions) ;—Man- 
chester ;— Warrington ; —Southwark ; — Richmond 
(Surrey) ;—St. Anne, Westminster (two Petitions) ;— 
Tewkesbury ; — Lichfield ; — Deal; — Wallingford 
(two Petitions) ; — Reading ; — St. Alban ;—and, 
Nailsworth; praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Windows,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the 7th, 8th, 9th and 
10th py 7 of Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, at the opening 
of the Session, might be read; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

“« Notwithstanding the large reductions of taxa- 
tion which have been effected in late years, the re- 
ceipts of the Revenue have been satisfactory. 

“ The state of the Commerce and Manufactures 
of the United Kingdom has been such as to afford 
general employment to the Labouring Classes. 

“ I have to lament, however, the difficulties 
which are still felt by that important body among 
My people who are Owners and Occupiers of 
Land. 

“ But it is My confident hope, that the prospe- 
rous condition of other Classes of My subjects 
will have a favourable effect in diminishing those 
difficulties, and promoting the interests of Agricul- 
ture.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the severe Distress which continues to 
exist in the United Kingdom among that impor- 
tant class of Her Majesty’s subjects the Owners 
and Occupiers of Land, and which is justly la- 
mented in Her Majesty’s Speech, renders it the 
duty of Her Majesey’s Ministers to introduce, 


A. 1851. 


without delay, such measures as may be most effec- 
tual for the relief thereof :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 12° die Februarii, 1851: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Sunday 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent Trading Pre- 
unnecessary Trading on Sunday within the Metro- Venton Bill 
politan Police District, and City of Zondon and Li- 
berties thereof ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f{Mr. William Williams, | 70 

Yeas, Mr. Kershaw : HE sae 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Baring Wall, L a9 
Noes, {u r. Anstey : en 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. William Williams and Mr. Kershaw do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lists of 

to Her Majesty, that{She will be graciously pleased Voters. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Expenses allowed, and of Sums paid to 
the Clerks of the Peace and Printers, or other Per- 
sons, in each County or Division of County in Eng- 
land and Wales, in each of the years 1848, 1849 
and 1850, for or incidental to the preparing, print- 
ing and publishing the Lists of Persons entitled to 
vote in the Election of Members of Parliament for 
Counties ; stating the Numbers of the Population, 
Parishes, Voters, and Copies of Registers respec- 
tively; and the Cost of Printing, and Charges or 
Salary of the Clerks of the Peace, and Total Costs ; 
and also the Charges or Salary of the Clerks of the 
Peace for general business done for the County, and 
the Amount of Fees received by them not covered 
by such Charges or Salaries, in Tabular Form, simi- 
lar to the following :— 





Remarks 
or 
Explana- 
tions, if any, 
as to the 
nature of the 
General! 
Business 
or Fees. 


| Numbers of Copies of Registers. 





ges or Salary of Clerk of 


General Business. 


Numbers of the Population. 
the Peace. 


Numbers of Parishes. 


Numbers of Voters. 
Total of such Expenses, 
Charges or Salary for 


Cost of Printing. 
Amount of Fees. 


The Three Years. 





| Char 


% 
De 
s 
° 
&amp; 


Berks - 
&amp;e. &amp;e. 
































Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her _—v 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 Guano. 
Account of all Guano imported into the United 
Kingdom in each of the years 1841 to 1850 inclu- 
sive; distinguishing the Quantities imported from 
each Country respectively. 


A Petition of James Silk Buckingham, late of Buckingham’s 
Calcutta, in the East Indies, but now of No. 21, Compensation 
Wellington-road, Saint John’s Wood, in the county 
of Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 
rize and require the East India Company to pay to 





James 








's 
yn 





14 Vicroriz. 


James Silk Buckingham certain Compensation for 
Losses sustained by him, in consequence of the 
acts of their Government in Bengal, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Robert 
Grosvenor and Mr. John Abel Smith. 








Sunday Mr. William Williams presented a Bill to prevent 
Trading Pre- ynnecessary Trading on Sunday, within the Metro- 
——— politan Police District and City of London and Li- 
No. 34. erties thereof: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 5th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 
County Rates The Order for reading a second time upon Wed-' 
end — nesday the 26th day of this instant February the 
_— County Rates and Tependiven Bill, was read and. 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of March next. | 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on’ 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this. 
day. 
Mercurii, 12° die Februar ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
Public R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions M mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
my Re- examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th 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. 
Birkenhead A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, 
= ak ye for leave to bring in a Bill to vary certain Provisions 


Liverpool in the Acts relating to the Liverpool and Birken- 


Dock and head Docks respectively, and for authorizing an Al- 
Buhwahead teration of and xemption from certain Dock Rates, 
ates, . ° 

&amp;c.) Bill. in particular cases, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tollemache. 

Law Property Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate 

oy martenny the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society, and 

BL to give additional Powers to the Society: And 


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


Severn Steam Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for forming and 

a Company reculating the Severn Steam Tug Company ; and to 
ill. 5 ! 

enable the said Company to work certain Letters 

Patent on the said River: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Cheltenham Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill for better 
pom paving, draining, lighting, cleansing, supplying with 
Bill. ater, regulating in regard to Markets, Interments, 
Hackney Carriages, and other Purposes, and other- 
wise improving the Borough of Cheltenham, in the 
County of Gloucester: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
ae and Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for altering the 
vay Bik. Name of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- 


pany to the Name of the Leeds Northern Railway 
Company, for extending the Time for Completion 
of certain Works, for regulating the Capital of the 
Company, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

VoL. 106. 











11°—12° Februariz. 41 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Committee of 
of the House, No. 3, relative to the appointment of Selection. 
Committees, might be read ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

“ That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
nated ‘The Committee of Selection,’ to consist of 
the Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman thereof, 
and four other Members, who shall be nominated 
at the commencement of every Session, of which 
Committee Three shall be a Quorum.” 

A Committee was accordingly nominated of Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Sotheron, 

Sir John Yarde Buller, and the Chairman of the 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Birmingham Improvement Birmingham 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. —_— 


The Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Rail- Dublin, Dun- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. pen eed 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


The East Lancashire Railway Bill was read a se- Fast Lanca- 
cond time ; and committed. shire Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil 
mittee of Selection. 


The Killarney Junction Railway Bill was read a Killarney 
second time; and committed. Junction _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®#i!way Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Management, Liverpool 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. Docks ( Alte- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- fy" as 
mittee of Selection. &amp;c.) Bill. : 

The London and Blackwall Railway (Branch to London and 
Haydon-square, Whitechapel, &amp;c.) Bill was read a Blackwall 
second time ; and committed. poe te 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Haydon- 


mittee of Selection. square, White- 
chapel, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The London and Blackwall Railway (Extension London ana 
of Time for the Widening, &amp;c.) Bill was read a se- Blackwall 
cond time ; and committed. Cmatens — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Time for the 


mittee of Selection. Widening, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


The Perth Petty and Market Customs Amend- Perth Petty 

ment Bill was read a second time; and committed. po 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Amendment 
Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Saint Helen’s Improvement Bili was read a Saint Helen's 
second time ; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2“ 
mittee of Selection. 


The South re ang Railway (Branches to South Staf- 
join the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour — 
Valley Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; Branches 
and committed. to join the 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Lee eon 
mittee of Selection. sem andl aie 
Valley Rail- 
way. &amp;c.) Bill. 
The South Wales Railway (No.2) Bill was read gouth Wales 
a second time; and committed. Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (%® 2) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Ulster Canal and Union Railway Bill was Ulster Canal 
read a second time ; and committed. ———s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- #*/"*Y Bil 
mittee of Selection. 
G The 





eae tieei Ss Ege es 


eis Se Settee 


BISBEE 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee 
Railway Bill. 


United King- 
dom Electric 
Telegraph 


Company Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Waterworks 

Act Amend- 

ment Bill. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies 
Certificates. 


Church of 


Rome. 


42 12° Februari. 


The Wicklow Harbour Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the said Company to make a Deviation in their Line 
of Railway, and increase their Capital, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Aglionby and Mr. Edward Stanley. 


Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill to authorize 
the Abandonment of a Portion of the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, and the 
Construction of a new Line of Railway in lieu of a 
Portion of the Line to be abandoned ; to extend, in 
respect of a Portion of the said Undertaking, the 
Periods at present limited for Compulsory Purchase 
of Lands, and for Completion of Works; and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Acts relating to the Edinburgh, 
Perth and Dundee Railway Company, and to grant 
further Powers to the said Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill for enabling 
the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company 
to purchase and work certain Letters Patent: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Saint Helen’s Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to raise more Money, to receive Water 
from the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, and to 
sell their Undertaking to the Saint Helen’s Im- 
provement Commissioners, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. William Brown and Mr. Greenall. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Alphabetical List of all Petitions for Private 
Bills deposited in the Private Bill Office of the 
House of Commons for the Session 1851, with the 
Name and Address of the Agents respectively who 
have deposited the same. 


A Petition of Clergy, Magistrates, Landowners, 
Tenant Farmers, Tradesmen and others, residing in 
the neighbourhood of Bridgnorth, complaining of 
the distressed state of Agriculture, and praying for 
measures of relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors of Holbeach, in the | 
County of Lincoln, praying for repeal of the Duty 
on Attornies Certificates, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Easton ;—Petistree ; — Wickham 
Market (three Petitions) ;— Letheringham;—Marles- 
ford ;—Hacheston ;—Campsey Ash ;—and, William 


A. 1851. 


Draycot-le-Moors ; — Yeovil ; — Norton-sub-Ham- 
don ;—Pendomer ;~-Bodfean ;—Portsea, Landport 
and Gosport ;—Bromsgrove ;—Clergy and Laity of 
the Church of England resident in the county of 
Wilts;—Broad Blunsdon ;—Bute (Chairman) ;— 
Carrington and Frith Ville ;— Welbourn ;—Colster- 
worth ;—and, North Perrott ; praying the House to 
adopt measures for repelling every encroachment by 
the Church of Rome upon the rights, laws and liber- 
ties of England,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Copyholders, Freeholders and others, Copyholds. 


Inhabitants of Wincanton, in the county of Somerset, 
and its vicinity, praying for the enfranchisement of 
a gt, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Draycot-le-Moors ;—and, Pen- Jews. 


domer ; praying the House to refuse to sanction any 
measure for the admission of Jews into Parliament, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Persons connected with the Ad- Paper. 


vocate Newspaper ;—Members of the Dublin Li- 
brary Society ;—Sligo ;— Downpatrick ;—and, Bel- 
fast; praying for the repeal of the Duty on Paper, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Union of Newcastle, in the county of 
Limerick, praying the House to prevent the Poor 
Law Commissioners in Jreland from proceeding to 
enforce the payment of the Rate-in-Aid, as imposed 
by their sealed order, of date December 23d, 1850, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 
(President); — and, Wolverhampton; praying for 
alteration of the principles upon which the Feapivty 
Tax is levied,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Tenant Farmers, occupying land in 
the parish of Holbeach, in the county of Lincoln, 
praying the House to relieve Tenant Farmers from 
the payment of the said tax, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Parker, resident at New- 
castle-upon- Tyne, complaining of the conduct pur- 


Poor Law 
(Treland) 
Rate-in-Aid, 


Property Tax. 


Newcastle: 
upon-Tyne 


Non-Burgess 


sued by the Court calling itself the Non-burgess Court, ge. 


Court of Newcastle-upon- Tyne towards divers poor 
Inhabitants of the said town; alleging that the 
existence of the said Court interferes with the effi- 
cient working of the County Courts Act; and praying 
for its removal, and that one rule and manner of 
procedure for the recovery of Small Debts and 
Demands shall prevail throughout England, was 
oo. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Warwick ;—Evesham ;— Bridg- windows. 


north (two Petitions) ;— York (thirty-one Petitions) ; 
— Wolverhampton ; — Sarum (Chairman) ; — New 
Sarum ;—Islington (three Petitions) ;—and, Me- 
tropolis and its vicinity (eleven Petitions); praying 
for the repeal of the Duty on Windows,—were 





Bayley and others ; praying the House to remove 
all impediments to the free circulation of the Holy 
Scriptures, by permitting all persons to print the | 
Bible,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilchar ;—Barr;— Winborn Saint | 
Giles;—Great Gonerby ; —Woodbastwick ;—Sal- | 
house ;—Stow-on-the- Wold ;— Alexton;—East Nor- | 
ton ;— Tibohen ;— Haslemere;— Delgany ;— Dublin; | 
— Newland ;—Donagheady ;—Hilisborough ;—Kil- 
keel ;—Brompton Ralph ; —Odcombe ; —Aller ; — 


resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 


month ended 5th January 1851, and Twelve Months 
ended 5th January 1851. 

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


/mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation- 


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


mittee of Supply ; 
Ordered, 











14 Vicroriz. 12°—13° 


* Account of Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills 
Exchequer _ raised, or authorized to be raised, charged on the 
referre®. Aids or Supplies of 1851, unprovided for, which 
was presented upon Monday 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 
millions seven hundred and fifty-six thousand six 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to'| 

ay off and discharge Exchequer Bills, charged on | 
the Aids of 1851, unprovided for. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Exchequer 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Tits | the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
Assumption. yon Friday last, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to prevent the Assumption of certain Eccle- 
siastical Titles in respect of places in the United 
Kingdom ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 





Jovis, 18° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


East India, 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 6th day of February last, for a General Abstract 
View of the Revenues and Charges of India, as es- 
timated, and according to the actual Accounts, for 
the year 1848-49 ; and as estimated for the year 

1849-50 :—And then he withdrew. 
. ae That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


The Right honourable Fox Maule, the Right 
hon. Sir Beangs Clerk, John Wilson Patten, Es- 
uire, Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Thomas 
hornely, Esquire, and Sir John Yarde Buller, 
being the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to 
serve on the General Temeniines of Elections, and 
not objected to by the House, severally took the fol- 
lowing Oath: 

I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
rform the duties belonging to a Member 
of the General Committee of Elections, with- 
out fear or favour, to the best of my judgment 

and ability. So helpme God. 


Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 
q row, at half an hour after Three of the clock in the 
afternoon. 


King’s College Mr. Alderman Copeland presented a Bill to 
ospital Bill. enable the Corporation of the Governors and Pro- 
— of King’s College, London, to acquire and 
old Real and Personal Property for the Purposes 
of ag College Hospital, and to connect the said 

OL. 106. 





General 
Committee of 
ions. 


Februarii. 43 


Hospital as a Medical School with King’s College, 
and to confer other Powers on the Corporation in 
respect thereof :—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, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ¢™ Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Misterton, in a 
Nottinghamshire, to Rossington, in the West Riding 
of Yorkshire, and to divert their Line of Railway 
near Gainsborough, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Childers. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Great North- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ern Railway 
Company to construct Works in connection with the (8% 2) Bill 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, 
and to facilitate the use of that Railway by the 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. 

Octavius Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Royston and 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said a 
ae to extend the Royston and Hitchin Rail- "7 *™ 
way from Shepreth to Cambridge, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund 
Denison and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe Bolton, 
and West Yorkshire Railway Company, for leave Blackburn, 
to bring in a Bill for extending and enlarging the C7itherve and 
Powers of the said Company, for changing the shire Railway 
Name of the Company, and for authorizing Work- Bill. 
ing Arrangements and Amalgamation with the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Hornby. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Royal Royal Naval 
Naval School, for leave to bring in a Bill for ex- School Bill. 
tending the Benefit of the Royal Naval School to 
Children at present ineligible to be admitted therein, 
and for authorizing the establishment of a Chapel 
in connection with the said School, and for amend- 
ing the Acts relating thereto, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Admiral Bowles and Admiral Dun- 
das. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for the better Ministers’ 
raising and securing a Fund for a Provision for the Widows and 
Widows and Children of the Ministers of the Free $¢the Free. 
Church of Scotland, and for the Widows and Church of 
Children of the Professors holding Professors’ Of- Scotland Bill. 
fices in any College connected with the said Church : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Saint Helen’s 

Saint Helen’s Waterworks Company to raise more Waterworks 
‘ ° Act Amend- 

Money, to receive Water from the Liverpool Cor- trent Bill. 
poration Waterworks, and to sell their Undertaking 
to the Saint Helen’s Improvement Commissioners : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to dissolve the National Land 
National Land Company, and to dispose of the wm od 
&gt; ~ issolving 
Lands and Property belonging to the Company, pi, 
and to wind up the Undertaking: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Waterford 


gesses of the borough of Waterford, praying that in and Tramore 
G2 the “me 














Standing 
Orders ; 


Towcester, 
Brackley and 
Weston-on- 
the-Green 
Turnpike- 
road, 


Buckingham, 
Brackley and 
Banbury 
Turnpike- 
road. 


General Re- 
versionary and 
Investment 
Company. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway (from 
London and 
Blackwall 
Extension 
Railway to 
Tilbury, &amp;c.) 


Private 
Business. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
Amendment 
(No. 1) Bill. 


Caledonian 


way 
(Motherwell 
Branch Ex- 
tension and 
Lesmahagow 
Branches 
Lease) Bill. 


Monkland 
Railways Bill. 


Scottish 
Central Ra.il- 
way Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington, 
Wear Valley 
and Middles- 
brough and 
Redcar Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


44, 


the case of the Waterford and Tramore Railway 
Bill, certain Standing Orders of the House reported 
not to have been complied with, may be dispensed 
with, and that leave may be given to proceed with 
the said Bill, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


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 Towcester, 
Brackley and Weston-on-the-Green Turnpike-road 
Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, 
the Standing Orders ovght to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to deposit a Petition 
accordingly. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Buckingham, 
Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road Petition for 
leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to deposit a Petition accordingly. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the General Re- 
versionary and Investment Company Petition for 
leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 
be permitted to deposit a Petition accordingly. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the London and 
Blackwall Railway (from London and Blackwall 
Extension Railway to Tilbury, &amp;c.), the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Par- 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided 
the same be deposited not later than three clear 
days after the presentation of this Report, and that 
an amended plan be forthwith deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office ; that the Committee on the Bill do 
examine, in the first place, how far such Order has 
been complied with, and do report the same to the 
House, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Private 
Business have power to report their Observations 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to construct Stations at Knottingley and 
Wakefield, to increase their Capital, to enlarge their 
London Station, to amend their Acts, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ed- 
mund Denison and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to lease certain Branch Railways in the County 
of Lanark, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lock- 
hart and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 


A Petition of the Monkland Railways Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize certain De- 
viations of the Slamannan and Borrowstounness 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lock- 
hart and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 


A Petition of the Scottish Central Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in.a Bill to enable the said 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Duncan and Mr. 
Alexander Hastie. 


The Order for reading a second time the Stock- 
tonand Darlington, Wear Valley and Middlesbrough 
and Redcar Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


13° Februari. 





Table. 


A. 1851. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
to bring in the Stockton and Darlington, Wear Val- 
ley and Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Com- 
panies Amalgamation Bill, which was presented 
upon Monday last, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for empowering the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Company, and their Lessees, the Wear Valley 
Railway Company, and the Middlesbrough and Red- 
car Railway Company, to raise more Money, and 
for other purposes: And that Lord Harry Vane 
and Mr. Farrer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The BirminghamImprovement Bill was, according 
te Order, read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the South Staffordshire Railway 
(Extension to Burton-upon-Trent, &amp;c.) Bill be read 
a second time upon Thursday next. 


The Victoria (Redcar) Harbour and Docks Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in the township of Elland-cum-Greetland, in the 
parish of Halifax, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
improving and lighting the Town of Elland, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, and for supply- 
ing with Gas the Inhabitants thereof, and of several 
Places adjacent thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Edwards. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burges- 
ses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to brin 
in a Bill to authorize a Transfer of the Royal In- 
stitution in Colquitt-street, Liverpool, to the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Liver- 
pool, and to make Provision for the future manage- 
ment of the Institution, and for the establishment 
and maintenance of a Public Library and Museum 
at Liverpool, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider the mode in which the 
duties heretofore attached to the Office of Counsel 
to the Speaker, with regard to the Private Business, 
shall be performed, and to propose such regulations 
respecting Private Business generally as they may 
think fit ; and who were empowered to report their 
Observations thereupon, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to 
time ; 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. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee 
Railway, at or near Milton, in the Parish of Leu- 
chars, to the City of Saint Andrew’s, to be called 
“The Saint dndrew’s Railway,” was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. Fergus. 


Sir George Grey 


tions of an Act of 


missioners for England. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Ordered, 


Stockton and 
Darlington, 
ear Valley 
and Middles. 
brough and 
Redcar Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Bill. 


Birmingham 
Improvement 


South Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion to Burton- 
upon-Trent, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Victoria 
Redcar) 

Harbour and 

Docks Bill. 


Elland 
Improvement, 
Waterworks 
and Lighting 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
Royal Insti- 
tution Bill. 


Private 
Business (First 
Report.) 

T 


No. 35. 


Saint Andrew's 
Railway Bil. 


ae’. pursuant to the direc- Ecclesiastical 
arliament,—Copy of Orders in Commission 
Council ey Schemes of the Ecclesiastical Com- 








14 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament, to inquire into the grievances 
complained of in Ceylon, in connection with the ad- 
ministration 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 
bétter Administration and Government of that De- 
pendency, which were presented upon the 12th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 





Petitions from Kincardine ;— Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s ;—County of Huntingdon ;— Thomas Mytton, 
and others ;—Jpswich, and the hundreds of — 
Colners, Carlford, Bosmere and Claydon ;—Elmley 
Lovett ;—and, Sidmonton ; complaining of the de- 
pressed state of Agriculture ; and praying for mea- 
sures of Relief,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Samuel Haigh Ainley, John Hob- 
son Ainley and Edward Hobson Ainley ;—Joseph 
Edward Roberts ;—and, James Lovett; praying for 
the repeal of the Duty on Attornies Certificates,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Caterham ; — Warlingham ; — 
Morden ; — Marldon ; — Torquay ; — Cork (two 
Petitions) ;—Bohoe ; — Kinawly ;—Chepping Wy- 
combe (two Petitions) ;—District of Ramsgill ; — 
Sowerby ; — Bishop Middleham ; — Greatham ; — 
Shotton ;— Ramsey ;— Fenstanton ;—Stilton ;—Hil- 
ton ;— Winterbourne Stickland ;--Alnwick ;--Bruff ; 
— Highgate ;— Feltham ; — Hammersmith ; — Kil- 
lead ; — Aghold ; — Loughglyn ; — Kildalkey ; — 
—Knockgraffin ;—Ballyloughloe ;— Ballinakill ; — 
Donard ;—Ballynglyn ;—Union of Enniscoffy ;— 
Toomavara ;—Crossmolina ;—Ray Munterdoney ;— 
Ballinderry ; — Larne ; — Horsell ;—Guildford ;— 
South Normanton ; — Durrow ; — Killearny ; — 
Swords ;— Mullaghfad ;—Killucan ;—.Dysert Enos; 
— Tomreg ;— Doon ;—Drumbanagher ; — Kilkeny ; 
—Cricklade (Chairman) ;—Newbury ;—Yately ;— 
Hartley-row ; — Ludlow ; — Monthorpe ; —Carlton 
Scroop ;— Normanton ;— Belton ; — Londonthorpe ; 
—and, Magherally ; praying the House to adopt 
measures for repelling every encroachment by the 
Church of Rome upon the rights, laws and liberties 
of England,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rotherham Union (Chairman and 
Clerk) ;—Chesterfield Union ;—St. Ives Union ;— 
Warrington Union ;— Penzance Union ;—Martley 
Union ;—and, Whitchurch Union (Southampton) ; 
praying that a law may be passed for securing to 


-rate-payers a more efficient control over County 


d Ceylon (1850. ) 
No. 36. 
y 
lo 
Agriculture. 
n 
it 
ail- 
i. 
on- 
&gt; Attornies 
Certificates. 
d 
Church of 
nt, Rome. 
8 
1g 
% 
irst 
County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture, 
Constabulary, 
w's 
i. 
Jews, 
cal 
De 
Mercantile 
ine Act, 





Expenditure,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Whitchurch Union, county of Southampton, 
praying the House to extend and improve the Police 

orce of counties, consolidate the rural with the bo- 
rough police, throughout the kingdom, and relieve 
the local rate-payers (either in whole or in part) 
from the charges now imposed upon them for the 
maintenance of a Constabulary Force, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bishop Middleham ;—Highclere ; 
— Woodcott ;—and, Buglawton; praying the House 
to refuse their sanction to the admission of Jews 
into Parliament,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of 
the Port of Shields, praying for amendment of the 
Mercantile Marine Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 106. 


13° Februariz. 





Petitions from Proprietor, Editors, Publishers, 
Clerks, Reporters —_ Printers of the Hereford 
Times Newsaper, published in the city of Hereford ; 
—and, Birmingham; praying for a repeal of the 
Stamp Duty on Newspapers, and the Duty on Ad- 
vertisements,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chamber of Commerce of Dublin 
(President and Honorary Secretary) ;— Tuam ;— 
Armagh ;— Ennis ;—Parsonstown ;— and, Preston 
(Lancaster) ; praying for “em of the Duty on Pa- 
per,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


burgh ;— Dunfermline ;—and, Banbury ; praying for 
the repeal or modification of the Property Tax,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Council of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House 
to give directions for the continuance of the African 
Squadron, and for such other measures being adopted 
for the suppression of the Slave Trade as to the 
House shall seem proper and expedient, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Councillors of the Town of Paisley, praying the 
House to repeal the Duty on Soap, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


man); praying for repeal of the Stage-Coach and 
Post-Horse Duties,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Crew- 
kerne, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, praying the 
House to take the subject of Tithe Rent-charge 
assessment into consideration, and to alter the law, 
either by a general assessment of all property, or 
by an equitable reduction of the assessable value of 
Kent-charges, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Paul, Deptford (Chairman) ;— Bristol ;— Frome ;— 
Barnstaple ;— Barnstaple (Mayor) ;—Manchester ; 
— Tormoham ; — Teignmouth ; — Romsey Infra ;— 
Bishopsgate ;—John Nichols and John Norris ;— 
Topsham ;— Kintore;— William Allan ;— Metropolis 
and its vicinity (sixty-eight Petitions) ; — Brad- 
ford (Wilts) ;— Plymouth ;—Saint Ives (Hunting- 
don) ;—Swaffham ;— High and Low Harrogate ;— 
Liberty of the Rolls ;—Marshfield ;—Medical Offi- 
cers of the West London, the City of London and 
the East London Poor Law Unions ;— Bath ; — 
Aberdeen ;—Mold ;—F. 8S. Collambell ; — Scarbo- 
rough (two Petitions) ;—Ashburton ;— Birmingham ; 
— Islington ; — Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Mayor) ; -— 
Tiverton ;—Batheaston ;—Weston ; — Basingstoke ; 
—Saint James, Westminster (Chairman and Church- 
wardens) ;—Chepstow ;— Banbury (two Petitions) ; 
— Grantham ;—and, Wincanton; praying for the 
repeal of the Window Duties,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon tie Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to prevent the Assumption of certain Eccle- 
siastical Titles m respect of Places in the United 
Kingdom ; 





Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
| till To-morrow. 


G3 A Motion 


45 


Newspapers, 
&amp;e. 


Paper. 


Petitions from Musselburgh (Provost) ; — Edin- Property Tax. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Slave Trade. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Soap. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Gilasgow (Chair- Stage Coaches, 


Cc. 


Tithes. 


Petitions from George Holt, and others ;—Saint Windows. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 37. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption, 





Prerogative 
Court 
(Ireland. ) 


Lights and 
Light Dues. 


Distress of 
Owners and 
Occupiers of 
Land, 


Supply ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 


Mails on 
Railways. 


Jesuits and 
others. 


46 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend 
the Jurisdiction and improve the Practices of Her 
Majesty’s Court of Prerogative in Ireland :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence between Viscount 
Palmerston and the Minister of the United States, 
upon the subject of Lights and Light Dues. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, That the severe Distress which con- 
tinues to exist in the United Kingdom, among that 
important class of Her Majesty’s subjects the Owners 
and Occupiers of Land, and which is justly lamented 
in Her Majesty’s Speech, renders it the duty of Her 
Majesty’s Ministers to introduce, without delay, 
such measures as may be most effectual for the relief 
thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—-The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


Veneris, 14° die Februarii, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 

‘ Mr. Beresford, 
Tellers for the Yeas, J ae se ae A 

Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes, | Lord Mareus Hill 


So it passed in the Negative. 


continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


hoor. 
_}2e1. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
millions seven hundred and fifty-six thousand six 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
off and discharge Exchequer Bills, charged on the 
Aids of 1851, unprovided for. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider of Ways and 
Means for raising the Supply granted to Her Ma- 


jesty. 


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 Per- 
sons of their right to vote in the Election of Bo- 
— Members to serve in Parliament: And that 
Sir William Clay, Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir 
De Lacy Evans, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Lines and Branch Lines of 
Railway in the United Kingdom upon which the 


Mails for the conveyance of Letters, &amp;c. are carried, | 


under Contract or otherwise, on the Ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1851, showing the Total Mileage, and the 
Names of the said Lines and Branch Lines. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
er That an humble Address be presented to 
Ter Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 


13°—14° Februari. 








_ A, 1851. 


ive directions that there be laid before this House, 

eturns, showing the Number of Jesuits, and of the 
Members of any religious Order, Community or So- 
ciety of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or 
religious Vows, registered pursuant to the Act 10 
Geo. 4, c. 7, 8. 28,in the United Kingdom, subse- 
quent to the 23d day of April 1829:—Of all Li- 
censes granted pursuant to said Statute to all Jesuits 
or Members of any religious Order, Community or 
Society, as aforesaid, to come into and remain within 
the United Kingdom subsequently to the said Date : 
—And, of all Jesuits, or Members of any such re- 
ligious Order, Community or Society, as aforesaid, 
who shall have been prosecuted for any Misde- 
meanor or Offence under the said Statute, and sub- 
sequently to the said Date ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the( Mr. a 

Yeas, Mr. Keogh: 

Tellers for thef Mr. Grogan, 

Noes, Mr. Mackenzie: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, 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, show- 
ing the Number of Jesuits, and of the Members of 
any religious Order, Community or Society of 
the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious 
Vows, registered pursuant to the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 7,8. 28, in the United Kingdom, subsequent to 
the 23d day of April 1829 :—Of all Licenses granted 
pursuant to said Statute to all Jesuits or Members 
of any religious Order, Community or Society, as 
aforesaid, to come into and remain within the United 
Kingdom subsequently to the said Date :—And, of 
all Jesuits, or Members of any such religious Order, 
Community or Society, as aforesaid, who shall have 
been prosecuted for any Misdemeanor or Offence 
under the said Statute, and subsequently to the said 
Date :—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, 


1a, 
hos. 


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


to alter and amend an Act of the thirty-fourth year 
of King George the Third, for preventing Frauds 
and Abuses in the Trade of Hops, and to make fur- 
ther Provisions relating to Hops: And that Mr. 
Frewen, Mr. Fuller and Mr. Brisco do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Sir William Clay presented a Bill to amend the Compound 
Law for the Registration of certain Persons com- Householders 


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. 


No. 38. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to alter and amend Hops Bill 


an Act of the thirty-fourth year of King George the 
Third, for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the Trade 
of Hops, and to as further Provisions relating to 
Hops: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 19th day of March next; and to be printed. 


No. 39. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief 
Returns for the four Provinces in Jreland, showing (Ireland-) 


the Amount of Ordinary Expenses incurred in the 
Relief of the Poor during the Quarter ended the 
3ist day of December, in the years 1848, 1849 and 

1850 


No. 40 











14 Vicroriz. 13°-—14° 


1850 respectively ; distinguishing the Cost of In- 
Maintenaace, of Out-Relief, and the Total Amount 
of other Expenses, including Establishment and Sa- 
laries of Officers; showing, also, the Amount of 
Poor Rate collected during the same Periods, the 
Amount remaining in course of collection at the 
Close of the Periods, and the Amount of the Poor 
Law Valuation :—And, showing the Numbers on the 
Relief Lists at the Close of the respective Quarters, 
the Workhouse Accommodation, and the Weekly 
Mortality per Thousand Inmates. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Returns. 

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


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








Veneris, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 

Court of N R. Parkinson, from the Office of the Accoun- 
Chancery, tant-General of the High Court of Chancery, 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Re- 
turn from the Accountant-General of the High 
Court of Chancery, showing the State of the several 
Funds in his Name, called “ The Suitors’ Fund,” and 
“‘ The Suitors’ Fee Fund,” and the Charges upon 
the same respectively :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Great Western A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
Railway pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling ar- 
vhrucrene Tangements with reference to the Purchase, Lease 
tothePur- OF other use by the Great Western Railway Com- 
chase, &amp;c, of pany of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, 
nee the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, and the 
Weymouth, South Wales Railway respectively, to be effected, and 
&amp;c. Railways) for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
- Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Viscount Barrington and Mr. Mullings. 


Hove Im- A Petition of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, of the 
— Wick, in the parish of Hove, in the county of Sussex, 
' Baronet, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Limits of the Brunswich-square (Brighton) lmprove- 
ment Act, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Locke. 
Bangor and A Petition of Promoters of the Bangor and 
ae I Caernarvon Railway, and of the Chester and Holy- 
*y ©" head Railway Company, praying that provision may 
be made in the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway 
Bill, for authorizing the Sale or Lease of the Bangor 
and Caernarvon Railway to the Chester and Holy- 
head Railway Company, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 
Royal Naval § Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending 
School Bill. 


the Benefit of the Royal Naval School to Children 
at present ineligible to be admitted therein, and for 
authorizing the Establishment of a Chapel in con- 
nection with the said School, and for amending the 
Acts relating thereto: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great North. | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


oe Great Northern Railway Company to construct Sta- 
(No.1) By, tions at Knottingley and Wakefield, to increase their 


Capital, to enlarge their Zondon Station, to amend 
their Acts, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Vou. 106. 








Februariz. 47 


Mr. Brotherion presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to construct oy 
Works in connection with the Manchester, Sheffield ‘ ides 
and Lincolnshire Railway, and to facilitate the Use 
of that Railway by the Company, and for other 
Purposes: And the same was a the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Rail- °p Railray 
way from Misterton, in Nottinghamshire, to Ros- “%* *) 
sington, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and to 
divert their Line of Railway near Gainsborough : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Royston _ 
Great Northern Railway Company to extend the and Hitchin 
Royston and Hitchin Railway from Shepreth to “7 
Cambridge, 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 authorize a Liverpool — 
Transfer of the Royal Institution in Colguit-street, Royal — 
Liverpool, to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses ee 
of the Borough of Liverpool, and to make Pro- 
vision for the future Management of the Institution ; 
and for the Establishment and Maintenance of a 
Public Library and Museum at Liverpool ; And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr Brotherton presented a Bill to vary certain Birkenhead 
Provisions in the Acts relating to the Liverpool and Dock Trustees 
Birkenhead Docks respectively, and for authorizing Saeed P 
an Alteration of and Exemption from certain Dock Dock and 
Rates in particular Cases: And the same was read Birkenhead 


the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. te Ea 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending and Bolton, 
enlarging the Powers of the Bolton, Blackburn, —, 
Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway Company, west York. 
for changing the Name of the Company, and for shire Railway 
authorizing working Arrangements and amalga- Bill. 
mation with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of Windows. 
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 for the repeal of 
the Duty on Windows, was read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 11th and —- - 
12th 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. 


Mr. Meagher presented a Bill to authorize cer- Waterford 
tain Deviations in the Line of the Waterford and —— 
Limerick Railway, and to amend the Acts relating tated 
thereto, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Sul/ivan presented a Bill to amend the several Watertoed 
Acts relating to the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail- ae “&lt; df 
way Company, to enable the said Company to sell 
or lease their Undertaking, and to purchase or lease 
the Bridge over the River Suir at Waterford, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
G4 Mr. 








48 


Mr. Edward Stanley presented a Bill for enabling 
the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Company to 
make a Deviation in their Line of Railway, and 
increase their Capital, and for other Purposes : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Wiveliscombe A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 

Turnpike- + thereinafer mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 

roads Bill. wel aa" . . . 
for maintaining in _— several Roads leading 
from and through the Town of Wiveliscombe, in the 
County of Somerset, and the Roads adjoining thereto, 
in the Counties of Somerset and Devon, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Alexander Hood and 
Mr. Reade. 


Elland Im- 
provement, 
Waterworks 
and Lighting 
Bill. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for improving and 
lighting the Town of Elland, in the West Riding of 
the County of York; and for supplying with Gas 
the Inhabitants thereof, and of several Places ad- 
jacent thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Cameron’s 
Coalbrook 
Steam Coal 
and Swansea 
and Loughor 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam 
Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Period 
for the completion of the said Railway, and for 
amending the Act relating to such Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lacy and Mr. 
Bremridge. 

Buckingham’s 


Compensation 
Bill. 


Lord Dudley Stuart presented a Bill to authorize 
and require the East India Company to pay to 
James Silk Buckingham certain Compensation for 
Losses sustained by him in consequence of the Acts 
of their Government in Bengal: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Stockton and 
Darlington, 
Wear Valley 
and Middles- 
brough and 
Redcar Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Bill. 


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill for empowering the 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company and their 
Lessees, the Wear Valley Railway Company, and 
the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Company, 
to raise more Money, and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Scottish Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Scot- 

Centr tish Central Railway Company to raise a further 

— Sum of Money: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway (from 
London and 
Blackwall 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the London and Blackwall Rail- 
way (from London and Blackwall Extension Rail- 

way to Tilbury, &amp;c.) Bill, which was yesterday made 
—— from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
ailway to . &gt; 
Tiloury, &amp;c.) might be read; and the same being read ; 
Bill. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the London and Black- 
wall Extension Railway to Tilbury, in the Parish of 
Chadwell, with a Branch to join the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway at Ilford, in the County of Essex; for 
amending the Acts relating to the London and Black- 
wall Railway Company, and for other Purposes : 
And that Mr. Mangles and Mr. Jackson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Caledoniaa 
Railway 
(Motherwell 
Branch Ex- 
tension and 
Lesmahagow 
Branches 
Lease) Bill. 


Monkland _ Mr. M‘Gregor presented a Bill to authorize cer- 

Railways Bill. tain Deviations of the Slamannan and Borrows- 
touness Railway : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. M‘Gregor presented a Bill to enable the 
Caledonian Railway Company to lease certain 
Branch Railways in the County of Lanark: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


14° Februari. 





A. 1851. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill for making a gaint Andrew, 
Railway from the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bil, 
Railway, at or near to Milton, in the Parish of Leu- 
chars, to the City of Saint Andrew's, to be called 
“The Saint Andrew’s Railway:” And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Persons assessed for the support of Glasgow Cit 
; City) 

the Pour, and Owners or Occupiers of lands and and Places 
heritages within the parish of Glasgow, and adja- ae, 
cent parishes, for leave to bring in a Bill to combine Parishes, 
the Parish of Glasgow and adjacent Parishes, for the Amendment 
purposes of the Poor Laws, was presented, and read ; oa oor Laws 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- ~ 


ingly, by Mr. M‘Gregor and Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


Ordered, That the Cambridge Waterworks Bill Cambridge 
be read a second time upon Monday next. Waterwetin 

1 

The Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne New Manchester 
Road Bill was read a second time; and com- and Ashton- 
mitted. epee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 
mittee of Selection. 


The Pyecombe and Hickstead Turnpike-road Bill Pyecombe and 
was read a second time; and committed. Hickstead 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a enoent 
mittee of Selection. , 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, fast India. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 4l. 


Petitions from Appleby (Lincoln) ; —Roxby ;— Agriculture. 
Worlaby ;— Elsham;—South Ferriby;— Croxton ;— 
Broughton ;—East Halton ;—Saxby ;—South Kel- 
sey ;— Melton (Lincoln) ;—Barton-upon-Humber ;— 
Wootton ;—Crosby ; —Thornton Curtis ;—Scanby ; 
— Cadney-cum-Honsham;— Holme ;-- Barrow-upon- 
Humber ;— Wrawby ;—~ Barnelby-le-Wold ;— North 
and South Killingholme;—Ashby, Burringham and 
Gunhouse ;—and, Bigby and Somerby ; complaining 
of the depressed state of Agriculture; and praying 
for measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cupar Fife;—George Frederick attornies 
Abraham ;—and, John Berry; praying for repeal of Certificates 
the Duty on Attornies Certificates, —were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and Jn- Church of 
habitants of the parish of Lythe, in the county and England. 
diocese of York, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures to promote the restoration of the synodical 
functions of the Church of England, and to prevail 
upon Her Majesty to issue Her royal license to the 
two Houses of Convocation to assemble, and sit, for 
the despatch of business, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Croydon ;—Annesley ; — Killaco- church of 
nenagh ;—Ballymorlan ; —Drinagh ; — Newmarket Rome. 
(Cork) ; —Ballinadee ; -—Litter ; — Ballymoney ; — 
Kileoe ; — Drinagh ; — Wallstown ; — Magourney 
and Ahabollogue; — Sutton (Essex) ; —Dengie ;— 
Great Halingbury ;—South Shoebury ;—T. empo i 
Clonmulhe ;— Cromer ; —Cloonclare ;— Glenlough ; 

— Drumlease ; — Killina ; —Killesher ; — Swanlin- 
bar ; —Measham ;— Belper ; —Walton-on- Thames ; 
— Cobham ; — Masham ; — Strensall-with-Haxby ; 
—Lythe;— Pirbright ;— Windlesham-cum-Bagshot ; 
— Worsop ; —Manchester ;— Booterstown ;—Stock- 
port ;—Seapatrick ;—Dunk’s Green ;— Tonbridge ; 
—- Hadlow ; — Matfield Green ; — Edenbridge ; 
— Tonbridge Wells ; — Jichester and Northover ; 
— Millington, Givendale and Friday Thorpe ;— 
Godstone ; — Killoghter ; — Shepperton ; — Addle- 
thorpe and Ingoldmells ;—Kemingby ; —Barton-in- 

the- Clay ; 








rs 


ind 


oad 


e3, 





Copyholds, 


Carriages. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


Currency. 


Religion, 


Education. 


Frederick 
Mundell, 


Jews, 


Lord’s Day, 


14 VicrorizZ. 


Portadown ;—Killeshill ;— Drumcree ;—Camlough ; 
— Tandragee (two Petitions) ;— Magherahamlet ;— 
Stanstead ;—Poslingford and Denston ;—Charlton 
Kings ;—Bettws ;—and, Templeport; praying the 
House to adopt measures for repelling every en- 
croachment by the Church of Rome upon the rights, 
laws and liberties of England,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halstead ; — Barnstaple ;— and, 
Lackenheath ; praying for the compulsory enfran- 
chisement of Copyholds,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coachmakers in Scotland, and 
others connected with the trade of Coachmaking in 
Scotland, praying for alteration of the present sys- 
tem of taxing Carriages, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Orsett Union ;— Chertsey ;—Lez- 
den and Winstree Union ;—Thame Union ;—High- 


14° Februari. 
the-Clay ; — Stotfold ; — Kilronan ; — District of | 





49 


vicinity in the county of Surrey, praying for repeal 
of the Duty on Malt, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


habitants of the parish of Zythe, in the county and 
diocese of York, praying the House not to sanction 
any Bill for the legalizing of Marriages with a de- 
ceased wife’s sister, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
Central Committee of the Lancashire and Cheshire 
Union of Mechanics’ Institutions, praying that the 
Excise Tax upon Paper, the Stamp Tax upon News- 
papers, and the Tax upon Advertisements, 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 Inhabitants of the parish of Seven- 


oaks, in the county of Kent and its vicinity, praying 





worth and Swindon Union ;—Brighton ;—Stretham ; | for the establishment of an Ocean Penny Post, was 
— Thetford ;— and, Epsom Union; praying the presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
House to adopt measures for giving to ratepayers | ‘fable, 

a more efficient control over County Expenditure,— | 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon! _ Petitions from Warden ;—Persons connected with 


the Table. 


A Petition of James Harvey, of Liverpool, praying 
the House to pass a law making it legal for the pro- 
per financial officer to issue a Government paper in 
payment for all the liabilities of the public service, 
which paper money shall be legal tender when offered 
by tax-payers in payment of taxes, being, in fact, so 
many Exchequer Tallies, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Armagh ;—and, Navan; praying 
the House’ not to permit the passing of any legisla- 
tive enactment calculated to impair the rights or in- 
terfere detrimentally with the religious practices, 
discipline or doctrine of any portion of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and In- 
habitants of the parish of ZLythe, in the county and 
diocese of York, complaining of the system intro- 
duced by the committee of council on Education in 
regulating the distribution of the education grant ; 
and praying for alteration of the law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Frederick Mundell, of King-street, 
Portman-square, alleging that he has been most 
unjustly and cruelly placed in two Lunatic Asy- 
lums; that he has brought the matter before the 
highest authorities in the kingdom, but has obtained 


no redress; that the Law Courts have been closed | 


against him; and praying the House to grant him 
a Committee to investigate the matter, and afford 
him redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Sutton (Essex) ;— Thoydon Gar- 
non ;—South Shoebury ; — Lyhe ;— Warsop ; —and, 
Cleeve Prior; praying the House to refuse to sanc- 
tion any measure for the admission of Jews into Par- 
liament,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of the Great ‘Temperance Association held 
in the county town of Carnarvon, praying the House 
to adopt measures for securing the more due ob- 
servance of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 106. 


the Galway Mercury Newspaper ;—Persons con- 
nected with the Tuam Herald Newspaper ;—Per- 
sons connected with the Leinster Express ;—Persons 
‘connected with the Sligo Chronicle Newspaper ;— 
| Persons connected with the Mayo Telegraph News- 
paper ;—Persons connected with the Western Star 
| Newspaper ; — Persons connected with the Wesé- 
| meath Guardian (Mullingar) Newspaper ;— Persons 
connected with the Clare Journal Newspaper ;— 
| Persons connected with the Roscommon Weekly 
_ Messenger ;—Old Bond-street, New Bond-street and 
their vicinity ;—Piccadilly Dublin ;— Castlebar ;— 
Kells ;—Ballinasloe ;— Tralee ;—- Persons connected 
‘with the Armagh Guardian Newspaper ;—Persons 
/connected with the Meath Herald Newspaper ;— 
| Persons connected with the Waterford Newspaper, 
| The News ;—Salmon Leap Mill ;—Loader’s Park 
| Mill ;—-Saint Pancras ;—and, Persons connected 
‘with the Kilkenny Journal Newspaper; praying 
| for the repeal of the Duty on Paper,—were pre- 
‘sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chertsey and its Malt. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and In- Marriages, 


Newspapers 
&amp;e. ; 


Postage. 


Paper. 


A Petition of Rungo Bapojee, of Blandford-place, Rungo 
| Regent's Park, next friend and representative of Bapojee, 


| Shuhoo Maharaj, of Benares, in British India, a 
|natural-born subject of Her Majesty, and the infant 
and minor thereinafter named, complaining of the 
rejection by the Privy Council Office of a Petition 
addressed by him to the Queen in Council on be- 
half of the said Shahoo Maharaj ; and praying for 
redress, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 
praying the House to adopt measures for the sup- 
pression of the Slave Trade, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Matthew, 
Bethnal Green, praying the House to refuse their 
sanction to any Bill for the suppression of Sunday 
Trading in the Metropolis and the Liberties thereof, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Arundel ;—Devonport (Mayor);— 
Liverpool (Chairman); —Poplar ; — Aberdeen ; — 
Anstruther Easter (Chief Magistrate) ;—East Ret- 
ford (Mayor) ;—Stalybridge ;— Dukinfield ;—Seven 
Oaks ;—Ward of Aldgate (London) ;— Wigan ;— 





street 


| William Harding, and others ;—Ward of Broad- 
H 


Slave Trade. 


Sunday 
Trading 
(Metropolis.) 


Windows. 





East Stone- 
house Water- 


50 


street (London) ;— Shepperton ;— Regent-street and 
Quadrant ;—Metropolis and its ticinity (twenty-two 
Petitions) ;— Bedford ; — East Stonehouse ;—Dar- 
lington; — Stockton; — Ruthin; — Saint Mary, 
Islington ; — Saint Mary, Newington, Surrey ; — 
Saint James, Clerkenwell ;—and, Saint Paul, Covent 
Garden; praying for the repeal of the ye on 
Windows, —were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





' 
| 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish or town- | 


14° Februariz. 


A. 1851. 


each year during the like Period :—Of the Number 
of Appeals, Causes, Further Directions, Further 
Directions and Exceptions, Exceptions, Pleas, De- 
murrers and Re-hearings, remaining 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 Exceptions, Exceptions, Pleas, De- 
murrers and Re-hearings, remaining to be heard on 
the first day of Trinity Term 1850. 


ship of East Stonehouse, in the county of Devon,| Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the Poor Law 
for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying with Water | directions of several Acts of Parliameut,—A Return — 
the parish or township of East Stonehouse, in the | of Amounts paid to the Credit of the Paymaster of he-tanAld, 


works Bill. 


Newfoundland. 


Roman 
Catholics. 


No. 42. 


British 
Guiana. 


‘Turnpike 
Trusts, 


Court of 
Chancery. 


county of Devon, and for amendment of Act, was | Civil Services in his Account in the Bank of Zreland 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | “ General Rate-in-Aid” by Treasurers of Poor Law 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tufnell and Mr. | 
Attorney General. 


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 between | 
the Governor of Newfoundland and the Secretary | 
of State for the Colonies, in reference to the appro- 
priation of the Subscriptions raised for the Relief 
of the Sufferers at Saint John’s by the Fire in | 
1846. 

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


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 25th 
day of June 1816, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee, to whom the several Official Papers relating 
to the regulation of the Roman Catholics in several 
States of Europe, and the Colonies, which have been 
Jaid before the House in the present Parliament, 
were referred, to report the nature and substance of 
the Laws and Ordinances existing in Foreign States, 
respecting the regulation of their Roman Catholic 
subjects in Ecclesiastical matters, and their inter- 
course with the See of Rome or any other Foreign 
Jurisdiction, be re-printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence between 
the Governor of British Guiana and Earl Grey, 
on the subject of Constitutional Reform, in con- 
tinuation of former Parliamentary Paper laid before 
the House, to this day, 14th February 1851. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Turnpike Trusts : Copy of Reports by 
the Secretary of State, under 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 80:— 
2. Uttoxeter and Stoke Road : — 3. Wiveliscombe 
Road :—4. Stroud and Gloucester Road :—5. Man- 
chester and Ashton-under-Lyne Road :—6. Pycombe 
and Hickstead Road. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of 
June, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
of the Number of Appeals and Re-hearings, Special 
Motions, Petitions, Causes and Further Directions, 
Pleas, Demurrers, Objections and Exceptions, heard 
by the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, 
and the Three Vice-Chancellors respectively, in each 
year from Michaelmas Term 1841 to Trinity Term 
1850, both inclusive :—Of the Number of Causes 
and Further Directions transferred from the Master 





of 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 


Unions in Ireland, and of the Amounts paid thereout, 
and the Balances remaining on the 31st December 
1850. 


Table of Allowances to be made to the several population 
Superintendent Registrars, Registrars, Enumerators, Act. 


and other Persons in England employed in the 
execution of the Act for taking Account of the Po- 
pulation of Great Britain, approved by the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, — Return to an Order, Piracy 
dated the 11th day of this instant February, for (Borneo.) 


Copy of the Instructions to Commander Farquhar, 
referred to in his Letter to Rear-Admiral Sir Fran- 
cis Collier, dated the 25th day of August 1849 ; 
together with Copies of any subsequent Despatches 
from the Admiralty to Rear-Admiral Sir Francis 
Collier, on the subject of Rear-Admiral Collier’s 
Despatch of the 4th day of September 1849 (see 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 122, of Session 1850), 
inclosing the above-mentioned Letter of Commander 
Farquhar to the Secretary of the Admiralty. 

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Navy. 


dated the 11th day of this instant February, for 
a Return of all Admirals, Vice, Rear and Retired 
Admirals, Retired Captains, Captains, Commanders 
and Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, promoted on 
and since the 1st day of January 18418; distin- 
guishing those promoted on Full Pay from those 
on Half Pay at the time of their Promotion, 
stating the Date of Entry of each Officer into the 
Navy, and the Dates of the several Commissions 
successively attained ; also, the Period which each 
Officer’ had served in each Commission, and the 
Period on Half Pay in each Commission, and the 
Aggregate Time of Full Pay and of Half Pay 
of each Officer, to the Ist day of January 1850: 
—Abstract Return of the Total Number of Promo- 
tions in the Royal Navy since the 15th day of May 
1847, from the Rank of Midshipman to that of 
Admiral inclusive ; stating the Number of each 
Rank promoted in each year, and distinguishing the 
Number of each Rank promoted, when employed 
and afloat, from those on Half Pay, and also from 
those on the Coast Guard Service in each year:— 
Returns of the Number of Sea Officers on the 1st 
day of January in each of the years 1828 and 1850; 
and also, the Total estimated Amount per annum for 
the Sea Pay of those employed, and for the Half 
Pay of those unemployed, at each of those Periods ; 
stating also, the Number of each Rank employed 
and unemployed at each of those Periods, and the 
Total Number of each Class :—And, showing the 
Total Number of Officers in the Royal Navy on the 
Ist day of January in each of the years 1828 and 
1850; distinguishing the Number of each Rank, 
from Admiral to Lieutenant inclusive, on Half Pay 
and in Commission ; also, distinguishing the Num- 
ber of Officers and their Ranks, in the —— 

ervice 








id. 





- 14 Vicroriz. 


Service in each of those years (in continuation of 

Parliamentary Paper, No. 725, of Session 1848). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Sewers. 
Return of all Fees and Charges, and by whom and | 
by what Statute or Authority made, demanded and | 
received, on the issuing of a Commission of Sewers. | 
Incumbered Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


name Som Return of the Names of all Persons holding any 

(Ireland.) Offices in the Incumbered Estates Court in Ireland, 
with the Amount of Salary paid to each, and stating 
whether or not previously employed in the Public 
Service, and in what Capacity. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Evidence taken at a Visitation held at 
the Clonmel Endowed School in June 1850 ; toge- 
ther with a Copy of the Report made to the Com- 
missioners of Education by the Visitors, and a 
Statement of any Steps which have been taken by 
the said Commissioners thereupon. 


Clonmel 
Endowed 
School. 


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

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


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ways and 
Means, 


Poor Law 


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


Return of the Number of Paupers in receipt of Re- 
lief in the several Unions of Jreland in thefirst Week 
of February 1851; distinguishing Out-door from In- 
door Relief, and giving, in a separate Column, the 
Amount of Workhouse Accommodation in each 
Union at the time. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. ou 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate apon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to prevent the Assumption of certain Ecclesias- 
tical Titles in respect of Places in the United King- 
dom ; 

And the Question being again preposed :—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. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Yeas, 7 34 iu, we 


Tellers for the Noes,| Mr a 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


} 395, 
} 63. 


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


Sabbati, 15° die Februarii, 1851: 


Ordered, That Lord John Russell, Sir George 
Grey and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring in the Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for preserving the Brood of Salmon in the Rivers 
and Streams of Jreland: And that Mr. Anstey and 
Sir Robert Gore Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Salmon Brood 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Highways 


(Sth Wales) fp Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


r the better Management and Control of the 
Highways in South Wales: And that Viscount 
Emlyn and Mr. Saunders Davies do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Window Duty, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Return of the Amount of Window Duty assessed, 
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and the Net Amount received, with the Number of 
Houses charged for the year ending the 5th day of 
April 1850; and, a like Return for the Twelve 
Towns in England paying the largest Amount. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Prerogative 
to extend the Jurisdiction and improve the Prac- a a) Ba. 
tice of Her Majesty’s Court of Prerogative in nr 
land: And that Mr. Keogh and Mr. Sadleir do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


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


Mr. Anstey presented a Bill for preserving the Salmon Brood 
Brood of Salmon in the Rivers and Streams of Jre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land: And. the same was read the first time; and No. 43. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Viscount Emlyn presented a Bill for the better Highways 
Management and Control of the Highways in South (0 wang 
Wales: And the same was read the first time; and, 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next; and to be printed. 


No. 44, 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to prevent Ecclesiastical 
the Assumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles in Titles 
respect of Places in the United Kingdom: And the gq 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read yy, 45 
a second time. —_ 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant February ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Friday the 
28th day of this instant February,” and inserting 
the words “ Monday the 3d day of March next,” 
instead thereof: 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Friday the 28th day of this instant February” 
stand part of the Question :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant February ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Keogh presented a Bill to extend the Juris- Prerogative 
diction and improve the Practice of Her Majesty’s —. a) Bill 
Court of Prerogative in Jreland: And the same ‘ 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 0-46. 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Mayfield Railway Mayfield 
Bill, praying that leave may be given to proceed Railway. 
with the said Bill, notwithstanding the alleged non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders of the House, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign 
Return of an Account of the Sums paid out of the Vessels. 
Consolidated Duties of Customs, under the Act 59 
Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the Right 
honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 


jesty’s Treasury, in the year 1850, for the difference 


of Rates and Charges due to Corporations, Com- 
panies 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 ; specifying 
each of the several Rates, on what Account the same 
was paid, whether for Light Dues, Dock Dues, 
Dues on Ships or Merchandize, Pilotage or other- 
wise ; also the Total Amount (under the Reciprocity 
Treaties) paid to each Corporation, Company or 
Individual, in each year, up to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1850 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 156, of Session 1850). 

H 2 Ordered, 


Liverpool and 
Wallasey 
Gunpowder 
Magazines. 


No. 47. 


Poor Rating. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


General 
Committee 
of Elections. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifth Re- 
port.) 


Limerick 
Market and 
Iinprovement. 


Sub-marine 
Telegraph 
Company 
between 
England and 
France Bill. 


European and 
American 
Printing Tele- 
graph Com- 


2 


52 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Liver- 
pool and Wallasey Gunpowder Magazines, which 
was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 





Lune, 17° die Februari ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Board, was called in; and at the Bar pre- 
sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 22d —&lt; 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn 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 suchPersons in each County : 
—And then he withdrew. . 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the corrected Alphabetical List 
of Members to serve on Election Committees be 
referred to the General Committee of Elections. 


Ordered, That the General Committee of Elec- 
tions have leave to sit this day till half an hour after 
four of the clock during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 13th and 14th 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. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Limerick 
Market and Improvement Bill. 

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


A Petition of Sir James Carmichael, Baronet, and 
John Wathins Brett, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
incorporating and regulating a Company to esta- 
blish a system of Submarine Electric Telegraph 
Communication between the Kingdoms of England 
and France, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
James Stuart, Sir Charles Burrell and Mr. Granger. 


A Petition of Sir James Carmichael, Baronet, and 
John Wathins Brett, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
incorporating the European and American Electric 


pany, &amp;e. Bill, Printing Telegraph Company, and to enable them 


Copper Miners 


in England 
Company Bill 


to work certain Letters Patent, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord James Stuart and Sir Charles 
Burrell. 


A Petition of Stock and Debenture Holders in 
and Creditors of the Company of Copper Mines in 
’ England, and other Parties interested in the affairs 
of the said Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for facilitating the settlement of the Affairs of the 
Governor and Company of Copper Miners in Eng- 
land, and for the better Management of the said 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 


14°—15°—17° Februari. 





A. 1851. 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mas- 
terman and Mr Brotherton. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the Trusts of the Christchurch 
Will of John Marshall, deceased, thereinafter men- ae 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the” ™ 
Trustees of the Will of John Marshall, Gentleman, 
deceased, to alter and improve or rebuild the Parish 
Church of the Parish of Christchurch, in the County 
of Surrey, and to enlarge the Powers of the said 
Trustees under the said Will, and to make better 
provision for the future execution of the Trusts 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock 
and Mr. Roundell Palmer. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 2d Birming. 
extend the Time limited by the Shrewsbury and Bir- a 
mingham Railway Acts for the purchase of Land and 
completion of Branches; to authorize the formation 
of certain Branch or Junction Lines and Stations, 
and the making of arrangements with other Com- 
panies, 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 Shrewsbury 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing . 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Shrews- 
bury and Birmingham Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Chester, Dee River 
interested in the navigation of the River Dee, for alam 
leave to bring in a Bill for the conservancy of the ~ 
River Dee, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip 
Egerton and Mr. Owen Stanley. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland Rail- 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the acquisition, pens haha 
by the Midland Railway Company, of the estate Bradford Rail 
and interest of the Leeds and Bradford Railway way, and 
Company in the Leeds and Bradford Railway, and Capital) &lt;. 
to empower the Midland Railway Company to raise 
Money for such purpose, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Sir Henry Halford, Mr. William Evans and 


| Mr. Bass. 


The Order for reading a second time the Stockton Stockton and 

and Darlington, Wear Valley and Middlesbrough ag 

- e : ‘ ear Valley 

and Redcar Railway Companies Bill, was read, and Middles- 

and discharged. brough and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 


Redcar Rail- 
: : aa : ay Com- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. way. 


panies Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a London and 
Railway from the London and Blackwall Extension ty 
Railway to Tilbury, in the Parish of Chadwell, Porte and 
with a Branch to join the Eastern Counties Rail- Blackwall 
way at J/ford, in the County of Essex ; for amend- ae wee 
. alae ailway to 
ing the Acts relating to the London and Blackwall yihury, &amp;c.) 
Railway Company ; and for other Purposes: And Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


be read a second time. 


Briton Ferry 
Docks and 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Bill for making 
Docks and other Works at Britcn Ferry, in the 
county of Glamorgan, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining Docks at Baglan Bay, 
in the County of Glamorgan, with a Branch Line of 
Railway to the South Wales Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Saunders Davies 
and Mr. Frederick Villiers. 

A Petition 








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i4 Vicroriz. 17° Februari. 53 


Lee River A Petition of Trustees of the River Lee, for leave| The Cheltenham Improvement and Health Bill Cheltenham 
Trust Bill. to bring in a Bill for enabling the Trustees of the was read a second time; and committed. oe 


River Lee to obtain an additional supply of Water;| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to'the Com- pin, 

to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Navi-| mittee of Selection. 

gation of the River Lee; to provide Funds for Im- 

provements in the Navigation, and for other pur-| The Chorley Waterworks Bill was read a second Chorley 


poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | time ; and committed. -_ 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cow-| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
per, Sir Henry Meux and Mr. Halsey. | mittee of Selection. 
Dundee A Petition of General Commissioners of Police| The Commercial Docks Improvement Bill was Commercial 
Police. for the burgh of Dundee, appointed and acting under | Tead @ second time ; and committed. anno 


the Act passed in the first year of Her present Ma-| ,Qrdered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- jin) 

jesty, cap. one hundred and nine, praying that in | ™tttee of Selection. 

th e of the Dundee Police Bill the Standi ; 

Order, No. 160, ontey bomen, in om far ws = The Dundee and Arbroath Railway Bill was read Disteesnd 
gards the said Bill, and that the same may be allowed | # Second time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
to be read a second time on the 17th day of March | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

next, or on such other day us to the House shall | ™ttee of Selection. 

seem meet, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 








The 'Durham Markets Bill was read a second Durham _ 
| time ; and committed. Markets Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


*,° » | 
Waterford A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of | _- : 
and Tramore Jands and houses on or near the line of the Water- | mittee of Selection. 
Railway. ford and 'ramore Railway, and of others interested 


The East Anglian Railways Bill was read a se- East Anglian 


in the construction of the said line as inhabitants | Railways Bill. 


 W a: ' cond time; and committed. 
and owners of property in Waterford and T'ramore, ~ (ydered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
praying that in the case of the Waterford and Tra-| | toe of Selection 


more Railway Bill certain Standing Orders of the | 
House reported not to have been complied with, may ‘The Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill Edinburgh, 


be dispensed with, and that leave may be given to! yas read a second time ; and committed. Perth and 


proceed with the said Bill, was presented, and read; dered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ts) Rail- 


and referred to the Select Committee on Standing | ;ittee of Selection 
Orders. ° 


: .,..  . | The Edinburgh Royal Asylum for the Insane Bill Edinburgh 
a . ’ | gh hoy y ° urg 
ee un Mr. Moody presented a Bill for maintaining in | was read a second time; and committed. Royal Asylum 
a repair several Roads leading from and through the, ,.4ored. That the Bill be referred to the Com- %7,t2e Insane 
Roads Billy Town of Wiveliscombe, in the County of Somerset, ' silat oft Gaathon Bill. 


and the Roads adjoining thereto, in the Counties of 
Somerset and Devon: And the same was read the | 


heat tiene, endl exdesud to be send 0 aecend- tee. The Electric Telegraph Company Bill was read Flectric 


'a second time; and committed. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~°™P*Y *™- 


Great Western Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for enabling Arrange- | wnictes of Gelection. 


Railway (At- ments with reference to the Purchase, Lease or 
Tangements 


vith reference Other Use, by the Great Western Railway Company,! ‘The Farmers’ Estate Society (Ireland) Bill was Farmers’ 
tothe Pur- of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, the | read a second time: and committed. Estate Society 
chase, &amp;e. of Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, and the South | , : : ; (Ireland) Bill. 
the Wilts ‘ ; 22, Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Somerset and Wales lailway respectively to be effected, and for ' 


be ee other Purposes: And the same was read the first | 
¢. Railways) time: i | . . 
Bi,” Hime; and ordered to be read a second time, | The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 


mittee of Selection. 


; /read a second time ; and committed. 4 panto 
Cameron's _ Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for extending the Pe-| Ordered. That the Bill be referred to the Com- ““”*Y *™- 
a. riod for the Completion of Cameron’s Coalbrook mittee of Selection. 


and Swansea Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway ; | 


re hans and for amending the Act relating to such Railway : The Great Western Railway (Railways to connect Great Western 
“y *™- And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ' the Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway Railway 


to he read a second time. | with the London and North Western Railway at cena. eg 
| Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; Birmingham 
Angerstein’s Angerstein’s Branch Railway Bill was read a se- | and committed. and Oxford — 
Rally pin, Cod time; and committed. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Sa 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| mittee of Selection. Lenten and 
mittee of Selection. North Western Railway at 


Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Baggotrath The Baggotrath and Sandymount Improvement | The Hartlepool Freemen’s Lands and Harbour Hartlepool 


ny * Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Dues Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ——— 
provement Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Harbour Dues 
Bill, mittee of Selection. mittee of Selection. Bill. 





Bath Improvee The Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterworks, The Hartlepool Pier and Port (Construction of Hartlepool 


ment, M: : i j ‘ i ‘ Pier and Port 
Walerworke and Bath Commons or Freemen’s Estate Bill was | New Pier, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and (Construction 


and Bath ’ read a second time; and committed. | committed. , of New Pier, 
Commons or Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Come &amp;c.) Bill 


Estate Bill, mittee of Selection. mittee of Selection. 


| Ordered, That the Hastings Improvement Bill be Hastings 


Wavridge The Order of the day being read, for the second | read a second time To-morrow. — 
Bill, * reading of the Cambridge Waterworks Bill ; - 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time} The Hayling Bridge and Causeway Bill was read Hayling 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant February. |@ second time ; and committed, Bridge my 
VoL. 106. Hu 3 Ordered, Causeway Bill, 


54 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Huddersfield 9 The Huddersfield and New Hey District Turnpike- 

and New Hey road Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

ec abu, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Imperial 
Continental 
Gas Associa- 
tion Bill. 


The Imperial Continental Gas Association Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


mittee of Selection. 


Law Property The Law Property Assurance and Trust Society 

Assurance and Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

arist Society Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- second time ; and committed. 
way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Duffryn 
Llynvi and 
Porthcawl 
Railways Bill. 


The Llynvi Valley and Duffryn Liyavi and 
Porthcawl Railways Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London (City) 
Sewers Bill. 


Ordered, That the London (City) Sewers Bill be 


read a second time To-morrow. 


Manchester 
Parish High- 
ways Bill. 


The Manchester Parish Highways Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Musselburgh The Musselburgh (Arrangement with Creditors 
EE of the Burgh) Bill was read a second time; and 
of the Burgh) committed, 
ill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Newington 
Saint Mary 
Parish Bill. 


The Newington Saint Mary Parish Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


New River The New River Company Bill was read a second 
Company Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


North British © The North British Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway 


The North Staffordshire Railway (Extensions to 
Derby and Burton-upon-Trent, &amp;c.) Bill was read 
(Extensions to @ Second time ; and committed. 

Derby and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Burton-upon- . — : 
Trent, &amp;c.) mittee of Selection. 


Bill. 

North Staf- 
fordshire and 
London and ° . : 
North Vestern @ Second time upon this day six months. 
Railwa’ Com- 

panies Bill, 


Ordered, That the North Staffordshire and London 


Saint Pancras 
(Middlesex) 
Paving Bill. 


Ordered, That the Saint Pancras (Middlesex) 
Paving Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Severn Steam Ordered, That the Severn Steam Tug Company 


re Company Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Shrewsbury 
and Bridg- 
north Turn- 
pike Roads 
Bill. 


The Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth Turnpike Roads 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


17° Februarii. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-' 


The Leeds and Thirsk Railway Bill was read a 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred tc the Com- 


and North Western Railway Companies Bill be read | 


A. 1851. 


The South Wales Railway (No. 1) Bill was read South Wales 
a second time; and committed. Railway — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (X® !) Bill. 
inittee of Selection. 


The Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yarm, &amp;c. Water- Stockton, Mid. 
works Bill was read a second time ; and committed. desbrough, 
Ordered, 'That the Bill be referred to the Com- ocate 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 
The Stroud and Gloucester Road Bill was read a Stroud and 
| second time ; and committed. Gloucester 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 84 Bill 
mittee of Selection. 





The Tees River Conservancy Bill was read a se- Tees River 
‘cond time; and committed. Conservancy 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill 
mittee of Selection. 

| 

| The United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Com- United King. 
/pany Bill was read a second time ; and committed. (01 Flectric 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Comeany B8, 
| mittee of Selection. 


The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Rail- Warrington 
| wa 


and Altrinch- 
am Junction 
Railway Bill 


y Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


| 
| 


The Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Waterford, 


Railway Bill was read a second time ; and com- Wexford, 
jor Wicklow and 
| mitted. ; Dublin Rail- 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Bill. 


' mittee of Selection. 


| The Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market Weston-super- 
| Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Mare Im- 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- eye 
mittee of Selection. 


The Whitby Waterworks Bill was read a second Whitby 


time ; and committed. Weervate 


| mittee of Selection. 


The Wrexham Improvement Bill was read a se- Wrexham 
cond time ; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- bul 
| mittee of Selection. 


| 


| A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum British 
being offered to be presented ; Museum. 
Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the contents of the said Petition, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the only funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Muscum 
consist of 30,0007. Three per Cent. Reduced Bank 
Annuities, the annual dividend whereof amounts to 
| 9001. ; of a bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, 
| the annual proceeds of which amount to about 415/., 
and also of a bequest of the late Lord Furnborough, 
| the annual proceeds of which amount to 86/7. 3s. 4d.; 
| that the establishment is necessarily attended with 
| an expense far beyond the annual produce of the 
above-mentioned sums, and the Trust cannot, with 
_ benefit to the public, be carried on without the aid 
of Parliament; and praying the House to grant 
them such further support towards enabling them 
to carry on the execution of the trust reposed .in 
them by Parliament for the general benefit of learn- 
ing and useful knowledge, as to the House shall 
| Seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 
Lord 











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Public Health 
Act. 


Ceylon. 


British 
Museum. 


Marriages 
of British 
Subjects in 
Foreign 
Countries. 


Army. 
No. 48, 


Controverted 
Elections, 


Controverted 
ections, 


14. Vicroriz. 


Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—List of Orders in 
Council applying the Public Health Act to the fol- 
lowing Places: Retford (West), Clarborough, Ret- 
ford (East), Mileham, Ordsall, Swaffham, Knighton, 
Loughborough, Godmanchester, Tottenham, Waltham 
Holy Cross, Hitchin, Burnham, Epsom, Clitheroe, 
Barnard Castle, Edmonton, Merthyr Tydfil, Luton, 
Enfield, Braintree, Nuneaton, Cheshunt, Bulkington, 
Ottery Saint Mary, Chilvers Coton, Ormskirk, Ely, 
Beaconsfield, Bangor, Gaywood, Litton (Derby), 
Whippingham (Isle of Wight), Nantwich, New 
Sleaford Diss, Thurmaston. 

rdered That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Commission 
which was sent to Ceylon in the last Session of 
Parliament, together with the Evidence taken by 
the Commissioners. 


Ordered, That 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 Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
British Museum for the year 1850; of the esti- 
mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1852, and of the Sum ne- 
cessary to discharge the same; and, also, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Persons admitted to visit 
the Museum from Christmas 1844 to Christmas 
1850; 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 
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, a Return of the Number ‘of Marriages of 
British Subjects celebrated in Foreign Countries 
under the Provisions of the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. 
c. 68. 

Ordered, That 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. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,--Estimates of Effective 
and Non-effective Army Services, from 1st April 
1851 to 31st March 1852. 

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


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 Committees 
for the present Session :— 

William Deedes, Esquire, Edward Divett, Esquire, 
George Alexander Hamilton, Esquire, Henry Ker 
Seymer, Esquire, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Edward 
Ellice, Esquire (Saint Andrew’s). 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the General 
Committee of Elections; That they had divided 
into Five Panels the List of Members to serve on 
Election Committees. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the Table, 
the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each 
of them, by a number denoting the order in which 
they were respectively drawn, as follows :—Panel 
C. No.1; D. No. 2; B. No.3; E. No. 4; and 
A. No. 5. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 

VoL, 106. 


17° Februariz. 





55 


| 


Sir Francis Baring presented, pursuant to an Navy 
Address to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the Estimates. 
year 1851-52. No. 49, 

Estimate for the Post-office Department (Packet Post-office 
Service) for the year 1851-52. —— 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the Service.) 


|Table; and be printed. No. 50. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shipping. 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
the Channel Islands, distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 3ist day of 
December 1850 :—Similar Returns of Steam ps 
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 
| Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (including 
_their repeated Voyages), distinguishing Steam from 

Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day of December 
|1849 and the 31st day of December 1850 :—Like 

Returns from and to the Colonies; further distin- 
suishing British from Foreign 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 Colonies of the United King- 

'dom respectively, distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day 
of December 1850 :—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 
registered, distinguishing Timber from Iron Vessels ; 
also, a similar Return of Vessels sold and trans- 
| ferred; also,a similar Return of Vessels wrecked ; 
| also, a similar Return of Vessels broken up, in the 
/year 1850:—Return of the Number of Colonial- 
| built Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered at each 
_of the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the year 
| 1850; distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of 
each Colony respectively :—Similar Return of the 

Number of Foreign-built Vessels, 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 repeated 
| Voyages), separating British from Foreign Vessels, 
also Steam from Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing 
the Trade with each Country, in the year 1850 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 182, of 
Session 1850). 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cholera 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Jamaica.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches and other 
Documents relating to the Outbreak of the Cholera 
in the Island of Jamaica, and respecting any app1i- 
cations made to Her Majesty’s Government for the 
adoption of Measures to meet the difficulties thus 
brought upon the Colony. ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a New River 
Return of the Assessment and the Amount of the Company. 
Rate annually paid, by the Directers of the Wew 
River Company, for the Relief of the Poor, in the 
Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of 
Middlesex, for the years 1840 to 1850 inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Imperial Gas 
a Return of the Assessment and the Amount of the Comp*"y- 
Rate annually paid, by the Directors of the Imperial 
Gas Company, for the Relief of the Poor, in the 
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Parish . 








56 


Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of 
Middlesex, for the years 1830 to 1850, both inclu- 
sive, 


Regent’sCanal Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Company. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 51. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 51. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) 


Rate in Aid, 


No. 52. 


Piracy 
(Borneo. ) 
No.53. 


Navy. 
No. 54. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies 
Certificates. 


Religion. 


Church of 
Ronie. 


a Return of the Assessment and the Amount an- 
nually paid by the Directors of the Regent’s Canal 
Company, for the Relief of the Poor, in the Pa- 
rish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of 
Middlesex, for the years 1830 to 1850, both inclu- 
sive. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of, or Extracts from, all the Corre- 
spondence which has taken place between the Go- 
vernment of Great Britain and that of Austria, on 
the subject of the Assault committed in London on 
Count Haynau, a General in the Service of his Im- 
perial 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. 


Ordered, That the Return from the Accountant- 
General of the Court of Chancery, which was pre- 
sented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number 
of Appeals, Re-hearings, &amp;c., heard by the Lord 
Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the Three 
Vice-Chancellors, which was presented upon Fri- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Ireland) Rate-in-Aid, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That that the Return relative to Piracy 
(Borneo), which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Petitions from South Devon ;— Boultham ;— Rise- 
holm ;—Langton ;—Scopwick ;-- Hatton ;—and, Net- 
tleham; complaining of the depressed state of Agri- 
culture, and praying for measures of relief,-—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of John Barnard, of York-road, 
Lambeth, Solicitor, praying for repeal of the Duty 
on Attornies Certificates, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edward Abley, and Members of 
his household ;—and, Stroud; praying the House 
to permit all persons to print the Bible, if they think 
fit,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballypooreen, in the 
county of Tipperary, praying that the House will 
not permit any measure to pass interfering with re- 
ligious doctrine, discipline or practice, und that they 
will establish perfect religious equality, by doing 
away with the Establishment of the Protestant 
Church, and applying its revenue to the relief of 
the poor, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upun the Table. 


Petitions from Chapel Allerton ;—Cloydagh ;— 
Brimfield and Ashford Bowdler ;—Troon ;— Oban ; 
—Herne Hill ;—Mayo ;—Myshall ;— Terogh, Cap- 


17° Februari. 


A, 1851. 


pamore ;—Magheragall ;— Ballymore ;—Enniskeen; 
| —Zemplepatrick ;—Rathmolyan ;— Lissan ; — Kil- 
| lesk ;—Ballintemple ;— Ballyoire ;—Castletown and 
| Balnagor ;—Kilpipe ; —Ballycommon ; — Bangor ; 
— Peckham ; — Camus-juxta-Bann ; — Witley ; — 
| Yeovilton ;— Coventry ;— Rothesay ;—Killeshin ;— 

Turney ;-—Clara ; —Carlow ;—Painstown ; — Kii- 
managh ; — Staplestown ;— and, Aghade and Ar- 
doyne ; praying the House to repel every encroach- 
ment by the Church of Rome upon the rights, laws 
and liberties of England,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the town of Kin- Clauses 
sale, in the county of Cork, praying the House to Consolidation 
extend the Clauses Consolidation Acts to Jreland, Acts. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Brazilian As- Coffee, 
sociation, at Liverpool, praying for a reduction of 
the Duty on foreign Coftee imported into this coun- 
try, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holbeach;— Southwark ;— and, Copyholds, 
Stafford; praying for the Enfranchisement of Copy- 
holds,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Derhy Union ;—Okehamp- County Rates 

ton Union (Chairman) ;—and, Southwark (Chair- 204 Expendi- 
. ° . + 1 ture, 

man); praying for the establishment of Financial 
and Administrative Boards for giving to Rate-payers 
a control over the county expenditure,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Education. 
habitants of Bolton-le-Moors, praying the House 
to pass an Act for a national system of secular Edu- 
cation, to be supported by local rates, and managed 
by local Committees especially elected by the rate- 
payers for that purpose, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and other Inhabitants of the Jews. 
chapelry district of Suint Peter’s, Coventry, praying 
the House to refuse its sanction to any measures for 
the admission of Jews into Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of the President and Secretaries of the Legacy 
Church Missionary Society for Africa and for the Duties. 
East ;—and, Treasurer of the Society for the Propa- 
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; praying that 
the Legacy Duties may be taken off all charitable 
bequests,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Templer, of Lymington, Hants, Stamp Act 
complaining of the operation of the Stamp Act, and 
praying the House to enter on a rigid and searching 
inquiry into the effects of the said Act, and so to 





alter and amend the same, that real property shall 
no longer be exempted from the payment of Probate 
and Legacy Duty, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to tie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Marriage. 
gesses of the borough of Clifton Dartmouth Hard- 
ness, praying the House to legalize marriage with a 
deceased wife’s sister, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the congregation, parish Maynooth 
of Painstown, county of Carlow, praying the House College, 
to 




















tes 


ct. 





Newspapers, 
&amp;e. 


Paper. 


Patents for 
Inventions. 


Property Tax. 


Railways. 


Sugar, 


Vindows, 


14 Vicroriz. 


to withdraw every kind of public support from the 
College of Maynooth, and the Church of Rome, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Members of the 
Boston Mechanics’ Institution, praying that the 
tax upon Newspapers, called the Stamp, the Excise 
Duty on Paper, and the Tax on Advertisements 
may be abolished, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon- Hull (Chairman) ; 
— Liverpool ;— West Bromwich ;—Ward of Bishops- 
gate Within and Without, in the city of London ;— 
Merthyr Tydfil ; — Berwick-on- Tweed ; — London 
(three Petitions) ;— Halifaz;— Chatham ;— Ozford- 
street ;—Members of the Committee of Management 
of the Cork School of Design ;—Persons connected 
with the Londonderry Journal ;—Londonderry ;— 
George Smallfield, Proprietor and Publisher of the 
Leicestershire Mercury Newspaper ;—Members of 
the City of Westminster Literary, Scientific and 
Mechanics’ Institution ;—Ely ;— Whalley and Sab- 
den ;—William A. Woodby, Proprietor and Publisher 
of the Somerset —- Gazette Newspaper ;—Christ 
Church (Surrey) ;— Regent-street ; —Southwark ;— 
Shoreditch and Hoxton ;— Reading ;—Great Newton 
Mill ;--County of Dublin(nine Petitions) ;--Lincoln; 
— Wolverhampton ;—Saint Mary, Lambeth ;—Dur- 
ham (two Petitions) ;—Strand ; —Holborn ; —and, 
Clerkenwell ; praying for repeal of the Duty upon 
Paper,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Huddersfield Local 
Committee for assisting the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by Her Majesty to promote the exhibition 
of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851, 
complaining of the effect of the existing law of 
Patents for Inventions upon the exhibitors at such 
exhibition, and praying the House to alter the patent 
law, so that new manufactures and inventions 
may be freely exhibited without entailing penalties 
on the exhibitor for so doing, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edward Moore ;—and, Rothesay ; 
raying for repeal or modification of the Property 
ax,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Company, complaining that Railways are assessed 
at a higher rate than any other description of pro- 
perty, and praying for alteration of the law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Mauritius As- 
sociation of London, representing the proprietors, 
mortgagees and others interested in the colony of 
Mauritius, praying that the present descending scale 
of Duties on Foreign Sugars be held in abeyance 
until those colonies now producing Sugar under a 
system of slavery shall have made their slaves free, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull (Chairman) ;— 
Metropolis and its vicinity (two hundred and twelve 
Petitions);— Saffron Walden ;— Worthing ;—Louth; 
—Bath ;—Old Aberdeen ;—Greenwich (Chairman 
and Vestry Clerk); — Stockport ;—Heywood ; — 
Ashton-under-Lyne; — Gravesend (Chairman) ; — 
Montrose ;—Southwark (two Petitions) ;— Taunton 
(Presiding Chairman) ;—Chichester (two Petitions) ; 
—New Galloway (Provost) ;—Peter Henman ;— 


Shoreditch (Chairman) ; — Bruton ; — Durham 
VoL. 106. 


17° Februarit. 57 


(Mayor) ;—Durham ;— Epping ;— Havant ;—Diss ; 
—Kentish Town ;— Royston ;—Barnard Castle ;— 
Finsbury (Chairman) ;—Islington ;— Richard Kelly ; 
— Robert Wynne ;—and, Saint Luke (Middlesex) 
(Chairman) ; praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Windows,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town windows, 
Council of the royal burgh of Wick, praying for Soap and Tes. 
the abolition of the Duty on Windows and Soap, 
and a reduction of the Duty on Tea, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- Joint Stock 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the Companies. 
Licenses granted by the Lords of the Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade, from 20th March 1850 to 
7th February 1851, 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 Li- 
censes, 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. 

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


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to an Address Ordnance 
to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective and Non- Estimates. 
effective Ordnance Services for the year 1851-52. = No. 55. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That, to- Property Tax 
wards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, and Stamp 
the respective Duties in Great Britain on Profits Ueland.) 
arising from Property, Professions, Trades and ; 
Offices, and the Stamp Duties in Jreland, granted 
by two Acts passed in-the sixth year of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, and which have been continued and 
amended by several subsequent Acts, shall be further 
continued for a time to be limited. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Passengers’ Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Passengers’ 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Act Amend- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ™* Bill 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Improvement 
_— of the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) Cieuena} - 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Mills and Factories (Jreland) Bill was, ac- yitls and 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Factories 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- l#0d) Bil. 
morrow. 





I Ordered, 


Y 
3 


58 
Municipal Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Councils in for establishing Municipal Councils in Counties in 


Coutandy pin, Zreland: And that Mr. Anstey and Mr. M’Cullagh 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

(Ireland) Bill. tg amend the Laws relating to the Valuation of 
Rateable Property in Zreland: And that Sir William 
Somerville and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Lords of the Admiralty and any Steam 
Ship Companies employed in carrying the Mails, 
relative to the exclusion of Iron Steam Ships from 
the Contract Packet Service. 


Iron Steam 
Ships. 


Fee Farm Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(ireland) pill, extend the Remedies provided by “The Renewable 
Leasehold Conversion Act,” fort pring | of Fee 
Farm Rents under that Act, to all other Fee Farm 
Rents, and toother Rents in Jreland, reserved upon 
Grants of Land in which the Grantors have no re- 
version : And that Major Blackall and Mr. Sadleir 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Apprentices’ The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Bill Servants’ nesday the 26th day of this instant February, the 
9 Apprentices’ and Servants’ Bill was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of March next. 


Valuation ; 
(Ireland) Bill. the 


No. 56. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend 
Laws relating to the Valuation of Rateable 
Property in Jreland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 3d day of March next; and to 


be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 18° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


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 1850 :—And then he withdrew. 
. Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Midland Rail- Mr. William Evans presented a Bill to authorize 
he the Seeitions) the Midland Railway Company, 
Bradford of the Estate and Interest of the Leeds and Brad- 
Railway, and ford Railway Company in the Leeds and Bradford 
Capital) vi, Railway, and to empower the Midland Railway 
4 ‘ Company to raise Money for such Purpose: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


A Petition of John Horner Rumball, of Saint 
Peter-street, in the borough of Saint Alban’s, in the 
county of Hertford, Land Agent, and William Ben- 
nett, of Saint Peter-street aforesaid, in the said 
borough of Saint Alban’s, Builder, Electors of the 
borough of Saint Alban’s, in the county of Hert- 
ford, who voted at the last Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said borough, was 
delivered in, and read ; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners voted at the last Election of a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 


Saint Alban’s 
Election. 


17°—18° Februarie. 





A, 1851. 


rough; that at the said Election Mr. Jacob Bell 
and Mr. Robert Walter Carden were candidates to 
represent the said borough in Parliament; that a 
poll having been demanded, was taken by the Re- 
turning Officer of the said borough on the twenty- 
fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred 
and fifty ; that the number of votes, as declared b 
the Returning Officer, was, for the said Jacob Bell 
two hundred and seventy-six, and for the said Ro- 
bert Walter Carden one hundred and forty-seven ; 
that the said Jacob Bell was, by the said Returning 
Officer, declared duly elected, and was returned as 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said borough ; that before and during the said Elec- 
tion the said Jacob Bell was, by himself and his 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers acts 
of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and did, by himself and his agents, mana- 
gers and friends, and by many other persons em- 
ployed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and by promises and agreements and 
securities for money, gifts, employment and rewards, 
and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt or procure divers persons having or 
claiming to have votes at the said Election to give 
their votes in favour of him, the said Jacob Beil, or 
to forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
Robert Walter Carden; that the said Jacob Bell, 
by the said corrupt and iilegal practices, was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Jacob Bell 
were and are wholly null and void; that gross, ex- 
tensive and systematic and open notorious bribery 
and corruption were practised and carried on at the 
said Election by divers persons being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said Jacob Bell, with 
the view to the Election of the said Jacob Bell, and 
that the said Election and Return of the said Jacob 
Bell were procured by means of such bribery and 
corruption ; that by reason of the premises, the said 
Election and Return of the said Jacob Bell were 
and are wholly null and void; that at the time and 
place of the said Election for the said borough, that 
is to say, on the said twenty-fourth day of Decem- 
ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, at the 
said borough, at the commencement of the taking 
of the said poll, a notice under the hands of two 
of the Electors of the said borough, who were well 
known to be duly qualified and registered as elec- 
tors of the said borough, was, on behalf of such 
electors, publicly delivered to the said Returning 
Officer at the said Election, which said notice was 
in the words and figures following, that is to 
say :— 

t Saint Aiban’s. We, the undersigned, being 
electors for the borough of Saint Alban’s, hereby 
give notice, that Jacob Bell, Esquire, has, by him- 
self and by his agents, been guilty of bribery and 
treating, both before and during this Election for 
the borough of Saint Alban’s, and is thereby inca- 

acitated from sitting in the present Parliament; 

and that all votes given for the said Jacob Bell will 
be thrown away. (Signed) John Horner Rumbail, 
William Bennett. December 24th, 1850.” 
That at the time and place of the said Election for 
the said borough, that is to say, on the said twenty- 
fourth day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty, at the said borough, at the com- 
mencement of the taking of the said poll, a notice 
under the hands of two of the electors of the said 
borough, who were well known to be duly qualified 
and registered as electors of the said borough, was, 
on behalf of such electors, publicly delivered to the 
said Jacob Bell, which said notice was in the words 
and figures following, that is to 7 i 

“ Saint Alban’s. We, the undersigned, being 
electors for the borough of Saint Alban’s, hereby 
give notice, that Jacob Bell, Esquire, has, by him- 
self and by his agents, been guilty of bribery and 

treating, 





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Docks =a 
Railway Bill, 


14 Vicroriz. 


treating, both before and during this Election for 
the borough of Saint Alban’s, and is thereby inca- 
acitated from sitting in the present Parliament ; 
and that all votes given for the said Jacob Bell will 
be thrown away. (Signed) John Horner Rumbail, 
William Bennett. December 24th, 1850.” 
That at the time and place of the said Election for 
the said borough, that is to say, on the said twenty- 
fourth day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty, at the said borough, at the com- 
mencement of the taking of the said poll, and before 
the voting of the persons who voted or claimed to 
vote at the said Election for the said borough, a 
notice, under the hands of two of the electors of 
the said borough, who were well known to be duly 
qualified and registered as electors of the said bo- 
rough, was, on behalf of such electors, publicly 
delivered to each and every of the voters for the said 
Jacob Bell, by persons who were placed at the en- 
trance of each polling-place for the said borough, 
for the purpose of delivering such notice to every 
voter for the said Jacob Bell as he came to the poll, 
which said notice was in the words and figures fol- 
lowing, that is to say :— 

“ Saint Alban’s. We, the undersigned, being 
electors for the borough of Saint Alban’s, hereby 
give notice, that Jacob Bell, Esquire, has, by him- 
self and by his agents, been guilty of bribery and 
treating, both before and during this Election for the 
borough of Saint Alban’s, and is thereby incapa- 
citated from sitting in the present Parliament, and 
that all votes given for the said Jacob Bell will be 
thrown away. (Signed) John Horner Rumball, 
William Bennett. December 24th, 1850.” 

That copies of the said notice were exhibited be- 
fore the said poll was taken, on placards in front 
of the hustings at the said Election, and also placed 
on the walls of buildings immediately adjacent 
thereto; that by reason of the said incapacity as 
aforesaid, and of the said notices so given as afore- 
said, the votes of those persons who voted .at the 
said Election for the said Jacob Bell were lost and 
thrown away, and ought not to have been counted 
on the poll; that by reason of the said incapacity 
as aforesaid, and of the said notices so given as 
aforesaid, the said Returning Officer ought not to 
have returned the said Jacob Bell as duly elected 
to serve in Parliament for the said borough, but, on 
the contrary, the said Robert Walter Carden was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned to 
serve in Parliament by the said Returning Officer ; 
and praying, That the House will take the premises 
into their consideration, and will declare that the 
said Jacob Bell was not duly elected at the said 
Election to serve in Parliament for the said borough, 
and ought not to have been returned thereat, but 
that the said Robert Walter Carden was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned, and that 
the House will direct the Return to be amended 
accordingly, by the substitution therein of the name 
of the said Robert Walter Carden for that of the 
said Jacob Bell, or that the House will declare the 
said Election of the said Jacob Bell to serve in 


Parliament for the said borough to have been wholly, 


null and void; and that the House will give the 
Petitioners such further and 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. 


Mr. Gwyn presented a Bill for making and main- 
taining Docks at Baglan Bay, in the County of 
Mypt with a Branch Line of Railway to the 
South Wales Railway: And the same was read 


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


Vou. 106. 





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59 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Mag- Magneto- 
neto Electric Telegraph Company, for leave to bring — &gt; 
in a Bill for incorporating “The Magneto-Electric Gna Bill. 
Telegraph Company,” and to enable the said Com- 
pany to work certain Letters Patent, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. M‘Gregor and Mr. Alexander 
Matheson. 


A Petition of Owners of property and Rate- Kensington 
payers within the parish of Saint Mary Abbott's, oe 
Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for better paving, lighting, cleansing, 
regulating and improving the Parish of Saint Mary 
Abbotts, Kensington, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir William Clay. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Western District Richmond and 
of the Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike-road, for —_ _ 
leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term and (Western Dis- 
amending and extending the Provisions of the Act trict) Con- 
relating to the Western District of the Richmond eng _™ 
and Lancaster Turnpike-road, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Thomas 


Greene. 


A Petition of Trustees under the Act thereinafter Sheffield and 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for more — —— 
effectually repairing and improving the Road from ~ 
Sheffield, in the County of York, to the Marple 
Bridge Road, in the Parish of Glossop, in the County 
of Derby, and the Branch to Mortimer’s Road, in 
the Parish of Hathersage, in the said, County of 
Derby, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Earl 
of Arundel and Surrey and Mr. George Henry 
Cavendish. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Road thereinafter Tenterden and 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend Woodchurch 
and extend the Provisions of an Act for widening omens 
and improving the Road leading from the Turnpike- 
road, in the Town of Tenterden, through Woodchurch 
to Warehorne, and the Road leading out of the 
Turnpike-road, in the Parish of Bethersden, through 
Woodchurch to Appledvre, in the County of Kent, 
and to create a further Term therein, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Law Hodges and Sir Edmund 
Filmer. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to empower the Christchurch 
Trustees of the Will of John Marshall, Gentleman, nee ag 
deceased, to alter and improve, or rebuild the Parish —_ , 
Church of the Parish of Christchurch, in the County 
of Surrey, and to enlarge the Powers of the said 
Trustees under the said Will, and to make better 
Provision for the future Execution of the Trusts 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the HoveImprove- 
Limits of the Brunswick-square (Brighton) Im-™ent Bill. 
provement Act, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time, 


Sir Charles Burrell presented a Bill for incor- gub-marine 
porating and regulating a Company to establish Telegraph 
a system of Sub-marine Electric Telegraph Com- ow 
munication between the Kingdoms of England and England ont 
France: And the same was read the first time ; and France Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Charles Burrell presented a Bill for incorpo- Earopean and 
rating the European and American Electric Printing —_,, 
Telegraph Company, and to enable them to work per Kay - 

12 certain pany, &amp;c. Bill. 











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


A Petition of the Killarney and Valencia Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize a 
Deviation in the Line of the Killarney and Valencia 
Railway, and to continue and revive the Powers 
granted by “The Killarney and Valencia Railway 
Act, 1847,” for the compulsory Purchase of Lands, 
and to extend the Period by such Act limited for 
the Completion of the said Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Dunne and Mr. Keogh. 


Killarney and 
Valencia 
Railway Bill. 


King’s College 


The King’s College Hospital Bill was read a se- 
Hospital Bill. 


cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Mildenhall Burnt Fen Road and Laken- 
heath and Hockwold Roads Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mildenhall 
Burnt Fen 
Road and 
Lakenheath 
and Hockwold 
Roads Bill. 


Ministers’ Ordered, That the Ministers’ Widows and Or- 
Widows and _ hans’ Fund of the Free Church of Scotland Bill 


e read a second time To-morrow. 


Scotland Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Waterworks 

Act Amend- 

ment Bill. 


The Saint Helen’s Waterworks Act Amendment 
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 Hastings Improvement Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon Tuesday the 18th day of March 
next.” 

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 Yeas, f — Poh 
Mr. Hollond, 

Mr. Frewen: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon Tuesday the 18th day of March next” be 
added at the end of the Question:—It was _ re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 


Hastings 
a 
Bill. 


Tellers for the Noes, 1 


put ; : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 18th day of March next. 


The London (City) Sewers Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London (City) 
Sewers Bill. 


Saint Pancras The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Middlesex) reading of the Saint Pancras (Middlesex), Paving 
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 tothe Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 


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A. 1851. 


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. 
{Lord Dudley Stuart, 
Tellers for the Yeas, j sir Aree Hall: } 72. 
Mr. Spooner, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Cu bitt : } 46. 
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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Severn Stean 


reading of the Severn Steam Tug Company Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, toadd the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being 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 Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

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


A Petition of John Weedon and George Hearn, Aylesbury 
electors of the borough of Aylesbury, was delivered Election. 


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 Ayles- 
bury, in the county of Buckingham, 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, Frederic Culvert, Esquire, and 
John Houghton, Esquire, were candidates, and that 
a poll being demanded, the same was granted and 
roceeded with, and at the close of such poll the 
eturning Officer declared the said Frederic Cal- 
vert to be duly elected a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said borough of Ayles- 
bury ; that before, at and during the said Election, 
the said Frederic Calvert 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 per- 
sons employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, mo- 
ney, rewards, and by offers of gifts, money and re- 
wards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts and rewards, and by other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure divers persons having or claiming to have votes 
at the said Election to give their votes for him, the 
said Frederic Calvert, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said John Houghton ; that 
the said Frederic Calvert 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 hav- 
ing given or refrained from giving their votes at the 
said Election, whereby the said Frederic Calvert 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 Election by divers persons being friends, 
supporters 








14 Vicroriz. 


supporters and partisans of the said Frederic Cal- 
vert, with a view to the election of the said Frederic 
Calvert, and that the Election and Return of the 
said Frederic Calvert were procured by means of 
such corruption, bribery and treating, and that by 
reason thereof the said Election and Return of the 
said Frederic Calvert were wholly null and void ; 
that the said Frederic Calvert did, previous to, at 
and during the said Election, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, and others on his behalf, give 
and allow to divers persons, electors, or claiming to 
be electors of the* said 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, provision, present or reward, to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit 
or preferment of such persons, in order to be 
elected and for being elected to serve in Parliament 
for the said borough; that by reason of the pre- 
mises the Election and Return of the said Frederic 
Calvert were wholly null and void; and praying 
the House to take the premises into consideration, 
and to declare that the said Frederic Calvert was 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been re- 
turned, and that his Election and Return are wholly 
null and void ; and that the House will give to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, 
or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Mr. John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions, 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow and 
South Western Railway Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Duffield and 
Sheffield Turnpike Road Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders 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 Poulnasherry 
Embankment 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; and that the Parties 
deposit in the Private Bill Office a copy of a Sub- 
— Contract, in which the subscriber or sub- 
scribers shall bind himself or themselves, his or their 
executors and administrators, for the —— of the 
money subscribed, to be recoverable by action at 
law, and that the amount of money paid up by each 
subscriber be stated in such subscription contract. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury 
and Chester Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought 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; and that notices be in- 
serted in the Newspapers for three successive weeks 
of the intention to enter into arrangements with the 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Hereford Rail- 
way Companies for the formation, maintenance and 
joint use of the intended Station at Birkenhead. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Malmesbury 
Turnpike Roads 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 pre- 
sentation of this Report; and that amended notices 
be inserted in the iieapipes for three successive 
weeks. 

Von. 106. 





18° Februari. 


61 


That the Committees on this and the two pre- 
ceding Bills do examine, in the first place, how far 
such orders have been complied with, and do report 
the same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Malton and sales ot 
Driffield Junction Railway Petition, the Standing * tng, 
Orders ought to be dean with ; that the Parties cee: 
be 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 Bann Navi- Bann Navi- 
gation Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be ston. 
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. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Aberdeen aberdeen 
Public Records Petition, the Standing Orders ought Public 
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 second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and 
eighth Resolutions, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Horley ;—Roehampton ;— Blake- Church of 
ney ;—Fennoyle ; —Castlehaven ;— Killmore ;— Kil- Rome. 
faughnabeg ;— Fanlobbus ; — Kilmachea ; — Queens- 
town ;— Kilshannig;— Ballynure ;— Chilvers Coton ; 

—Leek Wootton ;— Isleworth ;—Whalton ; — Kil- 

cala ;—and, Edgware and Little Stanmore ; praying 

the House to adopt measures for effectually sapling 

every encroachment by the Church of Rome upon 

the rights, laws and liberties of England,—were 

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





Petitions from Sudbury ; — Pembridge ; — and, Copyholds. 
Sunderland; praying for the enfranchisement of 
Copyholds,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Reigate Union (Chairman) ; — County Rates 
Thorne Union ;—Pateley Bridge Union ;—Aston 24 Expendi- 
Union (Chairman) ;—and, Foleshill Union (Chair- a 
man); praying that a law may be speedily passed 
for the establishment of County Financial and Ad- 
ministrative Boards, as a means of giving to rate- 
payers a control over the County Expenditure,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Ballinakill and Innistofin ;—.Dun- Ecclesiastical 
dalk ;— Bally Gunner ;— Waterford (two Petitions) ; j onan ’ 
—Killeagh, Ardagh and Dongan ;—Annacher ;—3 

Kilclooney ;— Carbery ;— Dublin ;—- Thurles;— Bor- 

risoleigh ;—and, Tipperary; praying that the Ec- 
| clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill may not pass 

into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairwoman of a Meeting of Elective 
Female Inhabitants of the borough of Sheffield, Franchise. 
praying the House to take into consideration the 
propriety of enacting an electoral law which will 
include females of adult age within its provisions, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned of the parish Jews, &amp;c. 
of North Bradley-cum-Southwick, Wilts, praying the 
House to refuse to sanction any measure for the 
admission of Jews into Parliament; and that the 
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill may pass mto 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


er in and Mercantile 
Master Mariners sot wang oA 


A Petition of Shipowners, 
Seamen of Middlesborough, in the Port of Stockton- 
13 upon- 








Paper. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Law. 


Transporta- 
tion (Van 
Diemen’s 
Land.) 


Windows. 


Mails (East 
India.) 





62 


upon-Tees, praying for amendment of the Mer- 
cantile Marine Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blandford Forum ;—Sunderland ; 
— Gloucester ;— Bolton ;— Bingley (two Petitions) ; 
— Keighley (two Petitions) ;—Proprietors and Pub- 
lishers of the Preston Guardian Newspaper ; — 
Thornton ;— Burnley ;—_Bolton;— Bolton-le-Moors; 
—Members of the Thornton Mechanics’ Institute ; 
— Huddersfield ;—Members of the Halifax Mecha- 
nics’ Institution ;— Bristol ;—Monmouth ;— Ripon ; 
—John Kaye, Proprietor and Publisher of the Wes- 
leyan Times Newspaper ;—Ashton-under-Lyne ;— 
Ward of Langbourne and Lime-street, London ;— 
and, Wilsden (two Petitions); praying for the re- 
peal of the Duty on Paper,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the poor of the Swineford Union, 
in the county of Mayo, complaining that the pri- 
vileges granted by the Poor Law Acts to Justices 
of the Peace have been detrimental to the interests 
of the Union and the well-working of the Poor Law 
in Ireland, and praying the House to make such 
alteration in the law as will ~ eae A magistrates 
from acting as ex-officio Guardians, unless they shall 
have paid all rates which may have been assessed 
upon them as occupiers of property in the Union, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Overseers of the poor of the 
township of Kendal, praying the House to take the 
law of Settlement into consideration, to repeal the 
existing Poor Law Acts, and to adopt such measures, 
by legislative enactments, as will secure equal rating 
to the relief of the poor, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colonists of the northern division of 
the Island of Van Diemen’s Land, stating, that the 
evils resulting from transportation to that island, as 
respects its moral, political and social condition, 
have, during several years past, been strenuously 
urged upon the notice of the Imperial Government, 
ina series of Petitions from the colonists, addressed 
to Her Majesty the Queen, and to both Houses of 
Parliament, praying for its immediate and total abo- 
lition; and praying that the House will immediately 
take steps to ensure the fulfilment of the Imperial 
promise, so that transportation to that island may 
for ever cease, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Crediton ;—E. W. Freestone ;— 
Boston (Chairman) ;-—Jnverary ;— Staines ;— New- 
castle-under-Lume ;—Saint Anne, Westminster (two 
Petitions) ;—Rugby ;— Truro (Mayor) ;— Thetford 
(Mayor) ; — Uxbridge; — and, Richard Thompson 
and another; praying for repeal of the Duty on 
Windows,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement, showing the Total Cost of transmitting 
the Mails and Despatches between Bombay and 
Suez by the East India Company, and towards 
which the Sum of £.50,000 per annum has been 

ranted out of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, 

uring the years 1848 and 1849, or to the latest 
Period that the Accounts can be made up, includ- 
ing Wages, Victualling and Allowances of Officers, 
Crews and Engineers, Coals, 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. Interes! per annum on the Total Cost 





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A. 1851. 


of the Steam Vessels employed ; the Net Amount 
of Passage Money received by the East India Com- 
pany, deducting Victualling and Allowance to the 
Commanders or other Persons 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 Departure 
from and Arrival at Bombay and Suez, and Bombay 
and Aden, respectively, on each Voyage, during the 
same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 746, of Session 1848). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Rome. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any SKC sewer 
which have passed between Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs and Her Majesty’s 
Ministers accredited to Foreign Courts on the sub- 
ject of any Ecclesiastical Relations which may 
subsist between such Foreign States and the Court 
of Rome. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, public Income 
a Return of the Net Income and Expenditure of and Expendi- 
the United Kingdom, for the several years ending ‘“* 
the 5th day of April 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 
1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, respectively (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 268, of Ses- 
sion 1841), 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,—Turnpike Trusts: Copy of Reports of Trusts. 
Secretary of State, under 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: 7. 
Mildenhall Burnt Fen Road, and Lakenheath and 
Hockwold Road :—8. Huddersfield and New Hey 
Road. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Rochester 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this Cathedral 
instant February, for a Return of the Appointment 
of Almsmen and Beadsmen to Rochester Cathedral, 
prepared and completed at the Signet Office, under 
the Queen’s Sign Manual, and by the Direction of 
the Secretary of State, from the year 1773 to the 
resent Time. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts of all Receipts and Dublin Port. 
Disbursements by the Corporation for preserving No, 57. 
and improving the Port of Dublin, from the sth 
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 Autho- 
rity :—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), 
which were presented upon the 14th day of June in 
the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return showing the several Church 
Pieces of Preferment held by every Archbishop, Preferments 
Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon, Chancellor, Precentor, No. 58 
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, which was presented upon the 2d day 
of August, in the last Session of Parliament, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rating, Poor Rating. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. - No. 59. 
r. 








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Spirits. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


14 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 26th day of July, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for 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 Con- 
sumption, from the 5th day of January 1845 to the 
5th day 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 Ja- 
nuary 1847 :—Like Return from the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1847 to 5th day of January 1848 :—Like Re- 
turn from the 5th day of January 1848 to 5th day 
of January 1849 :—And, Like Return from the 5th 
day of January 1849 to 5th day of January 1850. 

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 Continuation, to the 1st day of January 
1851, of 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 
for Consumption, 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 
of 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 
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 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, converted 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, con- 
verted into English Measures and Money, and stat- 
ing the Ratio at which such Conversions have been 
made :—Of the Quantities of Wheat and Flour Im- 
ported into and Exported from France in each of 
the last Ten years for which the Account can be 
given :—Of the Average Price of Butchers’ Meat, 
distinguishing the various Kinds as sold in the Lon- 
don 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, both 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 
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18°—19° Februariz. 63 


Cattle, Sheep and Swine Imported 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 chargeable thereon, and dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities Imported 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 te 1849, both 
inclusive :—And, of the Quantity of British Ship- 
ping, distinguishing Sailing and Steam Vessels, 
Built and Registered in each year since 1815 inclu- 
sive, in the United Kingdom, and also in the British 
Colonies (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 460, of Session 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. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
awe the House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 

orty 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, 19° die Februarit; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Butler, from the Trustees of the British British 
4 Museum, was called in; and at the bar pre- Museum. 


sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of 
this instant February, for an Account of the Income 
and Expenditure of the British Museum for the 
year 1850; of the estimated Charges and Expenses 
for the year ending the 25th day of March 1852, 
and of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; 
and, also, an Account of the Number of Persons ad- 
mitted to visit the Museum from Christmas 1844 
to Christmas 1850 ; together with a Statement of 
the Progress made in the Arrangement of the Col- 
lections, and an Account of Objects added to them 
in the year 1850 :—And then he withdrew. 

° Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 17th 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 all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 


this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Duffield and 
of the Petition for the Duffield and Sheffield Turn- Sheffield Turn. 
pike-road Bill, which was yesterday made from the P!*e-road Bill. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for continuing the Term and extending the Powers 
of several Acts for repairing the Road from the 
North End of the Town of Derby, in the County of 
Derby, to Sheffield, in the County of York, and from 
Duffield to Wirksworth, in the County of Derby: 
And that Mr. William Evans and Mr. George 
Henry Cavendish do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Wandle Wanaie Water 


Water and Sewerage Company, for leave to bring and Sewerage 
7 5 wed s Company Bill. 


in a Bill for the better supplying with Water certain 
14 Parts 








Malmesbury 
Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Dee River 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


East Stone- 
house Water- 
works Bill. 


Bann Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Poulnasherry 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Lee River 
Trust Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


Sheffield and 
Glossop Road 
Bill. 


‘Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select! 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and | 


64 


19° Februariz. 


A, 1851 





Parts of the Metropolis South of the Thames, and | Marple Bridge Road, in the Parish of Glossop, in 
the County of Derby, and the Branch to Mortimer’s 
| Road, in the Parish of Hathersage, in the said 


Places adjacent, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Alcock, Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. 
Pigott. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Malmesbury Turnpike- 
roads Bill, which was yesterday made from the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given tobringr _ Bill 
to renew the Term and continue the Pow. sand 
Provisions of an Act passed in the first year of the 
Reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “‘ An Act for more effectually repairing and 
improving several Districts of Malmesbury Turn- 
pike-roads, and other Roads connected therewith, in 
the Counties of Wilts, Berks and Gloucester:” And 
that Mr. James Howard, Mr. Sotheron and Mr. 
Goddard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Conser- 
vancy of the River Dee: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying 


with Water the Parish or Township of East Stone- | 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


time. 


Yorkshire Railway Bill was read a second time 
jand committed. 


mittee of Selection. 





County of Derby: And the same was read the first 


Mr. Keogh presented a Bill to authorize a Devia- Killarney ang 
tion in the Line of the Killarney and Valencia Rail- Valencia 
way, and to continue and revive the Powers granted way Bil. 
by “ The Killarney and Valencia Railway Act, 

1847,” for the compulsory Purchase of Lands, and 
to extend the Period by such Act limited for the 
Completion of the said Railway: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


The Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Bolton, Black. 


- burn, Clitheroe 
? and West 
Yorkshire 


| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bil, 


The Caledonian Railway (Motherwell Branch Caledonian 


Extension and Lesmahagow Branches Lease) Bill ®#ilway 


was reada second time; and committed. 
| 


( Motherwell] 
Branch Ex. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- tension and 


| mittee of Selection. 


/ 
' 


Lesmahagow 
Branches 
Lease) Bill, 


The Elland Improvement, Waterworks and Light- Enana 


house, in the County of Devon, and for Amendment | ing Bill was read a second time; and com- Improvement, 


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


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Bann Navigation Bill, which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Navigation of the River Bana, in | 
the County of Londonderry, in Ireland: And that 
Captain Jones, Mr. Bateson and Mr. Boyd do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


‘mitted. 


Waterworks 
and Lighting 


| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill, 


mittee of Selection. 


The Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Great North- 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


ern Railway 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Amendment 


| mittee of Selection. 


(No. 1) Bill. 


The Great Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill was Great North. 


read a second time ; and committed. 


ern Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-‘%® ®) Bil 


mittee of Selection. ' 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect! Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway Great North- 


of the Petition for the Poulnasherry Embankment | 


the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for embanking and enclosing the Estuary of Poul- | 


nasherry: And that Mr. Poulett Scrope and Mr. | 


Grogan do prepare, and bring it in. | 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill for enabling the | 
Trustees of the River Zee to obtain an additional | 
Supply of Water ; to alter and amend the Acts re- 
lating to the Navigation of the River Lee ; to pro- 
vide Funds for Improvements in the Navigation; 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Shrewsbury and Chester 
Railway Bill, which was yesterday made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Company to abandon the Crickheath and Wem 
Branches ; to construct a Station at Birkenhead; to 
enter into Arrangements with other Companies, and 
for other Purposes: And that Sir Philip Egerton and 
Mr. John Tollemache do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey presented a Bill 
for more effectually gee, and improving the 
Road from Sheffield, in the County of York, to the 





(No. 3) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


ern Railway 
(No. 3) Bill. 


The Islington Cattle Market Bill was read a se- Islington 


cond time; and committed. 


Cattle Market 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —_ 


mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Royal Institution Bill was read a Liverpool 


second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Royal Insti- 
tution Bill. 


The Manchester and Salford Extension Railway Manchester 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


and Salford 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- fiaiway Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


The Monkland Railways Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Royston and Hitchin Railway 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Scottish Central Railway Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


‘The Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. - 

e 


Monkland _ 
Railways Bill. 


Royston 
and Hitchin 
Railway Bill. 


Scottish 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


Waterford 
and Kilkenny 
Railway Bill 





Mir 
Wi 


of t 
Ch 


An 
As 
Co 


pe] bt et 


tr 






























Ministers’ 


Scotland Bill. 


Anchor 
Assurance — 
Company Bill. 


nd 


Malton and 
Driffield 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


&gt;&lt; 4 
= 


Richmond and 
Lancaster 
P Turnpike-road 
(Western Dis- 
trict) Con- 
tinuation of 
Term, &amp;c. Bill. 


Saint Helena. 


Agriculture, 
&amp;e. 


Attornies 
Certificates. 


Church of 
Rome, 





14 Vicroriz. 


The Ministers’ Widows and Orphans’ Fund of 
the Free Church of Scotland Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Directors of the Anchor Assurance 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- 
rating and regulating the said Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bremridge and 
Mr. M‘Gregor. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Malton and Driffield Junc- 
tion Railway Bill, which was yesterday made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to authorize certain Alterations in the Line and Levels 
of the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway, and 
to amend the Act relating thereto: And that Mr. 
Broadley, Mr. Cayley and Mr. Evelyn Denison do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for continu- 
ing the Term, and amending and extending the Pro- 
visions of the Act relating to the Western District 
of the Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike Road : 
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 of the Revenue collected in the 
Island of Saint Helena, in each of the vears 1848, 
1849 and 1850; stating the Sources from which 
received, and the Manner in which the same was 
appropriated ; stating the Names of the several 
Officers receiving more than £.100 a year in the 
last year, and the Offices they held. 

Ordered, That 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 Chairman of a meeting of Ma- 
gistrates, Clergymen, Landowners, Merchants, Te- 
nant Farmers, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the 
Western Division of the county of Kent, complain- 
ing of the distressed state of Agriculture ; and pray- 
ing the House to revise the present Taritf of import 
Duties, with an especial view to exacting from the 
foreign producer, as the condition of his admission 
to the British market, a vontribution to the public 
revenue equal at least to that paid by the home 
producer, and in the case of colonial produce 
equivalent to any disqualification imposed by the 
State on such production; and also to revise and 
modify the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vict. c. 93, by which the 
Navigation Laws were repealed, and also to revise 
and amend the laws by which the Currency is now 
regulated, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cork ;—Members of the Com- 
mittee of the Society of the Attornies and Solicitors 
of Ireland ;—and, York; praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Attornies’ Certificates, — were pre- 


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


Petitions from Agherton ;—Lewisham, Chariton, 
Eltham and Lee;— East Wickham ;— Hadlow ;— 
Paul’s Cray;— Plumstead ;—Lower Fahan;—Lower 
Lanofield;— Mogeesha ;—Drumcree;— Tubbercorry ; 
— Ballynaclough ; —Ballymacky ;—Old Castle ;— 
Stradbally ;— Balbriggan ;— Ballyscullion ;-- Tralee; 
—Archdeacon of the diocese of Dromore ;—Athboy ; 
—and, Windsor; praying the House to adopt mea- 

Vou. 106. 


19° Februariz. 








65 


sures for repelling every encroachment by the Church 
of Rome upon the rights, laws and liberties of Eng- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bainbridge Union ; — Glossop County Rates 
Union ; — Hollingbourn Union ; — Catherington and Expendi- 
Union ;—and, Tamworth Union (Chairman); pray- ™* 
ing the House to adopt measures for giving to 
rate-payers a more efficient control over County Ex- 
penditure,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ardagh and Maydow ;— Ballymore, Ecclesiastical 
Killnick and Isharmon ;— Maglass ;— Roscommon Titles 
and Kiltevan;—Athlone;— Castleknock, Blanchards- oe 
town and Chapelizod ;— Bray ;—Callan ;—-Beragh;  — 
Bourney ; —Caher ; — Donohill and Anacarty ;— 
Knockgraffon ;—Union of Drom and Inch ;—Neu- 
port and Birdhill ;—and, Newcastle and Fourmile- 
water; praying that the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- 
tion 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- Education. 
habitants of Rochdale, praying the House to pass an 
Act for the establishment of a rational system of 
secular Education, to be supported by local rates, 
and managed by local committees specially elected 
by the rate-payers for that purpose, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Governors of the Charity for Legacies. 
the relief of poor Widows and Children of Clergy- 
men, praying that the said Charity may be ex- 
empted fiom the payment of Legacy Duty, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Four Petitions from Honiton, praying the House Marriage. 
to pass a Bill for legalizing Marriage with a de- 
ceased wife’s sister, —were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lyme Regis ;—Hull ;—Maliéon ; Paper. 
—-Kendal ;—Members of the Council of the Cork 
Scientific and Literary Society ; — Warrington ;— 
Wigan ;—Downham Market (four Petitions) ;— 
Beccles ;—and, Islington; praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Paper,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Had- Post-oftice. 
low, in the county of Kent, praying the House to 
pass such enactments as shall put an entire stop to 
the transmission and delivery of letters and news- 
papers by means of the Post-office on the Lord’s 
Day, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Merchants of the Property Tax. 
city of Edinburgh, praying for the repeal or mo- 
dification of the Property ‘Tax, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the South Devon Railway Company ; Railways. 

— WearValley Railway Company;— Middlesbro’ and 
Redcar Railway Company; -—and, Stockton and 
Darlington Railway Company ; complaining that 
Railways are assessed at a higher rate than any 
other description of property, and praying for re- 
lief,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to be 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Heathfield, of Stohe New- Tobacco, &amp;e. 
ington, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, 
praying for a reduction of the Duties on Tobacco, 
Tea and Foreign Spirits, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 


K 


Windows. 


Mills and 
Factories 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 


Highways 


66 
A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the royal burgh of Ayr, praying for the 


repeal of the Window Duty, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Mills and 
Factories (Zreland) Bill. 


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 fortnight. ” 

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 to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 12th day of March 


next. 


The Highways (South Wales) Bill was, according 


— Wales) to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Prerogative 
Court 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Expenses of 
Prosecutions 
Bill. 


Smithfield 
Market Re- 
moval Biil. 


Emigrant Ship 
“ Washing- 
ton.” 


Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
5th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prerogative Court (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant February. 


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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to the Expenses of Prose- 
cutions, and to make further Provision for the Ap- 
prehension and Trial of Offenders in certain Cases : 
And that Sir George Grey, Mr. Attorney General 
and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
providing a Metropolitan Market, and Conveniences 
connected therewith, in lieu of the Cattle Market at 
Smithjield: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter addressed to the Land and Emi- 
gration Commissioners by Lord Hobart, inclosing a 
Letter from Mr. Vere Foster to his Lordship, de- 
tailing the Treatment to which he was subjected, in 
common with the other Passengers on board the 
Emigrant Ship “ Washington,” in the month of No- 
vember 1850, while on her Passage from Liverpool 
to New York, with a Copy of the Answer returned 
to Lord Hobart by the Commissioners; and also, 
Copies of any Correspondence between the Com- 
missioners and the Emigration Officer at Liverpool 
on the subject. 

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


19°—20° Februariz. 





A. 1851. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for pro- smithfielg 
viding a Metropolitan Market, and Conveniences Market Re. 
connected therewith, in lieu of the Cattle Market at 
Smithfield: And the same was read the first time ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


moval Bill. 
No. 60, 


Mr. Cornewall Jewis presented a Bill to amend Expenses of 
the Law relating to the Expenses of Prosecutions, Frosecutiens 
and to make further Provision for the Apprehension ~~ 
and Tria! of Offenders in certain Cases: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday the 12th day of 
March next ; and to be printed. 


No. 61, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend and Tenterden anj 
extend the Provisions of an Act for widening and hs oodchurch 
: ‘ . ‘ oads Bill, 
improving the Road leading from the Turnpike- 
road in the Town of Tenterden, through Woodchurch 
to Warehorne, and the Road leading out of the 
Turnpike-road in the Parish of Bethersden, through 
Woodchurch to Appledore, in the County of Kent, 
and to createa further Term therein: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lincolnshire 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®tuary. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Lincolnshire 
Estuary Bill. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 20° die Februari ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine 1851. 


PRAYERS, 

HE Clerk laid upon the Table,—Return to Petitions for 
an Order, dated the 12th day of this instant Private Bill. 

February, for an Alphabetical List of all Petitions 

for Private Bills deposited in the Private Bill Office 

of the House of Commons for the Session 1851, 

with the Name and Address of the Agents respec- 

tively who have deposited the same. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from stockton and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Datlingto», 
that in the case of the Stockton and Darlington, Vor. 
Wear Valley and Middlesbrough and Redcar Rail- brough and 
way Companies Bill, the Standing Orders have been Redcar Rail- 


complied with. vases Bill 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Ma- Lincolnshire 
nagement of the Lincolnshire Estuary Company, £4": 
and others, for leave to bring ina Bill for reclaiming 
from the sea certain lands abutting on the coast of 
Lincolnshire, within the .parts of Holland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Aberdeen 
of the Petition for the Aberdeen Public Records Public |) 
Bill, which, upon Tuesday 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 erecting and maintaining New. Public Offices 
for the County of Aberdeen; for altering and en- 
larging the present Record Office of the County, 
and for other purposes: And that Admiral Gordon 
and Captain Fordyce do prepare, and bring it in. 

A Petition 














Liverpool 
Docks 
(Alteration of 
Management, 

, &amp;e. ) Bill, 





f Malmesbury 
3 Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


and 

‘h 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 
Anchor 

re Assurance _ 
Company Bill. 
Cam Navi- 
gation Bill. 
Cam Navi- 
gation (No. 2) 
Bill. 

for 

lis, 

ind 

My Bann Navi- 

“4 gation Bill, 

d 

il. 

. 
Duffield and 

re Sheffield 
Turnpike- 
road Bill. 
Clerkenwell 
Improvement 

aL (Extension 

7 of Time and 
Transfer of 
Powers) Bill. 





14 VicrorizZz. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Liver- 
pool, praying that provision may be made in the 
Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Management, &amp;c.) 
Bill, to render the property of the Liverpool Dock 
Trustees liable to local rates, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to renew the 
Term and continue the Powers and Provisions of 
an Act passed in the first year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act for more effectually repairing and improving 
several Districts of Malmesbury Turnpike Roads, 
and other Roads connected therewith, in the Coun- 
ties of Wilts, Berks and Gloucester:”” And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company to aban- 
don the Crickheath and Wem Branches; to con- 
struct a Station at Birkenhead; to enter into Ar- 
rangements with other Companies, 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 for incorporating 
and regulating the Anchor Assurance Company, and 
for better enabling the said Company to accomplish 
the Purposes thereof: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order for reading a second time the Cam 
Navigation Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
to bring in the Cam Navigation Bill, which was 
presented upon the 10th day of this instant Febru- 
ary, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repealing and amending the Provisions of the 
Acts relating to the Navigation of the River Cam or 
Cham, alias Grant, between Clayhithe Ferry and 
the Queen’s Mill, in the Town of Cambridge; for 
altering the Navigation Tolls; for enabling the 
Conservators of the said River to sue and be sued 
in the name of their Clerk ; for conferring additional 
Powers, and other purposes: And that Mr. Richard 
Townley and Mr. Shafto Adair do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Boyd presented a Bill for improving the Na- 
vigation of the River Bann, in the County of Lon- 
donderry, in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Evans preseuted a Bill for continuing 
the Term and extending the Powers of several Acts 


’ for repairing the Road from the North end of the 


Town of Derby, in the County of Derby, to Shef- 
field, in the County of York, and from Duffield to 
Wirksworth, in the County of Derby: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


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 ; for 
amending the Acts relating to such Improvement, 
and for extending the Time for the compulsory Pur- 
chase of Property thereby authorized to be taken 
for such Improvement, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Wakley. 

VoL. 106. 


90° Februariz. 








67 


A Petition of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Dublin and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Kingstown. 
a re-transfer to the Dublin and Kingstown Railway ~~ "*” 
Company, by the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
Dublin Railway Company, of the Railway from 
Kingstown to the Bridge of Bray, in the County 
of Dublin, and the Powers to construct the same, 
and for altering and amending the Provisions of the 
Acts relating to the said Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Taylor and Mr. Grogan. 


The Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Mill- Uttoxeter to 
wich to Sandon Turnpike Roads Bill was read a se- Stoke, near 
cond time ; and committed. ey 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- to Sandon 
mittee of Selection. , Turnpixe 

Roads Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Great North- 
reading of the Great Northern Railway (No. 3) Bill; oN ae 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being ‘ oo 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months,” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

Tellers for the Yeas,| a Gane} 46. 


. . Viscount Galway, | 
Tellers for the N oes, Vis Miteates * | 


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. 


102. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Royston and 
reading of the Royston and Hitchin Railway Bill; Hitchin _ 
And a Motion being made, and the Question R4ilway Bill 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second South Stat- 
reading of the South Staffordshire Railway (Exten- fordshire Rail- 
sion to Burton-upon- Trent, &amp;c.) Bill; an he oll 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon-Trent, 


upon ‘Thursday next. &amp;e.) Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Metropolis 
mittee of Selection not to fix the sitting of the Com- Water Bills. 
mittees upon any Bill connected with the supply of 
Water to the Metropolis, or any part thereof, till 
alter at least one week after the Easter Recess. 


Mr. Grogan presented a Bill for embanking and Poutnasherry 
inclosing the Estuary of Poulnasherry: And the Embankment 
same was read the frrst time ; and ordered to be read 


a second time. 
Mr. 


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68 


Malton and Mr. Cayley presented a Bill to authorize certain 


Driffield 
Junction 


Railway Bill. and Driffield Junction Railway, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto: And the same was read the 


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


Inclosure 
Commission. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Annual Report of the Commissioners, 1851. 

Twelfth Rent of the General Board of Directors 
of Prisons in Scotland of their Proceedings during 
the year 1850. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the Sth day 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for Re- 
turns 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 Ex- 
penses severally attending such Prosecutions and 
discharging of the Recognizances. 

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


Prisons 
(Scotland. ) 


Larceny and 
Misdemeanor. 


Local Acts. 
No. 63. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Report of the Admiralty relative to an Ap- 
plication for a Local Act. 

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


Patent 
Inventions 
Society Bill. 


A Petition of George Sands Sidney, of Richmond 
Road, Islington, in the county of Middlesex, gentle- 
man, the promoter of the company thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- 
rating a Society, to be called “ The Patent Inventions 
Society,” for the encouragement of Inventions and 
the protection of Inventors, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord John Manners and Mr. Cocks. 


A Petition of the Thames Haven Dock and Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend 
and enlarge some of the Provisions of the Acts re- 
lating to the Thames Haven Dock and Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bramston and Mr. 
Lacy. 


Thames 
Haven, Dock 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of this 
instant February, for Copies of a Proposal made on 
or about the 8th day of September 1848, by the 
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com- 
pany, to Her Majesty’s Government, to effect an 
estimated saving to the Public of £.50,000 per 
annum, in the Cost of Conveyance of the Mails be- 
tween England and Bombay, combined with ad- 
ditional and improved Means of Transit; and of 
any Correspondence between the Government and 
the East India Company in reference thereto :— 
And, of any offers to Her Majesty’s Government 
by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 
Company, under Date the 17th day of July, and 2d 
day of Noveniber 1848, and 13th day of January 
1851, for establishing a Steam Communication with 
Australia (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 693, of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 
instant February, for a Return of the Net Income 
and Expenditure of the United Kingdom, for the 
several years ending the 5th day of April 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 
1850, respectively (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 268, of Session 1841). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,-—An 


Steam Com- 
munication 
with India, &amp;c. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture 


No. 62. 


Greek Loan. 


20° Februarit. 


Alterations in the Line and Levels of the Malton | 


C d,—Inclosure Commission : Copy of Sixth | , ; 
sar PY 'Table; and that the Return relative to Public In- 


_come and Expenditure be printed. 


| Remedies provided by the Renewable Leasehold 
of | 


A. 1851. 


| Account of Money paid out of the Consolidated 
Fund, under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 121, and 
6 &amp; 7 Will. 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. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Major Blachall presented a Bill to extend the Feo Farm 
ents 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Conversion Act for the Recovery of Fee-Farm Rents ~ 64, 


under that Act to all other Fee-Farm Rents, and to 
other Rents in Zreland, reserved upon Grants of 
Land in which the Grantors have no Reversion : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 19th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County Rates, 
Return, showing the Amounts repaid to County 
Rates out of the Consoiidated Fund during the 
years 1849 and 1850 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 596, of Session 1849). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Criminal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased pee amg 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ve) — 
House, Returns, from the Treasurers of the Counties 
of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Lancaster, Gloucester 
and Warwick, in England ; and from the Treasurers, 
Procurators Fiscal, or Clerks of Supply, of the 
Counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Renfrew, Perth, 
Forfar and Fife, in Scotland :—1. Of the Amount 
paid out of County Rates in each of the Counties 
above mentioned, during the year ending Michael- 
mas 1849, for the Expenses of every description of 
Criminal Prosecution :—2. Of the Amount paid 
out of County Rates of the above Counties for the 
Maintenance of Convicted Prisoners of every de- 
scription during the year ending Michaelmas 1849 : 
—3. Of the Amount repaid by the Treasury to each 
of the Counties on Account of their Disbursements 
for Criminal Prosecutions during the said year 
ending Michaelmas 1849 :—4, Of the Amount re- 
paid by the Treasury to the respective Counties on 
account of the Disbursements of those Counties for 
the Maintenance of Convicted Prisoners during the 
said year ending Michaelmas 1849:—5. Of the 
Amount paid out of County Rates in each of the 
Counties above mentioned, during the year ending 
Michaelmas 1849, for the Expenses of Criminal 
Prosecution, and not repaid by the Treasury :—6. 
Of the Amount paid out of County Rates of the 
above Counties for the Maintenance of Convicted 
Prisoners, during the year ending Michaelmas 1849, 
and not repaid by the Treasury. 

Ordered, That 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 Hops. 
Return of the Number of Acres of Land under 
Cultivation for Hops, and the Amount of Duty 
charged in each Collection in each year from 1837 
to 1850 inclusive (showing the Average Amount of 
| Duty per Acre in each year, and the Average 
| Amount of Duty per Acre for the whole series of 
| years, in each Collection); also, showing whether 
the Acres returned in the Sussex, Hereford or Wor- 
cester Collections are according to Statute, or any 
Local or Customary Admeasurement. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Property a4 
Returns, showing the Amount of Property assessed Income “| 
under Schedule B of the Property and Income %%”™ 
Tax Act for the years 1814, 1842, 1845 and 1848: 

—And, showing the Amount of Property — 
under 














Ceylon. 


Liverpool and 
Wallasey 
Gunpowder 
Magazines. 


Metropolitan 
Police, 


No. 66. 
Spirits. 

No, 67. 
British 
Museum, 

No, 68, 


Agriculture, 


Attornies 
Certificates. 


Bible. 


Church of 
Rome, 


nd 





14 Vicroriz. 


under Schedules C, D, and E, of the Property 
and Income Tax Act for the year ending the 5th 
day of April 1815, and the years ending the 5th 
day of April 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 
1849 and 1850. 

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, an Account of the Total Expense or Charge 
to the British Government for the Military Estab- 
lishments in the Island of Ceylon, distinguishing 
the Charge for Staff Officers, Royal Engineers and 
Artillery, Military Stores, Commissariat, Transport, 
and every other Expense; stating also the Sum 
contributed by the Island Revenue towards the 
Military Chest, in the year ending 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 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 of further Correspondence relating 
to the Liverpool and Wallasey Gunpowder Maga- 
zines (in continuation of the Paper already presented 
to this House). 

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


‘Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Me- 
tropolitan Police, which were presented upon Tues- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


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


Petitions from Thornington ;—and, Ecchinswell ; 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture, 
and praying for measures of relief,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ward Dyson Hitchin; — Henry 
Gleadall ;— Robert Parker ;—James Edward Nor- 
ris ;—Hugh Bakewell Bennett ;—John Bailey Hol- 
royde ;—Charles Gleadall;—James Pearson Ambler ; 
—John Richard Ingram ;— Thomas Moorhouse ;— 
John Cronhelm ;— Thomas Adam ;—Euward John 
Rudd ;— William Ferguson Holroyde ; — George 
Halliley Edwards ;— William Craven ;—Harrison 
Robson ;—George Edwards ;— Charles Barstow ;— 
William Fenton Kenny ;— George Dyson ;—Addi- 
son Thomas Steavenson; —and, Solicitors and At- 
tornies of the county of Kerry; praying for repeal 
of the Stamp Duty on Attornies Certificates,—were 
enn and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Colne ; —- Kingston-upon-Hull ;— 
William Harrison, and his household ;—and, Bras- 
sington ; praying the House to permit all persons to 
print the Bible, if they think fit,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the able. 


Petitionsfrom Lisson Grove ;— Loughton ;— Bath ; 
— Shull ;— Youghall ;—Akinagh ;—Cork ;—Frens- 
sham ;—Charles Nairn ;—Plaxtol ; —Finchley ;— 
Rowington ;—Chering ton ;-- Tallow ;— Knocktopher ; 
—Vunstead ;—Trowbridge (tv:o Petitions) ;—Brad- 
ford (Wilts) (two Petitions); — Saint Luke's ;— 
Dallingho;-- Bawdsey ;--and, Archeacon and Clergy 
Vox, 106. 


90° Februari. 


‘—Athleague ;—Tramore ;—Kill and Lyons ;—Bal- 











of the diocese of Kilmore; praying the House to 
adopt measures for repelling every encroachment 
by the Church of Rome upon the rights, laws and 


liberties of England,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chertsey Union ;— Chobham ;— County Rates 
Anglesey Union ; — Blofield Union ; — Cranbrook and Expendi- 
Union ;— Burnley Union ;— Lancaster Unicn ; — “™™ 
and, Yoxford Farmers’ Club (Chairman) ; praying 
for the establishment of financial and administra- 
tive Boards for giving to the rate-payers a more 
efficient control over the county expenditure,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Mohill ;— Annaduff ;— Oughter- Ecclesiastical 

agh; — Drumaul ; — Aughnamullan West ; — Wex- = ‘a 
ford ;—Youghall ;—Fuerty ;—Elphin ;—Keliakin ; 3 
lyhique, Killury and Rattoo ;— Tyrenascra ;—Spid- 
dal; — Tuam; —Kilmoylan and Cummer ;— Upper 
Creggan ;— Rathmines ;—Killinin and Aghadoey ;— 
Eyrecourt ; — Nenagh ; — Roscrea ; — Clerihan ; — 
Emly ; —Artrea ; —Derryloran ; —Tallanstown ; — 
Clogher and Walshstown ; —Loughgall and Jarta- 
ragham;—and, Dunleer; praying that the Ecclesias- 
tical Titles Assumption Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tunstead, in the Jews. 
parish of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, pray- 
ing the House to refuse its sanction to any measure 
for the admission of Jews into Parliament, was 


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


A Petition of Members of the Working Joint Lawof | 
Stock Company, Oxford-street, in the parish of Partnership. 
Saint George, Hanover-square, praying the House 
to take into consideration the state of the law re- 
lating to Partnership, with the view of giving the 
working classes greater facilities for investing their 
savings in trading speculations, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chobham ;—and, Grundisburgh Malt. 
Farmers’ Club (Chairman) ; praying for repeal of 
the Duty on Malt,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Members of the Marriage, 
Independent Congregation of Ottery Saint Mary, 
Devon, praying the House to pass a Bill for legaliz- 
ing marriage with a deceased wife’s sister, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of the Mercantile 
Port of Sunderland, praying for amendment of the Marine Act. 
Mercantile Marine Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel George Bucknall, of Stroud, Newspapers. 
complaining of the operation of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, 
c. 76, to reduce the Duties on Newspapers, and to 
amend the laws relating to the Duties on News- 
papers and Advertisements, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Newspaper Stamp Abolition Com- Newspapers, 
mittee, (Treasurer, Chairman, Sub-treasurer and &amp;¢- 
Secretary) ;— Royston ;—Islington ;—and, Compo- 
sitors of the “ Mark-lane Express;” praying for 
repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, the Duty 
on Advertisements, and the Duty on Paper,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


K 3 Petitions 





Poor Law. 


Property Tax. 


Public 
Salaries. 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Taxation, &amp;c. 


Windows. 


Law of 
Partnership. 


County 
Franchise Bill. 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


790 


Petitions from James Martin, Proprietor of Felix 
Farley’s Bristol Journal ;— Boston ;-—Ulverstone ; 
—Proprietors and Publishers of the Edinburgh News 
Newspaper ; — Farnham (two Petitions) ; — Ohke- 
hampton ;— Coventry (four Petitions) ;—Castle Don- 
ington (two Petitions) ;—Augustus Robert Martin, 
Proprietor and Publisher of the North Wales 
Chronicle Newspaper ;—Gravesend and Northfleet 
(two Petitions) ;—Manchester ;—Tavistock ;—Sher- 
borne ;—John Telford ;—Saint Luke's and Hackney ; 
— Garstang ;—Lancaster ;— Chorley ;—Proprietors 
and Publishers of the “ Builder” Newspaper ;— 
Woolwich ;—Ward of Portsoken, in the city of Lon- 
don; — Dover ; — Launceston ;—Saint Austell ; — 
Saint Ive’s (Cornwall) ;—and, Brentford; praying 
for repeal of the Duty on Paper,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Anglesey Union;—and, James 
Pike; praying for amendment of the Poor Law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich ; — Alnwick; — and, 
Great Yarmouth; praying for repeal or modification 
of the Property Tax,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Kington Union, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for reducing all public Salaries, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Public Meeting 
of Inhabitants of Devonport, praying for the abo- 
lition of the punishment of Death, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Green, of Queeny Head- 
lane, praying for a general revision of Taxation, 
and a reduction of Expenditure, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Fry Goulding ;—Uley ;— 
Monmouth ;—Newport (Monmouth);— Strand Union 
Chairman and Clerk) ;— Leamington Priors ;— 
Watchet ; — Chard;— Bury Saint Edmund’s ; — 
Pontefract ; — Aberystwith ; — Metropolis and its 
vicinity (eighteen Petitions) ; — Brighton ; —Nor- 
wich ;— Hanley (Chairman) ;—Saint Mary, Isling- 
ton, Parochial Reform Association (Secretary) ;— 
and, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in the city and 
borough of Bath (Churchwardens) ; praying for re- 
peal of the Duty on Windows,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the Law of Partnership, and the expe- 
dieney of facilitating the Limitation of Liability, 
with a view to encourage useful enterprise and. the 
additional employment of Labour. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make the 
Franchise in Counties in England and Wales 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 Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, (iin 0 King, 
(Mr. Hayter, ] 
\Lord Marcus Hill: J 


} 100. 


52. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Locke King, Mr. Hume and Mr. Headlam do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Expenditure on account of the 
Army and Ordnance, and to report their Observa- 


20° Februarii. 





A, 1851. 


tions therenpon to the House :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Lord Seymour, Mr. Secretary-at- 
War, Mr. Hume, Colonel Anson, Mr. Walter, Sir 
William Molesworth, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir 
James Graham, Mr. Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sidney 
Herbert, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon 
Smith and Mr. Bankes, 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 the Act for regulating the Construction 
and the Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its 
Neighbourhood: And that Lord Seymour and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Metropolis 
Buildings Bil) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convict 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to ae 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, seatatin 
Copies of all Petitions on the subject of Convict Dis- 
cipline and Transportation, which have been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, from any Part of Australia 
or Van Diemen’s Land, since the vear 1838, with 
the Number of Signatures attached to each Peti- 
tion. 

Ordered, That 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, Co- Convict 
pies of all Petitions on the subject of Convict Dis- Discipline 
cipline and Transportation which have been pre- aa 
sented to this House from any Part of Australia or 
Van Diemen’s Land, since the year 1838, with the 
Number of Signatures attached to each Petition, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convict 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Discipline 
to give directions, that there be laid before this oentatiens 
House, Copies of all Memorials or Representations 
on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transporta- 
tion, which have been transmitted to the Secretary 
of State for the 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Civil Bills, &amp; 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to (Ieland) Bill 
Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in 
Ireland, and to transfer to the Assistant Barristers 
certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent Debtors: And 
that Mr. Attorney General for Jreland and Sir 
William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


School 
Establishment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to reform and extend the School Establishment of 
Scotland: And that Viscount Melgund and Mr. 
Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a Holyhead 
Return of the Names of Naval Officers, Civil En- Harbour 
gineers, and other Persons who have reported in 
favour of or against the proposed Plan for the Asy- 
lum Harbour at Holyhead, or that have reported 
that Holyhead is not a suitable Place for an Asylum 
Harbour, and whose Reports have been made or 
printed by order of Parliament, previous to the in- 
troduction of the Holyhead Harbour Bill into Par- 
liament last Session; distinguishing those who have 
reported in favour from those who have reported 
against such Harbour, together with the Cost of 
the same as estimated by the several Engineers 
referred to:—And, Copy of any Report or Paper 
forwarded to the Admiralty in the year 1847, 
on the part of the Shipowners of Liverpool and 
others, on the Nature of the Anchorage Ground of 
the proposed Asylum Harbour at Holyhead, and 
signed by Captain James H. Christie and Lieu- 
tenant R. Sarsfield, r. n., together with the Plan 
annexed thereto. 

The 








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14 VicroriZ. 29°—21° 


Passengers’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Act Amend- into a Committee upon the Passengers’ Act Amend- 
ment Bil. ment Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mills and Factories 
(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, and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Mills and 
Factories 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolis Lord Seymour presented a Bill to amend the 
Buildings Bill. Act for regulating the Construction and Use of 
No. 69. Buildingsin the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 

to be printed. 


Salmon Brood Ordered, That the Salmon Brood (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. be read a second time upon Wednesday the 12th 
day of March nest. 





Metropolitan Resolved, Tnat an humble Address be presented 
Commission to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
of Sewers. to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Letter from the Chairman of the 
Metropolitan Commission of Sewers to the Secretary 
of State, transmitting a Report on the Transactions 
of the Commissioners during 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. 
yh Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a 
ane)“ Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
No.70. Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in 
Frelund, and to transfer to the Assistant Barristers 
certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent Debtors: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 3d day of 
March next ; and to be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Veneris, 21° die Februarit ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
Mid-Kent M R. Speaker laid upon the Table——Report from 
and Dover one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
"Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Mid- 
Kent and Dover Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
aoe on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th 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. 
uniing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
ms mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 
reed and 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Derby and 
Roads ©  Ashborne Roads Petition, the Standing Orders ought 


to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
Vou. 106. 








Februuriz. 71 
to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be 
presented not later than three clear days after the 
presentation of this Report. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Ulverstone Ulverstone 
and Lancaster Railway Petition, the Standing Or- — 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties waren 
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 Clerkenwell Clerkenwell 
Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders ought provement. 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be 
presented not later than three clear days after the 
presentation of this Report. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Smithfield Smithfield 
Enlargement Petition, the Standing Orders ought 2™!@rgement. 
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. 

5. Resoived, That in the case of the Lancashire Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway (Fifth Shares) Petition, the a 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the ane’ 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with 
the exception of the clause affecting the Mortgagees, 
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 Mayfield Mayfield 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be ®#way. 
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. 

7. Resolved, Vhat in the case of the Dundee Po- Dundee Police 
lice Petition, for extending the time for the Second ®# 
Reading of the Bill, the Standing Order ought to 
be dispensed with ; that the time for the Second 
Reading of the Bill be extended to Friday the 14th 
day of March next. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for facilitating Copper Miners 
the Settlement of the Affairs of the Governor and yt snag 
Company of Copper Miners in England, and for the "PY “™ 
better Management of the said Company: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in rce- Ulverstone 
spect of the Petition for the Ulverstone and Lancaster +n Lancaster 
Railway Bill, which was this day made from the — 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Furness Railway at 
Ulverstone to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, 
at Carnforth, to be called “The Ulverstone and 
Lancaster Railway :”” And that Mr. George Henry 
Cavendish and Mr. Alderman Thompson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Shafto Adair presented a Bill for repealing Cam Navi- 
and amending the Provisions of the Acts relating to #7 (No. 2) 
the Navigation of the River Cam or Cham, alias” 
Grant, between Clayhithe Ferry and the Queen’s 
Mill, in the Town of Cambridge; for altering tne 
Navigation Tolls ; for enabling the Conservators of 
the said River to sue and be sued in the Name of 
their Clerk ; for conferring additional Powers ; and 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Buxtonand Mid- Manchester, 
lands Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring Buxton, 
in a Bill to enable the said Company to complete jsidiands 
the Purchase of the Cromford Canal, was presented, Junction 
and read ; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in Bailway Bill. 


K4 


accordingly, 


72 
accordingly, by Mr. George Henry Cavendish and 
Mr. John Ellis. 


Aberdeen 
blic 
Records Bill. 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for erecting and main- 
taining new Public Offices for the County of Aber- 
deen; for altering and enlarging the present Record 
Office of the County ; and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Wandle Water 
and Sewerage 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for the better supply- 
ing with Water certain Parts of the Metropolis south 
of the I’hames, and Places adjacent: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Ordered, That the Dundee Police Bill be read a 
second time upon Friday the 14th day of March 
next. 


Dundee Police 
Bill 


National Land 
Company 
Dissolving 
Bill. 


The National Land Company Dissolving Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Saint Andrew’s 
Railway Bill.  econd time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. ° 
Agriculture. Petitions from Members of the Easter Ross 
Farmers’ Society ; —Sotby ; — Holton-cum-Beckher- 
ing ; — Stainfield ; —Apley ; — Bardney ; — North 
Carlton; — Dalkeith ; — Western district of the 
county of Fife ;—Western district of Strathmore ;— 
District of Kirkcaldy ;—Auchindon and Rhyme ;— 
Drumoak and Peterculter ;—Fraserburgh, Pitsligo, 


21° Februari. 


The Saint Andrew’s Railway Bill was read a} 





A. 1851. 


years of Her present Majesty, for the regulation of 
municipal corporations in Ireland, so far as relate 
to the borough of Dublin; for the collection of 
rates in the city of Dublin, for the improvement 
of the said city, and for regulating the powers, 
authorities and revenues of the grand jury, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Burton-upon-Trent Union ;—Ris- Cumy Rates 
bridge Union; — Tewkesbury Union ; — Sheffield Si. ~*Pend- 
Union ;—and, Sheffield; praying that a law may © 
be passed giving the rate-payers control over the 
general expenditure for county purposes, — were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and representative Crown 
Vestrymen of the parish of Saint James, within the Property, &amp;. 
liberty of Westminster, praying the House to require 
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to deposit — 
plans and give notices of any proposed alterations 
in the property belonging to the Crown and the 
public, as is required by individuals or public com- 
panies under the Standing Orders of the Houses of 
Parliament; that similar notices may be given for 
all alterations connected with public property and 
all alterations of private property that may ulti- 
mately be required for public. purposes, so that 
whenever opportunity occurs, either by the taking 
down of old houses, or where they are to be let or 
sold, the government or local authorities shall have 
powers to purchase at a fair valuation; to direct 
the Government to appoint immediately some one 
practically acquainted with the subject to receive 
communications from the different vestries of the 
metropolis, and other local bodies, as to what im- 


Rathen and Tyrie; — Crathie and Glenmuich ; —| provements it would be desirable to have made in 
Newmarket ;—and, Horncastle; complaining of the | their respective localities ; and to consider the pro- 


depressed state of Agriculture, and praying for | 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Attornies 


Petitions from Glasgow ;—and, William John ; 
Certificates. 


praying for repeal of the Duty on Attornies Certi- 
ticates,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. | 


| 

Petitions from Carshalton; — Fermoy; — Mo- 
viddy ;— Rathcorney ;— Wainfleet All Saints, Wain- 
fleet Saint Mary’s, and the immediate neighbour- 
hood ; —Chilworth ; —Baddesley ; —Millbrook ; — 
John Longmuir ;— Aberdeen ;— Holbrooke ;— Rath- 


Church of 
Rome. 


downey ; -—Ratby ; —Lewes ; —Winsham ; —Sedge- | 


brooke ;—Crudwell ;—Saint Pancras ;— Wigtoft ;— 
Surfleet ; —Quadring ; — Donington ;—Leadenham ; 
— Eglish ;— Ballymore;—Acton;— Jonesborough ;— 
Tynan ;—Donagh ;— Errigle Shanco ;—and, a 
wich; praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
pelling every encroachment by the Church of Rome 
upon the rights, laws and liberties of Enyland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the West India 
Association at the port of Liverpool, praying that 


Coffee. 


the Treasury order which suspends the operation of ' 
the Act of 43 Geo. 3, c. 129, as respects the adulte- | 


ration of Coffee, may be rescinded, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copyholds. Petitions from Long Sutton;—and, Lincoln ; 
praying for the enfranchisement of Copyholds,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland. ) 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Cork, praying the House to extend to the 
city of Cork certain Acts passed in the 12th and 13th 

| 





priecy of passing a Bill to place the administration 
of the improvements of the metropolis in the hands 
of a representative body, elected by householders, 
with power to levy rates for improvements (and not 
by a tax on coals), somewhat similar to the repre- 
sentative commission, which administers to the im- 
provements of Edinburgh, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Donaghmore ; — Clonrush and Ecclesiastical 

Mount Shannon ;— Killoe ; —Clonbrony ;—Killion ; Titles ” 
and Kilroran ; —Clonmel ;—Balling ;—Kilcolman, — ‘ 
or Claremorris ; -- Killasser ;— Toomoore;— K invara, 
Killina and Duras ;—Killashe ;—Carrickedmond ; 
—Tubrid and Tullahortan ; — Lismore ; —Kilne- 
martery;— Cullen O’ Keefe;—Shanduem;—.Donough- 
more ;—Balleyvourney ;— Clontead ;—Kilbolane ;— 
Drishane ;—and, Clashmore and Kinsalebeg ; pray- 
ing that the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Rate-payers of Ciren- Game Lavs. 

cester and its neighbourhood, praying the House to 
enact that prosecutors for offences against the Game 
Laws shall reimburse the county and parochial 
stocks for all costs and charges resulting from pro- 
secutions and imprisonments under those laws, was 
—- and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Wigtoft ;— and, Quadring; praying Jews. 
the House to refuse its sanction to any measure for 
the admission of Jews into Parliament,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Minister 
gesses of the borough of Clonmel, in the county of direland.) 
Tipperary, praying for the abolition of Ministers’ 

Money 











Newspapers, 
&amp;e. 


Paper. 


Property Tax 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Smithfield 
Market 
Removal Bill. 


Taxation. 


Windows. 


Dublin and 


own 


Railway Bill. 


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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Sheffield, praying that the 
Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertise- 
ments, and the Stamp Tax upon Newspapers, be 
forthwith abolished, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Morton ;—Cullingworth (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Darwen ;—Allerton ; —Cork ; —Belfast ; 
— Pocklington ;—Scarborough ;—Skipton (two Pe- 
titions) ;—— Persons connected with the Longford 
Journal ; — Longford ; — Oldham ; — Maldon ; — 
City of London ;— Dublin Mechanics’ Institution 
(Chairman) ; — Roscommon:; — Maryborough ; — 
Wexford ;—Persons connected with the Roscommon 
Journal Newspaper ; — Knaresborough ; — Saint 
Bride, in the City of London ;—and, Cheltenham ; 
praying for repeal of the Duty on Paper,—were 


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


Petitions from Northumberland ;—Joshua Wad- 
dington ;— Thomas Fender ;—and, William Gibbs ; 
praying for repeal or modification of the Property 
Tax Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House 


21° Februariz. 





73 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Water- Waterford, 


Wexford, 


ford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Com- yo oa 
pany, which was presented upon the 5th day of this publin Rail- 
instant February, be printed. way Company 


No. 71. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Waterford, 
Copies of the Communications and Papers which wane . 
have passed between the Railway Commissioners putin Rail. 
and Messrs. Lewis and Wash, and Mr. Nash, re- wayCompany. 
lating to the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 


Dublin Railway Company, up to this Date. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,—Turnpike Trusts : Copy of Reports of Trusts. 
the Secretary of State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: 

9. Cheltenham and Gloucester Road :—10. Milthorpe 
Road:—11. Appleby and Kendal Road :—12. Wood- 
church Road. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Metropolitan 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of this Commission 
instant February, for Copy of a Letter from the of Sewers. 
Chairman of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers 
to the Secretary of State, transmitting a Report on 
the Transactions of the Commissioners during the 
year 1850. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Petitions for petitions for 
Private Bills, which was laid upon the Table yester- Private Bills. 
day, be printed. No. 72. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Com- Steam Com- 





to address Her Majesty, requesting Her to use all the 
means within Her power for enforcing the Treaties 
between this country and Spain and Brazil for the 
suppression of the Slave Trade, and in the meantime 
not to withdraw the squadron from the coast of 
Africa, but to render the same more efficient for the 
great object with which it has hitherto been main- 
tained, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Butchers, Salesmen and others fre- 
quenting the markets of Smithfield and Newgate, 
within the city of London, and Owners of slaughter- 
houses within the metropolitan districts, praying 
the House not to allow the Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill to pass into a law, but that they may be 
heard by counsel at the bar of the House, or before 
any Committee to which such Bill may be referred, 
against that measure, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lincoln and its 
vicinity, praying for a revision and reduction of 
Taxation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stonehaven ;—Manchester ;—Fa- 
versham ;—Bath (two Petitions); —Mile End Old 
Town; — Saint Clement’s Danes (Westminster) ;— 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ;—Bridgewater ;— 
Maldon ;—Sheffield ;—and, Metropolis and its vici- 
nity (four Petitions); praying for repeal of the Duty 
on Windows,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. . 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to authorize a 
a Retransfer to the Dublin and Kingstown Railway 
Company, by the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
Dublin Railway Company, of the Railway from 
Kingstown to the Bridge of Bray, in the County of 
Dublin, and the Powers to construct the same ; and 
for altering and amending the Provisions of the Acts 
relating to the said Railway: And the same was 


a the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
ime, 


VoL. 106. 


‘munication with India, &amp;c. which was presented yes- ™univation | 
| terd rinted. a 
| ay, be printed No. 73. 


| Ordered, That the Return of all the Benefices in Benefices 
England or Wales, which have been sequestered for Sequestered. 
the purpose of discharging the Debts of any Incum- No. 74. 
bent, since the passing of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 106 

(14th day of August 1838); stating the Names of 

such Benefices, 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 Population and Anuual 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 Churches to each of the said 
Benefices, and the Annual Amount paid ‘to the 

Curate or Curates to pegform the Ecclesiastical 

Duties of each of the said Benefices, which was 
presented upon the 2d day of August, in the last 

Session of Parliament, be printed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Rates. 

Return of the Annual Value of the Property rated 
to the Poor Rates, the Amount levied for Poor 
Rates, and the Rates in the Pound of the Amount 
levied on such Annual Value, in the following 
Places, viz. Bristol, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, 
Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, 
Salford, Leicester, Birmingham and Leeds, for the 
years ended at Lady-day 1848, 1849 and 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, funterian 
Copy or Extracts from any Minutes of the Trustees Museum. 
of the Hunterian Museum, relative to the Means of No. 75. 
enlarging the Space for receiving and exhibiting 
the Collections thereto belonging, gradually in- 
creased and increasing. 

Sir Robert Harry Inglis 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, Vagrants. 
Returns of the Number of Vagrants taken into = No. 76 
L tody 








Adjournment. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Passengers’ 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Mills and 
Factories 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


County 
Courts. 


21°—24° Februarit. 


tody by the Metropolitan Police in the months of 
November and December 1848, and January 1849 ; 
November and December 1849, and January 1850 ; 
November and ‘December 1850, and January 1851 : 
—And, of the Number of Vagrants taken into cus- 
tody by the Metropolitan Police in each year from 
1840 to 1850. 

Sir George Grey accordingly presented the said 
Returns. . 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this 
instant February, for Copies of, or Extracts from, all 
the Correspondence which has taken place between 
the Government of Great Britain and that of Aus- 
tria on the subject of the Assault committed in 
London on Count Haynau, a General in the Service 
of his Imperial Majesty. 

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


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


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

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Passengers’ Act Amend- 
ment Bill,as amended in the Committee. 

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


The Mills and Factories (Ireland) Bill 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. 


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 every Court established throughout 
England and Wales, under the Act 9 &amp; 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 1850, 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 ; 


A, 1851. 


£.20 and not exceeding £.50 —Of the Total Num- 
ber of Causes tried by each Court during the last- 
mentioned Period, by consent of Parties under the 
17th Section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61:— 
3. Of the Total Number of Appeals under the last- 
mentioned Act, up to the 3lst day of December 
1850 inclusive, from the Decisions of each Court, 
and whether such decisions were confirmed or re- 
served :—4, Of the Total Number of Days that 
each Court has sat from the Ist _ of January to 
the 31st day of December 1850, both days inclusive, 
and the Average Number of Hours comprised in 
each Sitting :—5. Of the Total Amount of Monies 
for which the Plaints were entered in each Court, 
during the last-mentioned Period :—6. Of 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 :—7. Of the Total Amount of Monies paid 
into each Court during the same Period, in satisfae- 
tion of Debts sued for, without proceeding to Judg- 
ment :—8. Of 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:—9. Of the Total 
Amount of Monies received on account of the General 
Fund in each Court during the same Period, and 
the Total Amount of Disbursements thereout, speci- 
fying the principal Purposes for which the Disburse- 
ments were made :—10. Of the Total Number of 
Causes tried in each Court during the same Period, 
with the Assistance of a Jury, specifying the Num- 
ber of such Causes in which a Verdict has been given 
in favour of the Party requiring a Jury to be sum- 
moned :—11. Of the Total Number of Executions 
issued by each County Court during the same Period 
against the Goods of Defendants, distinguishing 
those paid without Levy from those in which a Levy 
has been made :—12. Of the Total Number of Com- 
mitments 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 :—13. And, a Debtor and Creditor Account 
of the Sums received and paid by the Treasurer of 
each County Court, and of the Sums paid over by 
such Treasurers respectively to Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, during the same Period (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 561, of Session 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. 


And&gt;then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 24° die Februari ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


and not exceeding £.1 :—Of the Total Number of 
Plaints entered in each Court above £.20, and not 
exceeding £.50, from the 14th day of August 1850 
(when the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61, received the 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 20th and ae 


Royal Assent) to the 31st day of December 1850, 
both days inclusive:—Of the Total Number of 
Plaints entered in each Court during the last-men- 
tioned Period, by consent of Parties under the 17th 
Section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61:—2. Of the 
Total Number of Causes tried by each Court, from 
the ist day of January 1850 to the 31st day of 
December 1850, both days inclusive, specifying the 
Number of Causes above £.10; above £.5, a not 
exceeding £.10; above £.2, and not exceeding £.5; 
above £.1, and not exceeding £.2 ; and not exceed- 
ing £.1:—Of the Total Number of Causes tried by 
each Court from the 14th day of August 1850 to 
the 31st December 1850, both days inclusive, above 





21st days of this instant February; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House: 

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


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That leave Ken 
be given to bring in the Kensington Improvement &gt; 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 


A Petition of Owners of Property and Rate- Kensing res 
Improv 


payers within the parish of Saint Mary Abbots, Ken- pV 
sington, praying that the Standing Order No. 151 may 
be dispensed with in the case of the Kensington Im- 
provement Bill, and that the Parties may be allowed 

to 








14 Vicroriz. 


to proceed with the Bill, although the Petition for 
leave to bring in the same was not presented to the 
House within three clear days after the indorsation 
thereof by the Examiner of Petitions, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That leave 


0- 

nee be given to bring in the Magneto-Electric Telegraph 

a Company Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Bill. 

Magneto- A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Mag- 

Electric neto-Electric Telegraph Company, praying that the 

Telegraph =» Standing Order No. 151 may be dispensed with, in 

a the case of the Magneto-Electric Telegraph Com- 
pany Bill, and that they may be permitted to proceed 
with the same, although the time thereby limited 
for presenting the Petition for leave to introduce the 
said Bill into the House has expired, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

Lancashire The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


and Yorkshire of the Petition for the Lancashire and Yorkshire 

Railway = Railway (Fifth Shares) Bill, which upon Friday last 

a was made from the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
declare the Rights of the Holders of “ Fifth Shares” 
in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com pany: 
And that Mr. John Benjamin Smith and Mr. 
Bright do prepare, and bring it in. 


Derby and The House was moved, That the Report in re- 

Ashborne = spect of the Petition for the Derby and Ashborne 

oad Bil, Road 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 continuing the Term of the Derby, Ashborne 
and Hurdloe Road Act, and for other Purposes : 
And that Mr. Mundy, Mr. William Evans and Mr. 
Bass do prepare, and bring it in. 

Thames Mr. Lacy presented a Bill to amend and enlarge 
Haven, Dock some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the 
— Railway Thames Haven Dock and Railway : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
East Stone- Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of 
a Wednesday last on the East Stonehouse Water- 
‘works Bill be null and void. 
East Stonee | A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish or town- 
— ship of East Stonehouse, in the county of Devon, 
praying that the Standing Order No, 152 may be 
dispensed with in the case of the East Stonehouse 
Waterworks Bill, and that they may be permitted 
to proceed with the same, although the time thereby 
limited for the first reading of the said Bill has ex- 
Ent was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
elect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Clerkenwell Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring 
(emerement the Powers of the Clerkenwell Improvement Com- 
of Time ang Missioners to the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty 
Transfer of Of the City of London; for amending the Acts re- 
Powers) Bill. lating to such Improvement; and for extending the 
Time for the Compulsory Purchase of Property 
thereby authorized to be taken for such Improve- 
ment: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
+ al . Mr. Fuller presented a Bill for the making of a 


ailway from Mayfield, in the County of Sussex, to 
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75 


join the Railway, from Tunbridge Wells to near 
Hastings, of the South Eastern Railway Company, 
and to be called “The Mayfield Railway :” And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Smithfield 
spect of the Petition for the Smithfield Enlarge- Enlargement 
ment 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 enlarging the Site of Smithfield Market, and 
improving the Approaches thereto: And that Sir 
James Duke and Mr. Masterman do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Clerkenwell 
spect of the Petition for the Clerkenwell Improve- Improvement 
ment (Transfer of Powers to the Corporation of {Transfer of 
London, &amp;c.) Bill, which upon Friday last was made Co 


rporation of 

from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, London, &amp;c.) 

might be read; and the same being read ; _ 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for enabling the Mayor and Commonalty and Citi- 

zens of the City of London to complete the Im- 

provements authorized to be made by the Clerken- 

well Improvement Commissioners, and for amending 

the Acts relating to such Improvements: And that 

Mr. Masterman and Sir James Duke do prepare, 

and bring it in. 


Lord John Manners presented a Bill for incorpo- Patent * 
rating “The Patent Inventions Society,” for the en- Inventions 
couragement of Inventions and the Protection of °°“ — 
Inventors: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order for reading a second time the Cam Cam Naviga- 
Navigation (No. 2) Bill was read, and discharged. tion (No. 2) 

Ordered, That'the Bill be referred to the Exa- 2! 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Bala Pool Bill was read a second time ; and Bala Pool Bill. 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Briton Ferry, Docks and Railway Bill was griton Ferry, 
read a second time; and committed. Docks and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- B#ilway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Buckingham’s Compensation Bill Buckingham’s 
be read a second time upon Monday next. op caaaiae 


Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Cameron's 
Loughor Railway Bill was read a second time ; and Coalbrook 


committed Steam Coal 
; and Swansea 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Loughor 
mittee of Selection. Railway Biil. 


The Great Western Railway (Arrangements with Great Western 
Reference to the Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somerset Railway = 
and Weymouth Railways) Bill was read a second With reference * 
time ; and committed. to tle Pur- 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- chase, &amp;c. of 


mittee of Selection. ple 


Weymouth Railways) Bill. 


The Killarney and Valencia Railway Bill was Killarney and 
read a second time ; and committed. ———— 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ey Sey 
mittee of Selection. 


The London and Blackwall Railway (from Lon- London end 
don and Blackwall Extension Railway to Tilbury, Blackwall 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. fondo. &lt;a 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Blackwall Ex- 


mittee of Selection. bang a 





The 


L2 bury &amp;c.) Rill. 





76 
The Manchester Waterworks Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Manchester 
Waterworks 


Manchester The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a 

Improvement gecond time; and committed. 

Bie. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Maryport and 
Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Metropolitan _ Ordered, That the Metropolitan Cattle Market 
Saye Market Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 


The Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and 
Bradford Railway, and Increase of Capital) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Purchase 
of Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway and 
Increase of 
Capital) Bill. 


Richmond and The Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike Road 
Lancaster 
Turnpike-road 
( Western 
District) Con- 
tinuation of 
Term, &amp;c. Bill. 


was read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sheffield and § The Sheffield and Glossop Road Bill was read a 
— Road second time ; and committed. 
” Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Tenterden and 
Woodchurch 
Roads Bill. 


Wiveliscombe The Wiveliscombe Turnpike Roads Bill was read 


Turnpike 


Roads Bill a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to enter into arrangements with the 
Holders of guaranteed and preferential interests 
a the Company, and to raise a further sum of 
Railways). | Money, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
(Amendment ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lock- 
and Continua- Rar¢, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Archibald Hastie and Mr. 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill. Brotherton. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Glasgow, 
Garnkirk and 
Coatbridge, 
Polloc and 


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(Western District) Continuation of Term, &amp;c. Bill | 





A. 1851. 


Return for the like Period of all Payments made, 
and all Expenses incurred, during the said Periods, 
in the execution of the said Act; also of all or any 
Sums of Money owing to or by the Departments of 
the Metropolitan Buildings Office (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, N 0. 735, of Session 1847). 

. _— That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of John Foster Elmslie, of Moorgate- Harwich 
street, in the city of London, Attorney-at-Law, was Election 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That an action is 1847.) 


pending in the Court of Queen’s Bench for penal- 
ties for bribery, arising out of the Harwich Election, 
which took place on the 30th day of July 1847, and 
under the seventh section of the second George the 
Second, chapter twenty-four, being “ An Act for 
the more effectual preventing Bribery and Corrup- 
tion in the Election of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment,” wherein John Baker is plaintiff and George 
Rusk is defendant, and that the venue in such ac- 
tion is Essex, and that the cause is coming on for 
trial at Chelmsford, in the said 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 Mem- 
bers 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, 
as the 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 
production 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 present 
Chelmsford assizes with the book or books contain- 
ing such original short-hand minutes of evidence. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Harwich 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 Harwich, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir John Cam Hob- 
house, Baronet, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds 
of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in the county 
of Buckingham. 


School Esta- 
blishment 
(Scotland) 


Viscount Melgund presented a Bill to reform and 
extend the School Establishment of Scotland : And 





Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for additional 
provision in the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway 
Bill. 

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


Metropolitan Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
Buildings Act. dated the 21st day of March, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of all Sums of Money 
received for Salaries, or by Fees, or from any other 
Source, either by the Registrar, Official Referees, 
Clerks, District Surveyors, 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, and by 
whom received, during the said Periods :—And also, 





the same was read the first time; and ordered to Bill. 


be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Orange-strett 
Return of the Money expended on the Orange-street Waterworks. 


Waterworks, from their Commencement in 1844 to 
the year 1850 inclusive ; showing the Total Amount 
for Capital, and the Total Amount of Interest there- 
on during that Period; the Annual Cost incurred 
for maintenance of Works and repair of Machin- 
ery, &amp;c.; the Annual Income received for sup- 
plying Water ; the several Public Offices, Barracks 
and other Establishments, Fountains, and Reservoirs 
supplied from these Works, and the Sums paid 
previously as annual Water Rents, or the Annual 
Value of the Water now supplied, estimated accord- 
ing to the customary Water Rates charged to such 
Establishments. 

Ordered, 








6pirits. 
Writ. 

Spirits, 
ta- 
) 

Sugar, &amp;e, 
I. 
rect 
ks. 





14 Vicrorrz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House. 
Accounts showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and 
Ireland respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities 
produced from Malt, from a Mixture of Malt and 
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 1851:—Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the Sorts), on which Duty was paid for Home Con- 
sumption in each of the three Kingdoms, with the 
Rate per Gallon, and the Amount of such Duty; 
also, the Total Number of Gallons and Duty in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1851 :—Showing, under separate Heads, 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguish- 
ing the Materials from which made, imported into 
each Kingdom from each of the others respectively ; 
stating also the Rate per Gallon, and the Total 
Amount thereof in each case, and what Portion of 
such Duty was paid on removal of the Spirits from 
Bond, and what after their Arrival in England ; 
also, what Portion was actually warehoused under 
Excise Lock, distinguishing Malt from Grain Spirits, 
in England, for the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1851 :—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 1851 :—Of 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantities in each Country delivered Duty 
paid direct from Distillers’ Stocks from the Quanti- 
ties put into Bond, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 219, of Session 1849):—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 1851 :—And, of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores, in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively on the 5th day of January 1851 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 514, of Session 
1850). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Gallons of British Spirits 
exported to the Colonies and Foreign Parts in the 


-years 1849 and 1850; distinguishing the Quantities 


sent to the respective Places of Export. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Tabular Return, showing the Quantities of Sugar 
of the several Sorts imported into the United King- 
dom, and the Quantities retained for Home Con- 
sumption ; together with the Rates of Duty charged 
thereon, and the Net Revenue accruing therefrom, 
in each year, from 1800 to 1850 inclusive ; followed 
by a Comparative Statement of the Average Prices 
of British Plantation and Foreign Sugar (Ordinary 
Yellow Havannah) for the same Series of years :— 
Account of the Imports into the United Kingdom 
of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, 
from the West Indies, British Guiana, the Mau- 
ritius, and British Possessions in India, for the 
years 1831 to 1850, both inclusive; distinguishing 
the Quantities imported from each Colony and each 
Possession in each year :—And, similar Account of 
the Quantities of Foreign Sugar imported ; stating 
from whence, and the Quantities from each Place 
or Country. 

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17 


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 Letter from the Lord Bishop of 
Sydney to Sir Charles FitzRoy, Governor General 
of the Australian Colonies, dated the 22d day of 
May 1850, and of any Reply thereto, either by his 
Excellency or by Her Majesty’s Government, in 
relation to the Recognition of the Rank and 
Precedence of Bishops appointed by the Pope 
within Her Majesty’s Australian Dominions; spe- 
cifying the Dates when the same were severally 
received and despatched. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report, for the year ended June 
1850, of the Auditor appointed by the Commis- 
sioners of Railways under the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vice. 
c. 92, to audit the Accounts of the Eastern Union 
Railway Company :—Of the Report for the same 
year of the Auditor appointed by the Commis- 
sioners of Railways under the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vice. 
c. 120, to audit the Accounts of the Monmouth- 
shire Railway and Canal Company :—And of the 
Report upon the Inquiry which has taken place 
with reference to an Accident which occurred at 
the Ponders’ End Station upon the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway on the 8th day of January 1851. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing for each Railway Company the 
Amount, Capital and Loans which the Company 
has been authorized to raise by Acts passed previous 
to and in 1850, the Amount of Share Capital ac- 
tually paid up on the 31st day of December 1850, 
separating that which does not receive, or is not 
entitled to receive, any preferential Dividend or In- 
terest 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 1850, 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 1850 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 1850, distinguishing 
single and double Portions; the Length of Line 
in course of Construction at the End of 1850; the 
Length of Line each Company is authorized to con- 
struct, but which was not commenced on the 
3ist day of December 1850; and, consequently, 
the Total Length for which each Company has 
obtained Powers :—Of the Amalgamation of Rail- 
way Companies which have been effected, either 
by Purchase, Loans, or otherwise, during 1850, 
stating the Nature of such Amalgamation and the 
Date on which it commenced, with the Act of Par- 
liament under which it was effected :—And, from 
each Railway Company, showing the Length of 
each Line, or Part of a Line, or Branch Line, for 
which the Powers granted by Parliament for the 
compulsory Purchase of the Land required for their 
Construction have been allowed to expire without 

L3 the 





Roman 
Catholic 
Bishops 
(Australia. 


Railways. 


Railways. 


Assessed 
‘Taxes. 


Roman 
Catholic 
Hierarchy. 


Liverpool and 
Wallasey 
Gunpowder 
Magazines. 


No. 78. 


‘Turnpike 
Roads (South 
Wales.) 


Tron Steam 
Ships. 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide Ninth 
Report on 
Public 
Petitions. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Buildings Bill. 


738 


the exercise of such Powers ; and the Capital ap- 
propriated by Parliament for the Construction of 
such Lines or Branch Lines. 

Ordered, That 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, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of all 
Cases which have been stated and signed by Com- 
missioners acting in the execution of the Acts re- 
lating to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the 
20th day of February 1850, being the Date of a 
like Return made under the directions of the same 
Act in the last Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Paperdo lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this 
instant February, for a Return of the Number of 
Addresses which have been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty on the subject of the recent measures taken by 
the Pope for the establishment of a Roman Catholic 
Hierarchy in this country; with a Statement of the 
Places, Corporations or Persons from whom the Ad- 
dresses have been received; with the Number of 
Signatures to each of such Addresses, and an Ab- 
stract of their purport and prayer (including all 
which have been presented previous to the 20th day 
of February 1851). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of this instant February, for Copies of fur- 
ther Correspondence relating to the Liverpool and 
Wallasey Gunpowder Magazines (in continuation of 
the Paper already presented to this House). 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Statements of 
the Receipts and Expenditure on account of the 
Turnpike-roads in South Wales in 1850, together 
with the Estimates for 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to the Liverpool 
and Wallasey Gunpowder Magazines be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 17th day of this instant February, for 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Lords of the Admiralty and any Steam 
Ship Companies employed in carrying the Mails, 
relative to the exclusion of Iron Steam Ships from 
the Contract Packet Service. 


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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise 
(Scotland) ;—Universal Suffrage ;—Bible;—Church 
of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; 
—Jews;— Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; — 
Tithes ;—Steam Communication with Australia ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure ;—Malt ;— News- 
papers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ;—Windows ; 
—Agriculture ;—Court of Chancery ;— Education 
(Ireland) ;—Expenses of Prosecutions Bill ;—James 
Fagan ;—Intoxicating Liquors;—Lancaster Gaol;— 
Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ;—Mercantile Ma- 
rine Act ;—Patents for Inventions ;—Poor Relief; 
—Population Act ;—Portsmouth Harbour ;—Post 
Office ; —Slave Trade ;— Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill;—and, Stationery Oftice—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
reading of the Improvement of Towns (Zreland) 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 Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 10th day of March next, 


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A. 1851, 


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 Comniittee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third Passengers’ 
reading of the Passengers’ Act Amendment Bill ; “a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Ecclesiastical 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Eccle- (Ireland) Bi, 
siastical Residences in Jreland: And that Mr. Na- 
pier and Mr. George Alexander Hamilton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Churches 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Cleland Ba 
Erection and Endowment of Churches and Chapels 
in Ireland: And that Mr. Napier and Mr. George 
Alexander Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to United Chura 
repeal certain Statutes relating to the Jrish Branch po acd 
of the United Church of England and Ireland: Ri, 
And that Mr. Napier and Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Napier presented a Bill to consolidate and Ecclesiastical 
amend the Laws relating to Ecclesiastical Resi- Clrelaniy a 
dences in Ireland: And the same was read the first © 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon —_ 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Napier presented a Bill to consolidate and Churches 
amend the Laws relating to the Erection and En- 
dowment of Churches and Chapels in Jreland: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Napier presented a Bill to repeal certain United Chunh 
Statutes relating to the Irish Branch of the United of England 


Church of England and Ireland: And’ the same —— heme 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No. 81 
second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. ~~" ° 


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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for making vlverstone 
a Railway from the Furness Railway at Ulverstone and Lancastet 
to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Carnforth, ®*"*Y on 
to be called “ The Ulverstone and Lancaster Rail- 
way:” And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 








Veneris, 28° die Februarii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. Ky 
M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors . of Sattars. 
the East India Company, was called in ; and 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of August, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for Copies of all Correspondence between 
the Government of Bombay and the Resident Com- 
missioner at Sattara, and between the Government 
of Bombay and the Government of India, relating to 
the Annexationof Sattara, and the Form of the Ad- 
ministration of that Territory ; also, Copies of all 

Correspondence 

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Bill, 


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Bill, 


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rch 





East India. 


New River 
Company. 


Imperial Gas 
Company, 


Regent’s Canal 
Company. 


Bankruptcy. 





14 Vicroriz. 


Correspondence between the Government of India 
and the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
any on the same Subjects, whether in the Secret | 
epartment or otherwise, so far as the same have 
not been presented to Parliament. 
Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to the di-| 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Resolutions | 
of the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany, being the Warrants or Instruments granting | 
any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the | 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In-| 
struments granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

List, No. 144, specifying the Maritime Compen- 
sation proposed to be granted to the there-undermen- 
tioned Persons, under an Arrangement sanctioned 
by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 

ndia, and laid before the Honourable the House of 
Commons on the 26th February 1835. 

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the East India Company, in the 
year 1850, there having been no Allowances of this 
Nature granted to Officers or Servants of the Board 
of Commissioners for the Affairs of India for the 
same Period. 

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 1850, under the Authority of the Act of) 
the 3d &amp; 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 Office of the Poor Law 
Board, was called in ; and, at the bar presented,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this in- 
stant February, for a Return of the Assessment and 
the Amount of the Rate annually paid, by the Di- 
rectors of the Mew River Company, for the Relief 
of the Poor, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, 
in the County of Middlesex, for the years 1840 to 
1850, inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 


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instant February, for a Return of the Assessment 


and the Amount of the Rate annually paid, by the | 

e . 
Directors of the Imperial Gas Company, for the 
Relief of the Poor, in the Parish of Saint ne! 
Islington, in the County of Middlesex, for the years | 
1830 to 1850, both inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant February, for a Return of the Assessment 
and the Amount annually paid, by the Directors of 
the Regent’s Canal Company, for the Relief of the | 
Poor, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the | 
County of Middlesex, for the years 1830 to 1850, 
both inclusive :—And then he withdrew. 

7 “aa That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able, 


Mr. Ewen, from the Office of the Accountant in 
Bankruptcy, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of| 
Parliament,—A Statement of the Amount paid by | 
Orders of the Lord Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor | 
and Commissioners, and transferred and paid out as | 
Dividends, from the 31st day of December 1849 to | 
Ist January 1851, also showing the Balances on the | 
following Accounts, standing to the Credit of Richard | 
Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant in Bankruptcy, on | 
the ist day of January 1851 ; viz., 1st. The General | 
Cash- Account of Bankrupts’ Estates; 2d. The 
Bankruptcy Fund Account; 3d. The Unclaimed 
Dividend Account; 4th. The Chief Registrar’s Ac- 
count; together with an Appendix to the last-named 
Account, of the Payments made therefrom, showing 
to whom made, and whether as Salaries, Compen- 

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79 


sations, Annuities, Services, Travelling or other Ex. 
penses or Allowances :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Liverpool 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pone — 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- tea ng 
ders, in the case of the Petition for additional pro- &amp;c.) Bill. 
vision in the Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Ma- 
nagement, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cam Naviga- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; #2 (Ne 2) 
That in the case of the River Cam Navigation (No.2) 

Bill the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the. Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined —— 
the Petitions presented upon the 24th day of this heart.) 
instant February; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders several Resolutions, OT¢¢? 5 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Mid Kent and Mid-Kent 
Dover Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought = Dover 
not to be dispensed with. ini 

2. Resolved, That inthe case of the Limerick Mar- Limerick 
ket and Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders —- ont m 
ought not to be dispensed with. — 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford and Waterford 
Tramore 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; and that 
amended Plans and Sections be forthwith deposited 
in the Private Bill Office, and at the Board of Ad- 
miralty. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Wexford Free Wexford 
Bridge Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Free Bridge. 
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 exception 
of such provisions as extend the time for levying 
Rates. 
5. Resolved, That in the case of the Scole Bridge Scole Bridge 
to Bury Saint Edmund’s Turnpike-road Petition, the to Bury Saint 


Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that Turnpike- 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, road, 


provided the same be presented not later than four- 


teen clear days after the presentation of this Report, 
and that the declaration required by the Standing 
Orders be forthwith deposited. 

That the Committees on this and the two pre- 
ceding Bills do examine, in the first place, how far 


: such Orders have been complied with, and do report 


the same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Cork and Wa- Cork and 
terford Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought —— 
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. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
Birmingham Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 2nd Birming- 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be ™*™ ®#ilway- 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 
Estuary Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Estuary. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 

L4 sented 





"Towcester, 
Brackley and 
Weston-on- 
the-Green 
Turnpike- 
road Bill. 


Charing Cross 


Bridge. 


Charing Cross 
Bridge. 


Buckingham, 
Brackley and 


Banbury Turn- 


pike-road Bill. 


Wexford 
Free Bridge 
Bill. 


Waterford 
and Tramore 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 


Lincolnshire 
) Bill. 


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sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 
The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth 
Resolutions, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons being a quorum of the 
Trustees of the Road thereinafter-mentioned, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Term and alter 
the Provisions of the Towcester, Brackley and Wes- 
ton-on-the-Green Turnpike-road Act, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Charles Knightley and Mr, Staf- 


ford. 


A Petition of the Charing Cross Bridge Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to raise further Monies, to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the Company, 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 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders, in the case of the Petition for the Charing 
Cross Bridge Bill. 

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


A Petition of Persons, being a Quorum of the 
trustees of the road thereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to extend the Term and alter the 
Provisions of two Acts relating to the Buckingham, 
Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles Knightley 
and Mr. Stafford. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Wexford Free 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 amend the Wexford Free Bridge Act 1847: And 
that Mr. James Fagan and Mr. Grogan do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Waterford and Tramore 
Railway Bill, which was this day made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Waterford to Tramore : 
And that Sir Henry Winston Barron, Mr. Meagher 
and Mr. Nicholas Power do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Shrewsbury and Bir- 
mingham Railway Bili, 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 extend the Time limited by the Shrewsbury and 
Birmingham Railway Acts for the Purchase of Land 
and Completion of Branches; to authorize the 
formation of certain Branch or Junction Lines and 
Stations, and the making of Arrangements with 
other Companies; and for other Purposes: And 
that Mr. William Ormsby Gore and Mr. Robert 
Henry Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Lincolnshire Estuary 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 


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A. 1851. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for reclaiming from the Sea certain Lands abutting 
on the Coast of Lincolnshire, within the Parts of 
Holland: And that Mr. Childers and Sir John 
Trollope do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to declare the Lancasiiite 
Rights of the Holders of “ Fifth Shares ” in the Lan- 204 Yorkshite 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company: And the Shares) grtt 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Caledonian 
Caledonian Railway Company to enter into Arrange- (¢) —s 
ments with the Holders of Guaranteed and Pre- Garnkirk ang 
ferential Interests in the Company, and to raise a Coatbridge, 
further Sum of Money: And the same was read — and 

- - ovan, &amp;c, 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Railways) 
time. (Amendment 
and Continua. 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill, 

Sir James Duke presented a Bill for enlarging the Smithfield 
Site of Smithfield Market and improving the Ap- Enlargement 
proaches thereto: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for enabling the Clerkenwell 
Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of aa ey 
London to complete the Improvements authorized to onan ro 
be made by the Clerkenwell Improvement Commis- Corporation of 
sioners, and for amending the Acts relating to such — &amp;c) 
Improvements: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Aberdeen Public Records Bill was read a Aberdeen 
second time; and committed. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~~ 
mittee of Selection. 


_ Ordered, That the Christchurch (Southwark) Pa- Christchureh 
rish Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


(Southwark) 
Parish Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time the Cam- Cambridge 
bridge Waterworks Bill was read, and discharged. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. : 


The European and American Printing Telegraph European 
Company Bill was read a second time; and com- 24 cm 
mitted. aan —. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pany Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Cattle Market Bill; — Maes 

And a Motion being made, and the Question ~~ 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


“ 


Sub-marine 


The Submarine Telegraph Company between 
. Telegraph 


England and France Bill was.read a second time; Company 

and committed, between 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- England -_ 

mittee of Selection. France Bil. 


Mayfield __ 


l'be Order for reading a second time the May- alway BOL 


field Railway Bill was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in _re- Mayfield 
spect of the Petition for the Mayfield wane &gt; ie Ba 








ite 
ifth 


Turnpike- 
road Bills. 


nt 
Uae 
ill, 

Private 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


) No. 89. 


of 


rds 
Hungarian 
Refugees. 


) Lights and 
Light Dues. 


an 
le- 
Foreign 
Vessels, 


Metropolitan 
mission 
Sewers, 


No, 82. 
Metropolitan 
dings Act, 
No. 83, 





14 Vicroriz. 


which, upon Friday last, was made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That ieave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a oe Mayfield, in the County 
of Sussex, to join the Railway, from Tunbridge Wells 
to near Hastings, of the South Eastern Railway 
Company, and to be called “ The Mayfield Rail- 
way:” And that Mr. Frewen and Mr. Fuller do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Standing Orders, No. 6 and 
No. 87, be suspended, in the case of the Turnpike- 
road Bills referred to the Committee of Selection 
during the present Session; and that any Com- 
mittee or Committees to whom any unopposed 
Turnpike-road Bills may be referred, shall have 
power to consider the same, any Provision in the 
106th Standing Order notwithstanding. 


Ordered, That the Standing Order, No. 160, be 
dispensed with in regard to all Bills the second read- 
ing of which has been delayed by the Adjournment 
of the House, and that they be read a second time 
on Monday next, provided Notice be given at the 
Private Bill Office on or before Saturday the 1st 
day of March next. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade ard Navi- 
gation, Month ended 5th February 1851, and Month 
ended 5th February 1849 and 1850. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting 
Refugees from Hungary within the Turkish Do- 
minions. 

Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
this instant February, for Copies of Correspondence 
between Viscount Palmerston and the Minister of 
the United States, upon the subject of Lights and 
Light Dues. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, — Return to 
an Order, dated the 14th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, 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 
Orders of the Right honourable the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in the year 
1850, for the Difference of Rates and Charges due 
to Corporations, Companies or Individuals, for Fo- 
reign Vessels, which, under Treaties of Reciprocity 
or otherwise, are admitted into the Ports of the 


United Kingdom at the same Rates of Charge as 


British Vessels; specifying each of the several 
Rates, on what Account the same was paid, whether 


for light Dues, Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Mer- | 


28° Februariz. 








chandize, Pilotage, or otherwise; also the Total | 


Amount (under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid to. 


each Corporation, Company or Individual, in each 
year, up to the 31st day of December 1850 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 156, of Ses- 
sion 1850). 

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


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- 
litan Commission of Sewers, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 
olitan Buildings Act, which was presented upon 
onday last, be printed. 

Vou. 106. | 


jreading of the Churches and Chapels (Jreland) 





81 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Roman Roman 


Catholic Hierarchy, which was presented upon Catholic 
Monday last, be printed. po" Hierarchy. 
No. 84. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Turnpike- Turnpike 
roads (South Wales), which were presented upon — 
Monday last, be printed. No. 85. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron Steam Iron Steam 
Ships, which was presented upon Monday last, be Ships. 
printed. No. 86. 


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; Public 

—Bible ;—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Petitions. 
Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;—Marriages ;— Maynooth vide Tenth 
College ;—Attorney’s Certificates ;—County Rates Report on 
and Expenditure ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;— be 
Property Tax ;—Receipts ;—-Windows ;—Agricul- ~*~ eaee 
ture ;—County Court Act ;—Education (Ireland) ; 
—Lord Lieutenancy (Ireland) ;—Prerogative Court 
(Ireland) Bill ;—and, Savings Bank (Tralee), were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of th Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; Titles | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ee 
upon Monday next. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Prerogative 
reading of the Prerogative Court (Ireland) Bill; Court ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “e!@24) Bill. 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second gchool Esta- 
reading of the School Establishment (Scotland) blishment 
Bill; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


The Passengers’ Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Passengers’ 
cording to Order, read the third time. Act  - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _— 
Ordered, That Mr. Hawes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland) Residences 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Churches 
and Chapels 
Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of March next. 


United Church 
of England 
and Ireland 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the United Church of England and Ire- 
land Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of March next. 

M 


The 





82 


Apprentices’ | The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
and Servants nesday next, the Apprentices’ and Servants’ Bill, 
Bill. ‘ 
was read, and discharged. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of March next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 3° die Marti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M®* Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 28th 
day of February last ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do he upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of John Horner Rumball and William 
Bennett, relating to the Borough of Saint Alban’s, 
is unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of John Weedon and George Hearn, 
relating to the Borough of Aylesbury, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Saint Alban’s 
Election, 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Mr. Fuller presented a Bill for the making of a 
Railway from Mayfield, in the roma. Sussex, to 
join the Railway, from Tunbridge Wells to near 
Hastings, of the South Eastern Railway Company, 
and to be called “ The Mayfield Railway :” And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mayfield 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Waterford 
and Tramore 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Meagher presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Waterford to Tramore: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Buckingham, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 

_—— and Term and alter the Provisions of two Acts relating 

Tarnpiiowend tothe Buckingham, Brackley and Banbury Turnpike 

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


Towcester, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 
Brackley and Term and alter the Provisions of the Towcester, 
——— Brackley and Weston-on-the-Green Turnpike-road 
Turnpike-road Act: And the same was read the first time ; and 


Bill. ordered to be read a second time. 


Lincolnshire Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for reclaiming 

Estuary Bill. from the Sea certain Lands abutting on the Coast 
of Lincolnshire, within the Parts of Holland: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Anchor 
Assurance . 


Company Bill 


Notice being taken, that a blank had been left in 
section 27, page 11, of the Anchor Assurance Com- 
‘pany Bill, which should have been filled up in 
italics ; 
The Order for reading the Bill a second time, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for 
leave to bring in the Anchor Assurance Company 
Bill, which was presented upon the 19th day of Fe- 
— last, might be read; and the same being 
read; 


Anchor 

Se 
mpany 

(No. 2) Bill. 


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A. 1851. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating and regulating the Anchor As- 
surance Company, and for better enabling the said 
Company to accomplish the Objects and Purposes 
thereof: And that Mr. Bremridge and Mr. M‘Gre- 
gor do prepare, and bring it in. ; 


The Order for reading a second time the Birken- Birkenheag 


head Dock Trustees (Alteration of Liverpool Dock Dock Trustees 


and Birkenhead Dock Rates, &amp;c.) Bill, was read, tivenae 
and discharged. 


Dock and 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Birkenhead 


Dock 

&amp;c.) Ba 
Ordered, That in the case of the Derby and Ash- Derby and 

borne Road Bill, leave be given to present the Bill, oie 

notwithstanding the same was not presented within 

three clear days after the presentation of the Report 

from the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Mundy presented a Bill for continuing the Derby ana 
Term of the Derby, Ashborne and Hurdloe Road Ashborne 
Act, and for other Purposes; and the same was oe 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The House was moved, That the Report of the Cam Navi- 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect gation (No, 2) 
of the Cam Navigation (No. 2) Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Ormsby Gore presented a Bill to extend the Shrewsbury 
Time limited by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 24 Birming. 
Railway Acts for the Purchase of Land and Com- = — 
pletion of Branches; to authorize the Formation of 
certain Branch or Junction Lines and Stations, and 
the making of Arrangements with other Companies ; 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time, 


A Petition of the City of Edinburgh Paving Board, North British 
praying the House to suspend the Standing Orders, Railway Bill 
os. 166 and 105, in so far as under the same the 
Petitioners’ Petition, deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, does not stand referred to the Committee on 
the North British Railway Bill, and the Petitioners 
are precluded from being heard thereon, to order 
that the said Petition do so stand referred, and that 
the Petitioners, subject to the rules and orders of the 
House, have leave to be heard thereon in terms of 
the prayer of the said Petition, if they shall see fit, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Cork and 
of the Petition for the Cork and Waterford Railway Waterford 
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 Cork and Waterford Railway Com- 
pany to make arrangements as to their Capital, and 
to provide for the immediate completion of the Zra- 
more Branch: And that Mr. William Fagan and 
Mr. Butler do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Keogh presented a Bill to amend the Wea- Wexford, 
ford Free Bridge Act, 1847: And the same was oa 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second pin. 
time. 


The Bann Navigation Bill was read a second Bann Navi- 
time ; and committed. gation BiB 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Copper Miners in England Cop per 
Company Bill be read a second time upon Friday Company Bill 


next, 
The 





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Dublin and 
ingstown 
Railway Bill. 


Duffield and 
Sheffield 
Tura 

Bill. 


Hove 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Lee River 
Trust Bill. 


Malmesbury 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


Malton and 
Driffield 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Poulnasherry 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Thames 
Haven, Dock 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Ulverstone 
and Lancaster 
Railway Bill. 


Buckingham’s 
Compensation 
Bill, 


Christchurch 
(Southwark) 
Parish Bill. 


Dee River 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Royal Naval 
School Bill, 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington, 
Wear Valley, 
and Middles. 
brough and 
car Rail- 
Way Com. 
Panies Bill, 
Waterford 


Ialvay ant 


14 Vicroriz. 


The Dublin and Kingstown Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike-road Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Hove Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mitted of Selection. 


The Zee River Trust Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Malmesbury Turnpike-roads Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Poulnasherry Embankment Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Thames Haven, Dock and Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway 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 Buckingham’s Compensation Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ae of the Christchurch (Southwark) Parish 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Dee River Conservancy Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


_ The Royal Naval Schvol Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. ' 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. . 


The Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley, and 
Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Companies 
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. 
VoL. 106, ; 


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83 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


the Falkirk boroughs, who voted at the last Election 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
boroughs, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are electors of the said boroughs, 
and voted at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said boroughs; that 
at the last Election of a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said boroughs George 
Loch, Esquire, and James Baird, Esquire, were 
Candidates, 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 James Baird to be duly elected a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the district of 
burghs of Linlithgow, Lanark, Falkirk, Airdrie 
and Hamilton; that before, at and during the said 
Election the said James Baird was, by himself, his 
agents, managers, friends and partisans guilty of 
bribery and corruption, and did, by his agents, 
friends, managers and partisans, and by other per- 
sons employed in his behalf, by gilts, presents, 
money, rewards, and by offers of gifts, money and 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and secu- 
rities for gifts and rewards, and by other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having, or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election to give their votes for 
him the said James Baird, or to forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said George Loch; that 
the said James Baird, 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 the said Election, whereby the said James Baird 
is incapable of being elected or sitting in Parliament 
for the said Falkirk boroughs during this present 
Parliament; that gross, extensive and systematic 
corruption, bribery and treating was practised 
before and at the said Election, by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
James Baird, witha view to the Election of the said 
James Baird, and that the Election and Return of 
the said James Baird were procured by means of 
such corruption, bribery, and treating ; and ihat, by 
reason thereof, the said Election and Return of the 
said James Baird are wholly null and void; that 
the said James Baird did, previous to, at and during 
the said Election, by himself, his agents, friends 
and managers, and others on his behalf, give and 
allow to divers persons, electors, or claiming to be 
electors of the said boroughs, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provisions, and did make pro- 
mises, agfeements, obligations or engagements to 
give or allow to such persons money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision, present or reward, to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit 
or preferment of such persons, in order to be elected 
and for being elected to serve in Parliament for the 
said Falkirk boroughs ; that, by reason of the pre- 
mises, the Election and Return of the said James 
Baird are wholly null and void ; and praying that 
the House will take the premises into consideration, 
and will declare that the said James Baird 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 House will give to the Petitioners 
such further or other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, 
or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records, 





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A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Falkirk 


Warkworth 


Harbour Dock Zadbroke and Thomas Ha 


Company Bill. 


General Re- 


versionary and Seymour Teulon, 


Investment 


Company Bill. 
C 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


County 
Treasurers. 


Railways. 


84 


as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Webb, Baronet, Feliz 
lifax Western, Esquires, 
three of the directors of a projected Undertaking for 
constructing a Wet Dock and other Works in con- 
nexion with Warkworth Harbour, in the county of 
Northumberland, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
structing the said Wet Dock and other Works, and 
for limiting the amount of Rates and Tolls by ‘The 
Warkworth Harbour Act, 1847,” authorized to be 
levied, and for varying the application thereof, was 
resented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
peer in accordingly, by Mr. Beresford and Mr. 
John Lewis Ricardo. 


A Petition of George Percy Elliott, Esquire, 
Esquire, William Wybrow, Es- 
Lieutenant-general Sir Lewis Grant, K.C. H., 
harles Thomas Holcombe, Esquire, Lieutenant- 
general Sir John Wilson,x.c.B., and Thomas Godfrey 
Sambrooke, Esquire, seven of the directors of the 
General Reversionary and Investment Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for better enabling the General 
Reversionary and Investment Company to sue and be 


quire, 


3° Martiz. 





sued, and to facilitate the holding and transfer of the 
Property of the Company, by and from the present 
and future Trustees thereof, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dodd and Mr. 

Barry Baldwin. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Turnpike Trusts: Copy of Reports of 
the Secretary of State, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 80: No. 13. Cheltenham and Painswick Road : 
—No. 14. Richmond and Lancaster (Western Dis- 
trict) Road. 

Copy of Third General Report from the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners for England, with an Ap- 
pendix. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of 
May, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
of the Names and present Rank of all Naval and 
Military Officers holding any Civil Appointment ; 
stating the Nature of the Office held by each, Date 
of Appointment, and the Rank held at the Time of 
such Appointment ; the Amounts of Salary, Half- 
pay, Pensions and Allowances, received by them 
respectively ; and whether in the Active or Retired | 
Lists ; distinguishing the Total Amount received by 
each. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for 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. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of February last, for Copy of Report, for 
the year ended June 1850, of the Auditor appointed 
by the Commissioners of Railways under the Act 
12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 92, to audit the Accounts of the 
Eastern Union Railway Company :—Of the Report, 
for the same year, of the Auditor appointed by the 
Commissioners of Railways, under the Act 11 &amp; 12 
Vic. c. 120, to audit the Accounts of the Monmouth- 
shire Railway and Canal Company :—And, of the 
Report upon the Inquiry which has taken place 
with reference to an Accident which occurred at the 
Ponders’ End Station upon the Eastern Counties 








Railway, on the 8th day of January 1851. 


A, 1851. 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- Incumberg 
bruary last, for a Return of the Names of all Per- Estates Coy, 
sons holding any Offices in the Incumbered Estates (Ireland. 
Court in Jreland, with the Amount of Salary paid 
to each, and stating whether or not previously em- 
ployed in the Public Service, and in what Capacity. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- Poor tay 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Paupers (Ireland.) 
in receipt of Relief in the several Unions of Jre- 
land in the First Week of February 1851; dis- 
tinguishing Out-door from In-door Relief, and giving, 
in a separate Column, the Amount of Workhouse 
Accommodation in each Union at the time. 

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


The following Paper having been transmitted to Episcopalian 
the Clerk, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Communion 
Parliament, was laid upon the Table; viz —Copy (Slant) 
Certificate of the Reverend Arthur Charles Tar- 
butt, Pastor of a Congregation of Persons in the 
Episcopalian Communion in Scotland, meeting for 
Divine Worship at Jedburgh, in the County of Roz- 
burgh, having qualified in terms of and as required 
by the Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 63, s. 2. 


A Petition of Henry Hunt, of Waltham Cross, in Great North. 
the county of ag coal-merchant, praying that etm Railway 
Standing Order No. 105 may be suspended, and (°°) 

; - A ‘ Amendment 
that he may be at liberty to deposit a Petition Bill 
against the Great Northern Railway Amendment 
(No. 1) Bill, in the Private Bill Office of this House, 
and that, if necessary, it may bean Instruction to 
the Committee on the said Bill to hear the Peti- 
tioner by himself, his counsel or agent, upon the 
matters in the said Petition, notwithstanding the 
same was not deposited within seven days after the 
second reading of the said Bill, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill to enable the Cork ana 
Cork and Waterford Railway Company to make Waterford 
Arrangements as to their Capital, and to provide Railway Bil 
for the immediate Completion of the Zramore 
Branch: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time, 


Several Petitions relating to Church of Rome ;— Public 
Ecclesiastical Revenues ;—Ecclesiastical Titles As- Petitions. 
sumption Bill; — Jews ;— Marriages ;—Advertise- yige Bleventh 
ments in Newspapers ;—Attornies Certificates ;— Report on 


Public 


County Rates and Expenditure ;—Paper ;— Pro- Petitions 


perty Tax ;—Windows ;—Agriculture ;—Education; 
—Education (Jreland) ;—Highways (District Sur- 
veyors) ; — Justices’ Clerks ;— Mercantile Marine 
Act ; — Smithfield Market Removal Bill; — and, 
Spirits (Jreland),—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, CustomHouwe 
Returns showing the Total Number of Persons em- 
ployed in and attached to each Custom House in 
the United Kingdom in 1849; the Total Amount 
of the Salaries paid in each Custom House to each 
Person, and the Total Amount of the Gross Re- 
venue received in each Custom House in 1849 :— 

And, showing the Gross Amount of the declared 
Value of the Articles exported from the Port of Zon- 
don in 1850; specifying also the separate Amounts 
of the Declared Values of the Twelve principal 
Articles. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kiecterst 
a Return of the Rates which have been made on (Ireland) 
each of the several Electoral Divisions in Jreland, 
for the years 1848, 1849 and 1850; distinguishing 
the Dates on which such Rates have been made. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Arterial | 
Return of all Sums which have been allocated by Cireland) 
the 








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Message from 
the Lords. 


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 


Valuation — 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Adjournment. 


Highways 
{South Wales) 
Bill, 


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 

No. 87. 
Private Bills, 


Committees. 


Committee of 
lection 
{First Report.) 


No, 88, 


14 Vicroriz. 


the Treasury, for the Promotion of arterial Drainage 
in Ireland; distinguishing the Works according 
to the several Counties :—And, a similar Return 
of Monies allocated for Land Improvement under 
Mr. Labouchere’s Letter. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Her Majesty to appoint a Vice-Chancellor 
in the room of Sir James Wigram, resigned ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Valuation (Jreland) 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 Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upor Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Improvement of Towns (Zreland) 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 Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, 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. 


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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the High- 
ways (South Wales) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesda 
the 19th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 179, might be read; and the 
same being reed; 

Ordered, That so much of Standing Order, No. 
203, as requires “ that after any day on which the 
House shall be adjourned beyond the following day 
no Notice be given in the Private Bill Office for the 
first day on which it shall again sit,” be suspended 
till Friday ; and that all Private Bills, of which due 
Notice shall have been given in the Private Bill 
Office, may be read a second time on Friday. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection, That, under the Powers granted to 
them by the Standing Order, No. 82, they had 
formed into Groups certain Private Bills, which, in 
their opinion, it is expedient to submit to the same 
Committee ; and had agreed to report the same to 
the House. 

VoL. 106. 


3°79 Marit. 


85 


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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Money expended on each 
of the Royal Palaces, Gardens, Parks, and the Ap- 
purtenances thereof, stating the Amount of Expen- 
diture from Parliamentary Grants, Crown Revenues 
surrendeted to the Public by the Civil List Acts, 
and other Sources; and a Statement thereof in de- 
tail, in the same Form as that for 1842, in each year 
from 1843 to 1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 343, of Session 1843) :—And, a Return 
of the Amount of the Salaries and other Emolu- 
ments of the Rangers and Deputy Rangers of the 
Royal Parks in each of those years; and also, of 
the Number of Houses and Tenements purchased 
for enlarging the Ground attached to Buckingham 
Palace. 

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


ther under any Act of Parliament, or by any other 
Authority, and of the Names of the Persons ap- 
pointed to them; stating, separately, the Salaries 
of each, and the estimated Annual Expenses of the 
Escablishments in connection with such Appoint- 
nents (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
633, of Session 1848). 


instant March, on the Compound Householders’ 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 





Veneris, 7° die Marti; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Holmes, from the Commissioners of Arun- 
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 1849, up to and including 
the 31st day of December 1850 :-—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bailey, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Museum, 
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 1851:— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 3d 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. 





M3 A Petition 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Royal Palaces, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New Places 
a Return of all New Places created and Appoint- = — 
ments made since the 6th day of April 1848, whe- ™ 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Compoune 
a Committee, upon Wednesday the 12th day of this Householders 


Arundel Port. 


Soane’s 
Museum. 


Public 
Petitions 
Eleventh 


out) 





86 7° Martiz. A. 1851. 


Great North- A Petition of Churchwardens, Surveyors of the 
em Railway Highways, and other Inhabitants of the parish of 
endment = = PB 

(No, 1) Bil Saint Mary, Hornsey, in the county of iddlesex, 
praying that the Standing Order No. 105 may be 
dispensed with, and the Petitioners be at liberty 
to deposit a Petition against the Great Northern 
Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill in the Private 
Bill Office of the House, and that it may be an 
Instruction to the Committee to whom the said 
Bill may be referred, to hear the Petitioners, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon the matter 
contained in the said Petition, notwithstanding the 
same was not deposited within seven clear days after 
the second reading of the said Bill against the pre- 
amble, or against such part or parts of the said Bill 
as affect their rights, interests and property, and 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Anchor Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
emai and regulating the Anchor Assurance Company, 
(No. 2) Bill, and for better enabling the said Company to accom- 
plish the Objects and Purposes thereof: And the 

same was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to ‘the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Warkworth Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing 
Conpeny Ball a Wet Dock and other Works in connection with 
" Warkworth Harbour, in the County of Northumber- 
land, and for limiting the Amount of Rates and 
Tolls by “The Warkworth Harbour Act, 1847,” 
authorized to be levied, and for varying the appli- 
cation thereof: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


General Re- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better enab- 
yorsionary and jing the General Reversionary and Investment 
Company Bill. Company to sue and be sued; and to facilitate the 
holding and transfer of the Property of the Com- 
pany by and from the present and future Trustees 
thereof; and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Smithfield Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill. 

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


Lord Lieu- The House being informed, That the Lord Mayor 
— of the city of Dublin attended at the door, he was 
. called in ; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Right honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of Dublin :—And then he withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying the House not to 
oe any Bill for the abolition of the office of Lord 
ieutenant of Jreland, was read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Cam Navi- Ordered, That Standing Order No. 160 be dis- 

Thar (No.2) pensed with, in reference to the Cam Navigation 

; (No. 2) Bill; and that leave be given to read the 
Bill a second time this day. 


Clerkenwell The Clerkenwell Improvement (Extension of 
Improvement Time and Transfer of Powers) Bill was read a 
(Extension of . : 

‘Time and second time ; and committed. 

‘Transfer of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Powers) Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Clerkenwell The Clerkenwell Improvement (Transfer of 
(Tieneter ef Powers to the Corporation of London, &amp;c.) Bill 
Powers to the Was read a second time ; and committed. 

Corporation of | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


—e &amp;¢.) mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second es per Miner 
: oe : 
ml. of the Copper Miners in England Company Company Bil 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {Sir De Lacy Boens . } 23. 
\ 6 


Tellers for the Noes, _ — if 66. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Cattle Market Bill; Cattle Market 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill 
upon Friday next. 


The Patent Inventions Society Bill was read a Patent 
second time ; and committed. at 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 5°!t Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


The Wandle Water and Sewerage Company Bill Wandle Water 
was read a second time ; and committed. on —- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~"?""Y 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Dur- Durham _ 
ham Markets Company, and also of the Mayor, Markets Bill 
Aldermen and Citizens of the city of Durham, 
praying that provision may be made in the Durham 

farkets Bill, for providing slaughter-houses, and 
for regulating the tolls to be taken from any per- 
son using such slaughter-houses, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of General Commissioners of Police Dundee Police 

for the burgh of Dundee, praying that the time for Bill 

the second reading of the Dundee Police Bill may 

be further extended to Friday the twenty-eighth day 

of this instant March, or to such other day as to 

the House shall seem fit, was presented, and read ; 

and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 

Orders. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Railways. 
Order, dated the 18th day of June, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for 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 pro- 
gress, and the Length on which they may not be in 
progress at that Date, and specifying the Act or 
Acts authorizing such Railways (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 165, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of Fe- Corn. 
bruary last, for Accounts of the Numbers of Quar- 
ters of Corn, together with the Numbers of Cwts. of 





Meal 











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jill, 
Hops. 
Copyhold 
Commission. 

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Tithe 
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Meal converted into Quarters, which have been im- | Reason of the Grant not being paid, in the event of 


ported from Foreign Countries, for each Month, from 
the 5th day of January 1850 to the 5th day of 
January 1851; distinguishing the Countries from 
which imported :—Of the Average Price of each 
Description of Corn Monthly in Englandand Wales, 
from the 5th day of January 1850 to the 5th day 
of January 1851 :—And, the Average Price of the 
year; also, the Average Price at which the Rent- 
charge in lieu of Tithes is taken for the year. 
Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Acres 
of Land under cultivation for Hops, and the Amount 
of Duty charged in each Collection in each year 
from 1837 to 1850 inclusive (showing the Average 
Amount of Duty per Acre in each year, and the 
Average Amount of Duty per Acre for the whole 
series of years, in each Collection); also, showing 


whether the Acres returned in the Sussex, Hereford | 


or Worcester Collections are according to Statute, 
or any Local or Customary Admeasurement. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Ninth Report of the Copy- 
hold Commissioners, to Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for the Home Department. 

Copy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners 
to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, dated 24th February 1851 (for the 
year 1850). 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return, in the form of an Annual Balance Sheet, 
showing on the one Side Sums received on ac- 
count 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, 








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 “ee 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 the Committee of 
Council and the Roman Catholic Poor School Com- 


Enlarging, | mittee, relative to Grants for the Establishment and 


Repairing or Furnishing Schools; Grants for Ap- | Maintenance of Roman Catholic Schools. 


paratus ; Grants for Books and Maps; Grants in 
Augmentation of Schoolmasters’ Salaries ; Grants 
made to Pupil Teachers (including Gratuities to 
Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses for instructing 
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 
= on the whole or an ascertained Number of 

nstances 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- 

ense incurred ; the Number of Model Schools :— 

ist 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 

Voi. 106, 


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Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the Grand Jury 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts Presentments 


of Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the 
several Counties, Cities and Towns in Jreland, in 
the year 1850. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sattara, sattara. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Vessels, which was presented upon Friday last, be Vessels. 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 


which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Incum- Incumbered 
presented Estates 
(Ireland 


bered Estates Court (Jreland), which was 
upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, (Ireland.) 


be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Stationery, 
Copies of the Treasury Orders under which Con- ®* 


tracts for the Supply of Printing, of Stationery, and 
Stationery Stores, and for the Binding of Books, &amp;e. 
for the Government Departments in England, are 
to be made; together with the Treasury Order, if 
any, under which the Contract for the Printing in 

m4 London, 





Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


Grain, Flour, 
Ac. 


38 


London, of Reports, Papers and Books, the Tenders 
for which were opened on the 15th day of January 
last, was submitted to Competition, and of the Ad- 
vertisement by the Stationery Office inviting Ten- 
ders for the said Contract:—Lists of the several 
Tenders sent in to the Stationery Office for printing 
Reports, Papers and Books for the Public Service 
in England in January last, and the Amount of each 
Tender, stating for what Period the Contract extends, 
and on what Grounds the lowest Tender was not 
accepted, in conformity with the Treasury Orders ; 
stating also the Name of the Person sending in the 
lowest Tender, and the Name of the Party to whom 
the Contract has been given, and the Difference in 
the Amount of per-centage on the Tender :—Copy 
of the Report of the Comptroller of Stationery upon 
the several Tenders sent into his Office for the said 
Contract :—And, Copy of Memorial of Mr. John 
Smith, of Long-Acre, Printer to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, dated the 23d 
day of January 1851, complaining that, although 
his Tender was the lowest, it was not accepted, and 
praying for inquiry into the Cause of this Deviation 
from the established mode of obtaining Supplies by 
public Competition; and also, Copy of the Report 
of the Comptroller of Stationey to the Treasury in 
reply to the said Memorial. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Amount of the Public Income 
and Expenditure for the years 1822-1850 inclusive, 
showing, for each year, 1. The Amount received 
into the Exchequer; 2. The Revenue, distinguished 
as, 1. Ordinary—2. Extraordinary; 3. The Total 
Expenditure therefrom; 4. ‘The Expenditure, under 
the several Heads, 1. Charge of Debt—2. Other 
Charges on Consolidated Fund—3. Charge for Army, 
&amp;c. Services—4. Charge for Miscellaneous Services ; 
5. The Surplus, or, 6. Deficiency of Income com- 
pared with Expenditure ; 7. The Amount of Taxes 
repealed or reduced, distinguishing the principal 
Items ; 8. Of the Taxes imposed ; 9. Total Capital 
of Debt, Funded and Unfunded; 10. Capital of Debt, 
1. Funded—2. Exchequer Bills; 11. Balances in the 
Exchequer at the Close of the Year :—And, of the 
Value of the Imports into, and of the Exports from, 
the United Kingdom, during each of the same Years, 
calculated at the Official Rates of Valuation, and 
distinguishing the Amount of the Produce and Manu- 
factures of the United Kingdom exported from the 
Value of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize ex- 
— ; also, stating the Amount of the Produce and 

anufactures of the United Kingdom exported there- 
from, according to the Real or Declared Vaue thereof. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Grain and Flour of all 
Sorts imported into Jreland; distinguishing each 


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A. 1851. 


Stock, and also adding, in parallel Columns, the 
Declared Value of British and Irish Manufactures 
exported in each of the same Years to the Countries 
from whence such Corn, Meal and Live Stock was. 
imported, and specifying the Value of such Manu- 
factures taken by each :—And, of the Number of 
Emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, distin- 
guishing Ireland from Great Britain, to our various 
Colonies and to Foreign Countries, distinguishing, 
if possible, Farmers or Tradesmen from Agricultural 
Labourers or Artisans; or, if these be impossible, 
then distinguishing Cabin from Steerage Passengers, 
in each of the same Years: —The above Returns to 
be tabularized, as far as possible. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coast Guara, 


Return, stating the Amount of the Coast-Guard in &amp;¢ 
each year, from January 1841 to January 1851, dis- 
tinguishing Mounted Guard and Cutters’ Men; 
Number of Revenue Cutters in each year; Annual 
Expense of each year, similarly distinguished ; 
Seizures in each year, distinguishing Vessels, Men 
and Goods, and whether seized by Coast-Gnard 
Cruizers or Customs’ Officers; Runs of Contra- 
band Goods officially reported ; Cargoes destroyed 
when chased :—And, Abstracts of Reports from 
Inspecting Commanders and Collectors of Customs 
in each year, stating their Opinions as to the Cause 
of any Increase or Decrease in the Contraband Trade. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dispensaries, 
a Return, from the Treasurer of each County and &amp;: (Ieland) 


County of a City and Town in Jreland, stating the 
Number of Dispensaries, Fever Hospitals and In- 
firmaries, for which County Presentments were made 
in the years 1849 and 1850; the Sum presented for 
each, and Sum subscribed for each; also, the Sum 
subscribed for Fever Hospitals at the Presenting 
Sessions, preparatory to the Summer Assizes of 1845, 
and the Amount granted at that Assizes; and a 
similar Return for the Amount of Subscriptions and 
County Grant at the Summer Assizes of 1850 ; and 
a Return of the Number of Fever Hospitals that 
were supported by Poor Rate, distinguishing those 
under the Temporary Fever Act, and the Cost of 
each, in the year 1849. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New South 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased V*- 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches between 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the 
Governor of New South Wales, relating to the Re- 
duction of Troops. 

Ordered, That 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 Sunday Trading Prevention Sunday 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday the —— 
19th day of this instant March. 


Kind, from Foreign Countries and Colonies, for each 
year, from the 1st day of January 1849 to the 1st 
day of January 1851, distinguishing each year :— 
Similar distinguishing Returns, and for the same 
Period, of all Sorts of Grain or Flour imported into 
freland from Ports of Great Britain :—Similar dis- 
tinguishing Returns, and for the same Period, of 
the Quantity of Grain and Flour of all Kinds, and 
also of all Sorts of Agricultural Produce, live or dead, 
imported into Great Britain from Ireland (if there 
be no means of ascertaining the Import of Live 
Stock generally from Jreland into Great Britain, 
then a Return of the Number of Pigs sold in the 
Markets of Liverpool, Glasgow, Greenock, Glouces- 
ter and Bristol, in each of the same Years) :—Simi- 
jar distinguishing Returns, and for the same Period, 
of the Quantities of all Kinds of Grain and Flour 
and Live Stock imported into Great Britain and 
Ireland from Foreign Countries and Colonies ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantity imported from each Foreign 
Country and Colony, and distinguishing each Year, 
and each Kind of Grain, Flour, Meal and Live 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill to make the County _. 
Franchise in Counties in England and Wales the Franchise = 
same as that in Boroughs, by giving the Right of No. 9. 
Voting to all Occupiers of Tenements of the Annual 
Value of Ten Pounds: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Board of 
a Copy of the Treasury Minute assigning an addi- all 
tional Allowance of £.500 per annum to the Chair- 
man of the Board of Inland Revenue. 


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


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of aaa 
ast, 














Cholera 
(Jamaica. ) 


Roman 
Catholic 
Bishops 
(Australia. ) 


Arctic 
Expeditions, 


No. 97. 


8, 
d.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twelfth 
Report on 
Public 
Petitions, 


Ecclesiastical 
— 

sumption 
l. Bill P 


sit, Ways and 
Means, 


Supply. 


Appointment 

&gt;A a Vice. 
ancello: 

— 


nt. 


Appointment 


ot a Vice. 


lor 
(Annuity. ) 





14 VicToriz. 


last, for Copy of the Report of the Commission 
which was sent to Ceylon in the last Session of Par- 
liament, together wit the Evidence taken by the 
Commissioners. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 17th day of February last, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts of Despatches and other Documents relating 
to the Outbreak of the Cholera in the Island of 
Jamaica, and respecting any Applications made to 
Her Majesty’s Government for the Adoption of 
Measures to meet the Difficulties thus brought upon 
the Colony. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of February last, for Copy of Letter from 
the Lord Bishop of Sydney to Sir Charles Fitz Roy, 
Governor-General of the Australian Colonies, dated 
the 22d day of May 1850, and of any Reply thereto, 
either by His Excellency or by Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, in relation to the Recognition of the Rank 
and Precedence of Bishops appointed by the Pope 
within Her Majesty’s Australian Dominions; spe- 
cifying the Dates when the same were severally 
received and despatched. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of February last, for Copy or Extracts from 
any Correspondence or Proceedings of the Board 
of Admiralty, in relation to the Arctic Expeditions, 
including those more recently sent forth in resump- 
tion of the Search for that under the Command of 
Sir John Franklin :—Copies of any Instructions 
from the Admiralty to any Officers in Her Majesty’s 
Service engaged in Arctic Expeditions since the Date 
of the last Parliamentary Return on the said Sub- 
ject (in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, No. 
107 and No. 397, of Session 1850) :--And, Copy or 
Extracts from any Correspondence or Communica- 
tions from the Government of the United States, or 
from Her Majesty’s Minister at Washington, in re- 
lation to any Search to be made on the Part of the 
United States, or from its Territory, for the Expe- 
dition under Sir John Franklin. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Return relative to Arctic Ex- 
peditions, be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to Church of Rome ;— 
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— Marriages ; 
—Attornies Certificates ;—County Rates and Ex- 
penditure ;— Newspapers, &amp;c. ;--Paper ;--Windows ; 
— Agriculture ;—Copyholds ;—LZancaster Gaol ; — 
London Dock Company ;—Lord Lieutenancy (Jre- 
land) ;—Mercantile Marine Act ;—National Land 
Company ;—Post-office ;—-Prerogative Court (Ire- 
land) Bill ;—Smithfield Market Removal Bill ;— 
and, Spirits (Jreland),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


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

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


The Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to con- 
a of enabling Her Majesty to grant an Annuity 

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89 


on his Resignation of Office to any Person who 
shall have executed the Office of Vice-Chancellor 
under any Act of the present Session for the Ap- 
pointment of a Vice-Chancellor ; 
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, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- 
suance of the Sixth Report of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


a Return (in addition to the Return ordered on the 
3d day of March), of all Places abolished and Re- 
ductions made since the 6th day of April 1848, 
showing in juxta-position the Annual Estimated Ex- 
pense of each Establishment at the Beginning and 
at the End of the Period. 


Mr. Cornewaill Lewis presented a Bill to autho- Commons _ 
rize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of Melosure Bill. 


the Sixth Report of the Inclosure Commissioners : 
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 Monday next. 








Luna, 10° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victoriz Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


M 


at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 
18th day of February last, for a Statement, showing 
the Total Cost of transmitting the Mails and De- 
—_— between Bombay and Suez by the East 
ndia Company, and towards which the Sum of 
£.50,000 per annum has been granted out of the 
Revenue of the United Kingdom, during the years 
1848 and 1849, or to the latest Period that the Ac- 
counts can be made up, including Wages, Victual- 
ling and Allowances of Officers, Crews and En- 
gineers, Coals, 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 Cost of the Steam 
Vessels employed; the Net Amount of Passage 
Money received by the East India Company, de- 
ducting Victualling and Allowance to the Com- 
manders or other Persons 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 Depar- 
ture from and Arrival at Bombay and Suez, and 
Bombay and Aden respectively, on each Voyage, 
during the same Period (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 746, of Session 1848) :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


on Public Petitions; That the 
Petitions presented upon the ath 
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. 


N A Petition 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Places 
abolished or 
reduced. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Mails (East 
the East India Company, was called in ; and ™4i@-) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
had examined the Petitions 
day of this instant (Twelfth 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
Amendment 
(No. 1) Bill. 


Holyhead 
Railway or 
Tramway B 


Cam Navi- 


90 


A Petition of Undertakers of the Navigation of 
the Rivers of Aire and Calder, in the county of 
York, and also Directors for managing the affairs of 
the said Navigation, praying that leave may be given 
to deposit a Petition at the Private Bill Office, set- 
ting forth their complaints against the Great North- 
ern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill, 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, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order for referring the Holyhead Railway or 


yy, Tramway Bill to the Committee of Selection, was 


read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 


a. (No. 2) Friday last, “ that Standing Order No. 160 be dis- 


pensed with in reference to the Cam Navigation 
(No. 2) Bill, and that leave be given to read the 
Bill a second time this day,” might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 


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A. 1851, 


the House, No. 166, such Petitions only as have 
been presented not later than seven clear days after 
the second reading of the Bill against which they 
are directed, are to stand referred to the Committee 
on the Bill, and by Standing Order No. 105 Peti- 
tioners who shall so have presented their Petitions 
are alone entitled to be heard before the Committee 
on the Bill; that the Petitioners being thus, by un- 
expected circumstances, prevented from depositing 
their Petition within the time prescribed by the 
Standing Orders, are compelled to make this appli- 
cation to the House ; and praying the House to take 
the premises into its consideration, to suspend the 
Standing Orders Nos. 166 and 105, in so far as 
under the same the said Petition does not stand re- 
ferred to the Committee on the said Bill, and Peti- 
tioners are precluded from being heard thereon, to 
order the said Petition do so stand referred ; and that 
the Petitioners, subject to the rules and orders of the 
House, have leave to be heard thereon, in terms of 
the prayer of the said Petition, or may have such 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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


Ordered, That in the case of the Manchester, Manchester, 
Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Buxton, 
Bill, the Standing Order No. 152 be dispensed with ; es 
and that leave be given to present the Bill, notwith- Junction Rak 


standing the same was not presented within three way Bill 


time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Bil. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, That they had appointed 
Tuesday the Twenty-fifth day of this instant March 
to choose, from Panel No. 1, the Select Committees 
to try and determine the Satné Alban’s and the 
Aylesbury Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of houses and lands on 
the Foreshore of the Estuary of the Tay, within the 
limits of the royal burgh of Dundee, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That a Bill has been intro- 
duced into the House, intituled, “ A Bill to enable 
the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company to 
enlarge their present Terminal Station in Dundee, 
and to amend the Acts relating to the Company ;” 
that certain of the provisions of the said Bill affect 
the interests of the Petitioners, and they therefore 
found it necessary to prepare a Petition against the 
said Bill, in which they prayed to be heard by 
counsel, agents and witnesses against its preamble 
and provisions ; that the said Bill was read a second 
time on the 17th day of February last, and the time 
within which Petitions against the Bill should have 
been deposited in the Private Bill Office of the 
House, expired on Tuesday the 25th day of Fe- 
bruary last ; that a Petition was despatched by the 
mail of Monday the 24th day of February last, and 





clear days after the presentation of the Petition for 
leave to bring in the same. 


A Petition of Messrs. Dyson &amp; Co., of Partia- Great North. 


ment-street, in the city of Westminster, Parliamentary 


Agents, taking notice of a Petition of Mr. Henry (No, 1) Bil, 


Hunt, a Coal Merchant of Waltham Cross, praying 
that he may have leave to deposit a Petition against 
the Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) 
Bill, and be heard thereon before the Committee to 
whom the said Bill may be referred, although the 
time for depositing such Petition has expired ; and 
praying that the relief prayed for by the said Henry 
Hunt may not be granted, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

A Petition of Messrs. Dyson &amp; Co., of Parliament- 
street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents, taking 
notice of a Petition which was presented to the 
House upon Friday last, from the Churchwardens, 
Overseers, and others, of Saint Mary, Hornsey, 
praying that they may have leave to deposit a Peti- 
tion against the said Bill, although the time for doing 
so has expired, and praying that the Standing 
Order which prescribes the period within which Pe- 
titions are to be presented, may not be relaxed in 
favour of the said Petitioners, was also presented, 
and read; and referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 


was received by the Parliamentary agents of the 
Petitioners, in London, at half-past four o’clock in 
the afternoon of Tuesday the said 25th day of Fe- 
bruary ; that the said Petition would have been’ in 
sufficient time for depositation before six o’clock of 
the afternoon of the said 25th day of February, the 
Private Bill Office being open to that hour on every 
day on which the House shall sit ; that by the unex- 
pected adjournment of the House on Monday the 
said 24th day of February, of which the Petitioners 
were ignorant, and which they could not anticipate, 
the House was not sitting on the said 25th day of 
February, and the Private Bill Office was in conse- 
quence closed at two o'clock, p.m., on that day; 
that immediately upon receipt of the said Petition, 
the same was taken to the Private Bill Office ; but 
though the said Office was open, the Clerk in at- 
tendance would not permit the Petition to be de- 
posited or registered ; the Petition was deposited in 
the Private Bill Office early on the following day 
the 26th of February; that by Standing Order of 


Mr. William Evans presented a Bill to enable Manchester, 


the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Buxt™, 
j j Matlock an 
Junction Railway Company to complete the Pur- ysidiands 


chase of the Cromford Canal: And the same was Junction R 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second WY Bill 
time. 


Buckingham, 
Brackley and 
Banbury 

Turnpike-rosd 


The Buckingham, Brackley and Banbury Turn- 
pike-road Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, — 


Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;c., (Glasgow, 
Railways) (Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill Gara k and 


kir 
. : bride, 
be read a second time upon Friday next. swap 


Govan, &amp;c. Railways) (A 
ment and Continuation, &amp;«) Bill 


The 














orth. 
way 
ent 
Bill. 


B 


= © 


) Bill. 





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Cork and The Cork and Waterford Railway Bill was read 

Waterford. a second time; and committed. 

_— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Lincolnshire The Lincolnshire Estuary Bill was read a second 

Estuary Bill time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 

Mayfield The Mayfield Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a 

me pill, second time ; and committed. 

saan Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Shrewsbury § The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Bill 


as was read a second time ; and committed. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Towcester, 
Brackley and 
Weston-on- 


The Towcester, Brackley and Weston-on-the- 
Green Turnpike-road Bill was read a second time ; 
the-Green | and committed. 

Turnpike-road Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bil mittee of Selection. 
Waterford 


| eel The Waterford and Tramore Railway Bill was 
Railway Bill read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wexford Ordered, That the Wexford Free Bridge Amend- 


Free Bridge ’ R - 

Amendment ment Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 

Bill. 

Buckingham’s ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second 


— reading of Buckingham’s Compensation Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Manchester A Petition of John Parson, of Parliament-street, 
meres in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, praying that 
the Standing Orders Nos. 105 and 166 may be 
dispensed with in the case of his Petition as agent 

for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 

way Company, deposited in the Private Bill Office 

on the 6th day of this instant March, praying to be 

heard by counsel before the Committee to whom 

the Manchester Improvement Bill may be referred, 

against the Bill, and the preamble thereof, and 

that the said Petition may be referred to the Com- 

mittee to whom the said Bill may be referred, and 

the Petitioners heard upon the said Petition, not- 
withstanding the same was deposited in the Private 

Bill Office later than seven clear days after the se- 

cond reading of the said Bill, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders. 


nar wig Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, 
Wicklow ang Gated the 21st day of February last, for Copies of 


Dublin Rail- the Communications and Papers which have passed 

“ay Company. 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. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


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Table. 


School The Order fi di d ti Wed-| 
Establi or reading a second time, upon We 
(Seodand) nesday next, the School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill. Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of April next. 
rrpike Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Command,—Turnpike Trusts : Copy of Reports of 
the Secretary of State, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 80:—15. Derby and Duffield; — and 
Sheffield ; and Duffield and Wirksworth Roads :— 





16. Malmesbury Roads :—and, 17. Shrewsbury and 
Bridgnorth Roads, 
VoL, 106, 





91 


Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Ennistimon 
Order, dated the 11th day of February last, for Co- Union. 
pies of any Correspondence which may have taken 
place in relation to the Dismissal of the Board of 
elected Guardians of the Ennistimon Union, and 
the Appointment of paid Officers therein. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Dispensaries, 
instant March, for a Return, from the Treasurer of &amp;¢- (Ireland.) 
each County and County of a City and Town in 
Ireland, stating the Number of Dispensaries, Fever 
Hospitals and Infirmaries for which County Pre- 
sentments were made in the years 1849 and 1850; 
the Sum presented for each, and Sum subscribed for 
each ; also the Sum subscribed for Fever Hospitals 
at the Presenting Sessions, preparatory to the Sum- 
mer Assizes of 1845, and the Amount granted at 
that Assizes ; and a similar Return for the Amount 
of Subscriptions and County Grant at the Summer 
Assizes of 1850; and a Return of the Number of 
Fever Hospitals that were supported by Poor Rate, 
distinguishing those under the Temporary Fever 
Act, and the Cost of each, in the year 1849. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Febru- cjonmel 
ary last, for Copy of the Evidence taken at a Visi- Endowed 
tation held at the Clonmel Endowed School in June S¢hol. 
1850; together with a Copy of the Report made to 
the Commissioners of Education by the Visitors, 
and a Statement of any Steps which have been taken 
by the said Commissioners thereupon. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn, Corn. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 100. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which Hops. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 101. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 102. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 103. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ceylon, Ceylon. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 99. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cholera Cholera 
(Jamacia), which was presented upon Friday last, (Jamaica.) 
be printed. No. 104. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Roman Roman Catho- 
Catholic Bishops (Australia), which was presented (Australie) 
upon Friday last, be printed. Ne. 106. 

Several Petitions relating to Church and State ;— Public 

Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- Petitions. 
tion Bill ;—Cape of Good Hope ;—Attornies Certi- yige Thir- 
ficates ;—-County Rates and Expenditure ;—News- teenth Report 
papers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ;—Railways ; 0" Fublic 
—Stage Coaches and Post Horses ;—Taxation, &amp;c.; : 
—Timber ; — Windows ; — Agriculture ;—Appoint- 
ment of a Vice-Chancellor Bill;—Board of Cus- 
toms ; — Copyholds; — County Constabulary ; — 
Education (Jreland) ;—Lord Lieutenancy (Ireland) ; 
— Mercantile Marine Act; — Prerogative Court 
(Ireland) Bill;—Public Salaries ;—School Esta- 
blishment (Scotland) Bill ;—Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill ;—Spirits (Ireland) ; —and, Valuation 
(Ireland)—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the Military 
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 1849; 
and of the Receipts, Interest and Disbursements in 
the said Military Savings Banks during the year 
then next ensuing, ending on the 31st March 1850, 
together with the Number of Depositors therein 
on the said 31st March 1850 :—Also, an Account 
of the Sums paid over, or now about to be paid 
over, by the Secretary-at-War to the ammnmey * 

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92 


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 Dividencs 
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. 


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


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year 
1851-52, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate for the Post-office 
Department (Packet Service) for the year 1851-52, 
be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimates of Effective and 
Non-Effective Army Services, from 1st April 1851, 
to 31st March 1852, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimates of Effective and 
Non-Effective Ordnance Services, for the year 
1851-52, be referred to the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ no Supplies be voted before the amended Budget 
“ shall be submitted to this House,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
Thirty-nine thousand Men be employed for the Sea 
Service for the year ending the 31st day of March 
1852, including Eleven thousand Royal Marines and 


Supply; 
Estimates 
referred ; 


Navy. 


Post-office 
Department 
( Packet 
Service.) 
Army. 


Ordnance. 


Seamen and 
Marines, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Wages to 
Seamen and 
Marines, 


Victuals for de 


Admiralty 


Two thousand Boys ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That Thirty thousand Men be employed for the Sea 
Service for the year ending the 31st day of March 
1852, including Eleven thousand Royai Marines 
and Two thousand Boys ; 

The Committee divided. 

sMr. Hume, } 61 
Mr. M‘Gregor : . 

r . é 

Tellers for the Noes, {Fond Moroes Hill: }o9. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
million four hundred and thirty-five thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-three 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 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand six hundred and thirty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Victuals to Seamen and Marines in Her Majesty’s 
Fieet, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

4. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 

Office. Sum, not exceeding One hundred and thirty-eight 
thousand six hundred and twenty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the 
Officers and theContingent Expenses of the Admiralty 
Office, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and thirty- 

four thousand and twenty-five pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Offi- 
cers and the Contingent Expenses of the Admiralty 


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A. 1851. 


Office, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Colonel Sibthorp, Lag 
Yeas, Mr. Sharman Crawford: Jj *~~* 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- gcientige 
eight thousand six hundred and thirty-five pounds, Departments 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries °f.the Navy, 
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 1852. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Naval Este. 
hundred and thirty-four thousand six hundred and Dlishments 
ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ™ 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contin- 
gent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 
ments at Home, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Naval Esta 
three thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, tishments 
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 1852. 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Wages to 
sum, not exceeding Six hundred and seventy-six — 
thousand four hundred and sixteen pounds, be . 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

ages to Artificers, Labourers, and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1852 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four hundred thousand 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and 
others employed in 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 1852; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, a — : } 68. 

Mr. Hayter hh 
Lord Marcus Hill: 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Wages to 
five thousand nine hundred and fifty-six pounds, be Artificers, &amp; 
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 1852. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


193. 


27: 


Tellers for the Noes,{ 





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


Martis, 11° die Martii 1851: 


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 Second 
reading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. 
The 


Metropolis 
Buildings Bill 














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Valuation The Valuation (Zreland) Bill was, according to 
(ireland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c.(Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


ivil Bills, &amp;c. 
{ireland) Bill. 


The Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor 
Bill ; 

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


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of enabling Her Ma- 
jesty to grant an Annuity on his Resignation of 
Office to any Person who shall have executed the 
Office of Vice-Chancellor under any Act of the 
present Session for the Appointment of a Vice- 
Chancellor. 


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 

f annuity. ] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Her Majesty be empowered to 
grant to any Vice-Chancellor who may be ap- 
pointed, in — of any Act of the present 
Session, an Annuity, on his Resignation or Retire- 
ment, of the like amount, and payable out of the 
same Fnnd, as the Annuities authorized to be granted 
to the Vive-Chancellors appointed under the Act of 
— year of Her present Majesty, chapter the 
fifth. 


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. 





Commons’ 


The Commons’ Inclosure Bill was, according to 
Inclosure Bill. 


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


Audit of 
Railway 
Accounts Bill, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
concerning the Audit of Railway Accounts, and for 
other Purposes connected with Railway Manage- 
ment: And that Mr. Locke and Mr. Ewart do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Holyhead 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
Harbour. 


to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House, Copies of the Petitions of the Ship- 
owners of Liverpool and Citizens of Dublin, against 
the proposed Asylum Harbour at Holyhead, which 
were presented to the House of Lords at the close 
of the Session of 1847, and subsequently referred 
to a Select Committee of their Lordships’ House ; 
and, Copy of the Report of the said Committee, and 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them : 
And that Colonel Dunne do carry the said Mes- 


sage. 


Amy, 
No, 106.-I. 


Ordered, That the Statement showing the In- 
creased Charge of Full Pay, as estimated for the 
year 1831, occasioned by the Operation of the War- 
rants of 1830, granting additional Pay for Length 
of Service to certain Ranks of Officers in the Army : 
— An Account of the Expense of the Offices of the 
General Commanding in Chief ; the Adjutant-Ge- 
neral, including the Recruiting Department, and 
the Quartermaster-General ; showing the Particu- 
lars of the same for the year 1831 :— Statement 

VoL. 106. 


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93 


showing an Account, in detail, of all Increase in the 
Rates of Full Pay, Half Pay, Retired Full Pay, Un- 
attached Pay and Retired Allowances ; and of all 
Increase in the Rates of Pensions to Officers and 
their Widows, and of all Increase in Staff and other 
Allowances to the Line since 1st January 1806 :— 
An Account of the Officers on the Establishment of 
Chelsea Hospital; showing the several Emoluments 
derived annually by those Officers from Salaries, Resi- 
dences, Allowances, Gardens, or from other Sources : 
—And, an Account of the Officers on the Establish- 
ments of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham ; showing 
the several Emoluments derived annually by those 
Officers from Salaries, Residences, Allowances, Gar- 
dens, or from other Sources, which were presented 
upon the 26th day of March 1832; be re-printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns to several Orders, Kilmainham 
dated the 8th day of May 1834, for Papers respect- Hospital. 
ing the proposed Abolition of the In-Pension of No. 106.-II. 
Kilmainham Hospital, which were presented upon 
the 26th day of May 1834, be re-printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Wolfendahl 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Church. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial addressed to the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies from the Cingha- 
lese Episcopalians respecting Wolfendahl Church; . 
also, Copy of the Memorial on the same Subject ‘ 
from the Dutch Consistory ; together with Copies 
or Extracts of any Correspondence between the Go- 
vernor of Ceylon and the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies relating thereto. 

Ordered, That 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 Copy of the Report by John Mellor, Esquire, and oan 
Joseph Gwilt, Esquire, to Lord Seymour, Chief : 
Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., on the 
Subject of the course of Proceedings adopted in the 
Metropolitan Buildings’ Office, dated the 14th day 
of December 1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Incumbered 
to encourage and facilitate the granting of Leases Ireland) Bill. 
on Incumbered Estates in Jreland: And that Mr. 
M‘Cullagh, Mr. Sharman Crawford and Mr. Wil- 
liam Fagan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Locke presented a Bill concerning the Audit Audit of 
of Railway Accounts, and for other Purposes con- ae Bill. 
nected with Railway Management: And the same No. 107 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a “°**** 
second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of April 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee of 
of Selection, That, under the Powers granted to them peng =&gt; 
by the Standing Order No. 82, they had formed into N aaa 
additional Groups certain other Private Bills, which, “°°” 
in their opinion, it is expedient to submit to the same 
Committee ; and had agreed to report the same to 
the House. 

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


Mr. M‘Cullagh presented a Bill to encourage and Incumbered 
facilitate the granting of Leases on Incumbered Es- states Lassis 
tates in Ireland: And the same was read the first ‘ aig — 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this No. 100. 
day ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on-Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


N3 


Anchor 
Assurance 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill, 


East Anglian 
Railways 
CNo. 2.) 


Anchor 
Assurance 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Derby and 


Ashborne 
Road Bill. 


Lancashire 


and Yorkshire Shares) Bill was read a second time; and Com- 
Railway (Fifth mitted 


Shares) Bill. 


Smithfield 
Enlargement 
Bill. 
Wexford 


Free Bridge 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dungarvan 
Writ. 


Private Bills 
(Group 2.) 


94 


Martis, 11° die Maritii; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report 
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petitions for 
additional Provision in the Durham Markerts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of the Anchor Assurance Company 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


A Petition of the East Anglian Railways Com- 
pany, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to 
bring in a Bill for disposing of a portion of the Ely 
and Huntingdon Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Ordered, That the Anchor Assurance Company 
(No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


The Derby and Ashborne Road Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lancaster and Yorkshire Railway (Fifth 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


11° Marti. 





Ordered, That the Smithfield Enlargement Bill | 
be read a second time upon Monday next. 

| 

The Wexford Free Bridge Amendment Bill was, | 

according to Order, read a second time; and com- | 

mnitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-. 


mittee of Selection. | 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Cierk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out | 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Dun- 
garvan, in the room of the Right honourable Richard 
Lalor Sheil, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of 
Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in the county of 
Buckingham. 


Mr. Mackenzie reported from Committee on 
Group 2 of Private Bills That the Parties pro- 
moting the Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Manage- 
ment, &amp;c.) Bill, had stated to the Committee, that 
the evidence of the Rev. William Welsh, John 
Lockett, James Tyrer, Jesse Hartley, Henry Prim- 
mer, John Bramley Moore, William Henry Duncan, 
James Aikin, Thomas Littledale, and the production 
by the said T’homas Littledale of the Plans and 
Estimates for an Emigrants’ Home, and the Books of 
the Dock Committee relating thereto, were essential, 
in order to enable them to establish their case before 
the Committee; and it having been proved that 
application had been made to the above-named Par- 
ties, but that their attendance could not be pro- 
cured without the intervention of the House, he had 
been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, that such several Parties be ordered to attend 
the said Committee forthwith. 





A. 1851. 


Ordered, That the Rev. William Welsh, John 
Lockett, James Tyrer, Jesse Hartley, Henry Prim- 
mer, John Bramley Moore, William Henry Duncan, 
James Aitkin and Thomas Littledale do attend the 
said Committee forthwith ; and that the said Thomas 
Littledale do bring with him the Plans and Estimates 
for an Emigrants’ Home, and the Books of the Dock 
Committee relating thereto. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Commissaria; 
Command,—An Account, showing all the Sums Chest. 
which have been received into the Commissariat No. 110, 
Chest, and which have been paid out of the same, 
between the 1st April 1849 and the 31st March 
1850; and of the Assets and Liabilities of the 
Chest on the latter Day. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,--Return to an Board of 
Order, dated the 7th day of this instant March, for —— 
Copy of the Treasury Minute assigning an addi- ~"™ 
tional Allowance of £.500 per annum to the Chair- No. 111. 
man of the Board of Inland Revenue. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Assessed 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of (Scotl 4) 
Cases respecting Assessed Taxes, stated and signed _ 
by the Commissioners acting in the execution of 
the Assessed Tax Acts determined by the Judges in 
Scotland, since the Date of a like Return made in 
the last Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to the Com- 
missariat Chest, and Board of Inland Revenue, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Colonel Chatterton have leave to Leave of 
attend the Assizes. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sweets or 
Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported from Made Wines 
Scotland and Ireland into England, under the Pro- 
visions 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 1850 to 
the 5th day of January 1851, 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-men- 
tioned Articles so imported :—Of all Seizures that 
have been made by the Excise and Customs of any 
such Sweets or Made Wines, and sweetened com- 
pounded Spirits, so imported, and the Reason of 
such Seizures :—Of all Sweets or Made Wines, and 
sweetened compounded Spirits, seized Inland, being 
brought from Scotland into England contrary to 
the Provisions of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 72, from 
the 6th day of January 1850 to the 5th day of 
January 1851, both Dates inclusive ; stating how all 
such seizures of the above-mentioned Sweets or 
Made Wines, and sweetened compounded Spirits, 
within the Periods of the Dates specified, have been 
dealt with, if any and what Amount of Penalty has 
been enforced against the Parties from whom any 
such Seizures have been made:—And, Of the Quan- 
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 1851, and where bonded. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Duncan 
Copies of any Correspondence between John Sad- Chisholm. 
leir, Esquire, M. P., and His Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant, between the 1st day of January and the 
ist day of June 1849, relative to a Fund of about 
£.4,500, placed under the Control of Duncan Chis- 
holm, alias George Mathews, lately absconded from 
the Office of the Chief Secretary in Zreland :—Of 
the Report of Messrs. Dobree, Brownrigg and 
Andoe, Commissioners appointed by the Govern- 
ment to inquire into the Frauds of the said Duncan 
Chisholm, alias George Mathews, in the “ eae Mil- 

ion, 











College 
(Dublin ) Bill. 


0. 


Roman 
Catholic 
Bishops 
(Ireland. ) 


nes, 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Local Acts, 
No, 63. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Smithfield 
Market 


Removal Bill, 


Bangor and 
aernarvon 


Railway Bill. 


Dundee 
Police Bill, 





14 VicTroriz. 


lion,” “ Concordatum,” “ Regium Donum,” and 
other Funds ; and also, Copies of the Evidence laid 
before the said Commissioners :—And, of any Cor- 
respondence between Her Majesty’s Government and 
any Clerks dismissed by His Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant in consequence of the said Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Lands and Hereditaments to which the 
Bill now pending in the House refers, intituled, 
«“ A Bill to extend the leasing Powers of the Cor- 

orate Body of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars 
of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 
of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin, and also of the 
Provost thereof in his corporate capacity, and to 
enable them to make Grants of Lands in perpetuity 
to their Lessees in certain Cases ;” such Return to 
specify, in Tabular Details, the Number, Situation 
and Extent in Acres of such Lands and Heredita- 
ments, together with the Value thereof as rated to 
the Relief of the Poor in the respective Poor Law 
Unions, and the Amount of Rent for which the 
same now are or last were let, whether by Lease or 
otherwise, and the Terms of such Lease, and the 
Amount of Fine, if any, paid upon the granting of 
each such Lease to the said Provost, Fellows and 
Scholars, and to the said Provost, or either of 
them. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Address or Addresses from the Roman 
Catholic Bishops of Jreland to the Earl of West- 
moreland, as Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, together 
with the Names, Addresses and Designations at- 
tached thereto, and presented between the 5th day 
of January 1790 and the 4th day of January 1795. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report by 
the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, to the 
Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, 
for the year 1850. ; 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Lucal Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers 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 Smithfield 
Market Removal Bill, the Standing Orders ought to 


be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 


proceed with their Bill, on inserting the Notices once 
in the London Gazette, and for three successive 
weeks in the Newspaper, and that the Committee 
of Selection be instructed not to appoint the first 
meeting of the Committee on the Bill for an earlier 
day than Thursday 1st day of May. 

2. Resolved That in the case of the Bangor and 
Caernarvon Railway Bill, Petition for additional 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought not be dis- 
pensed with as regards Clause 2, but that the Par- 
ties be permitted to introduce their remaining provi- 
sions, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

That the Committees on this and the preceding 


Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such Or- | 


ders have been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Dundee Po- 
lice Bill, Petition for further extending the Time for 
the second Reading of the Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders ought to be dispensed with; That the time for 
the second Reading of the Bill be further extended 
to Friday 28th instant. 

VoL. 106, 


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95 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Kensington Kensington 
Improvement Bill, Petition for dispensing with Improvement 
Standing Order No. 151, the said Standing Order 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Magneto- Magneto- 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill, Petition for dis- Electric 
pensing with Standing Order No. 151, the said Comment Bill, 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; That 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the East Stone- East Stone- 
house Waterworks Bill, Petition for dispensing with — = 
Standing Order No. 152, the said Standing Order “°** *™ 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool Liverpool 
Docks (Alteration of Management, &amp;c.) Bill, Peti- pe _ 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders Management, 
ought not to be dispensed with. &amp;e.) Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Charing Charing Cross 
Cross Bridge Petition, the Standing Orders ought Bridge. 
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 North British North British 
Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing Bway Bill. 
Orders Nos. 105 and 166, the said Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to be heard on their Petition before the 
Committee on the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 

10. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill, Peti- ern Railway 
tion of Henry Hunt, for dispensing with Standing (No.1) Bill. 
Order No. 105, the said Standing Order ought not ~ ~ : 
to be dispensed with. 

11. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill, Petition e™ a 
of Rector of Saint Mary’s, Hornsey, for dispensing (No. 1) Bill 
with Standing Order No. 105, the said Standing 
Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and 
ninth Resolutions, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Property Tax, 

Return of the Names of all Persons being Collectors ©“ 

of the Property and Income Tax who have been in 

default, showing the Amount in default ; also what 

Sum or Sums recovered from their Sureties, from 

the 1st day of January 1848 to the 31st day of De- 

cember 1850 inclusive:—And, similar Return of 

all Collectors of Assessed Taxes. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails (Zas¢ Mails (East 
India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. india.) 
No. 112. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Dispen- Dispensaries, 
saries, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, ©: (Ireland.) 
be printed. No. 113. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metropo- Metropolitan 
litan Buildings Office, which was presented yester- Bildings 
day, be printed. No. 114 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Military Military 
Savings Banks, which was presented yesterday, be a 
printed. Sion 

Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage ; Public 
—Bible ;—Church of Rome ;—Church of Rome and Fetitions. 
Church of England, &amp;c.;— Ecclesiastical Titles Vide Four- 
Assumption Bill ;—Jews;—Sunday Trading Pre- teenth Report 
vention Bill;—County Rates and Expenditure ;— yatta 
Land Tax (Scotland) ;—Malt ;—Paper ;—Property 
Tax ;—Timber ;— W indows ;—Agriculture ;—Beer- 

N 4 houses ; 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Maclean’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Heathcote’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 


96 


houses ;—Copyholds ;—Court of Chancery ;—Edu- 
cation (Jreland) ;—Mercantile Marine Act ;— Poor 
Law mesons me Market Removal Bill ;—Smith- 
field Market Removal Bill, and Smithfield Enlarge- 
ment Bill ;—and, Spirits (Jreland),—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Archibald Neil Maclean, 
Esquire, with Mary Lewis Maclean, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes ; towhich the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Edmund Heathcote, Es- 
quire, with Elizabeth Lucy Heathcote, 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
ges That whereas it appears, by Returns laid 
efore this House, and before the Select Committee 
of Woods, Forests, Works, &amp;c., that during a period 
of seven years (from 1842-3 to 1848-9), the Gross 
Income derived from the Possessions and Land 
Revenues of the Crown has amounted to £. 2,446,785, 
and that out of this sum only £.774,000 has been 
paid into the Public Account at the Exchequer ; 
and whereas during the same period it appears that 
a sum amounting to £.1,672,785 has been withheld 
for Charges of Collection and Management, and for 
other Expenses charged upon the said Revenues, it 
is expedient, with a view to place the Expenditure 
of this Branch of the Public Service under the 
more immediate control of Parliament, that the 
Gross Income derived from the said Revenues should 
hereafter be paid into the Exchequer, and that the 
necessary Expenses for collecting and managing the 
same should be voted by this House, upon Estimates 
to be annually submitted to Parliament by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government ; 

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 
“« leave be given to bring in a Bill to make better 
“ Provision for the Management of the Woods, 
“ Forests and Land Revenues of the Crown, and 
“ for the Direction of Public Works and Buildings,” 
instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

f Viscount Duncan, 

\ Mr. Hume : 

JMr. Hayter, 

?\ Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That whereas it appears, by Returns 

laid before this House, and before the Select Com- 

mittee of Woods, Forests, Works, &amp;c., that during 

a period of seven years (from 1842=3 to 1848-9), 

the Gross Income derived from the Possessions and 

Land Revenues of the Crown has amounted to 

£.2,446,785, and that out of thisSum only £.774,000 

has been paid into the Public Account at the Ex- 
chequer ; and whereas during the same period it 
appears that a sum amounting to £.1,672,785 has 
been withheld for Charges of Collection and Manage- 
ment, and for other Expenses charged upon the said 

Revenues, it is expedient, with a view to place the 

a pt of this Branch of the Public Service 

under the more immediate control of Parliament, 

that the Gross Income derived from the said Reve- 
nues should hereafter be paid into the Exchequer, 
and that the necessary Expenses for collecting and 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


} 120. 


119. 


Tellers for the Noes 


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A. 1851. 


managing the same should be voted by this House, 
upon Estimates to be annually submitted to Parlia- 
ment by Her Majesty’s Government. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Religious 
to prevent the forcible detention of Females in Houses Bil, 
Religious Houses: And that Mr. Lacy and Mr. 

Spooner do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Freight Money 
Return of the several Sums of Freight Money re- (Greenwich 
ceived by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, since Hospital) 
the 21st day of February 1850, with the Date of 
such Payments, and whether on Public or Private 
Account; also, the Name of the Ship or Vessel in 
which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the Cap- 
tain or Officer commanding the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Incumbereg 
Returns of all Appeals from the Decision of the Estates 
Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates land.) 
in Ireland, with the Decision of the Privy Council 
on each such Appeal :—And, of Applications made 
to the said Commissioners, or any of them, for 
Liberty to Appeal ; and the Grounds of Application 
for Appeal in each Case, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Quit and 
Return of all Estates in Jreland on which the Quit Crown Reats 
and Crown Rents were purchased by the Commis- “tl8n¢) 
sioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates, speci- 
fying the Rate of Purchase, and also the Number of 
Years’ Purchase at which such Estates were sold. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Com- supply; 
mittee of Supply, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That Thirty-nine thousand Men be seamen and 
employed for the Sea Service for the year ending the Marines. 
31st day of March 1852, including Eleven thousand 
Royal Marines and Two thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Wages to’ 
million four hundred and thirty-five thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-three 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 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- Victuals for@’. 
dred thousand six hundred and thirty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Victuals to Seamen and Marines, in Her Majesty’s 
Fleet, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Admiralty 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred and Office. 
twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contin- 
gent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Scientific 
eight thousand six hundred and thirty-five a ee | ee. 
be 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 1852. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Este 
hundred and thirty-four thousand six hundred and yn 
ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to * 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
at Home, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1852. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Naval Este 
three thousand six hundred and fifty-four econ a 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 

Majesty’s 








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14 Vicroriz. 


Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1852. 

Wages to 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 

Artificers, &amp;C- dred and seventy-six thousand four hundred and 

at Home. sixteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers and 
others employed in 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 1852. 

Wages to 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 

Artificers, &amp;C. five thousand nine hundred and fifty-six pounds, be 

Abeeel. ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wane 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 1852. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the first of the said Resolutions be now 
read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“« in accordance with the prayers of numerous Pe- 
“ titions for relief from the burthen of taxation, 
“ and specially with the view of affording relief to 
“ the distress now existing amongst the Owners and 
“ Occupiers of land, it is the duty of this House, 
“ before voting the number of Seamen and Marines 
“ for the Naval Service of the ensuing year, to 
“ take into its serious consideration in what manner 
“ and to what extent the number of Men and 
“ Ships can be reduced without detriment to the 
“ Public Service: 

“That, with reference to the Squadron on the West 
““ Coast of Africa, it is the opinion of this House, 
“ that it should be altogether dispensed with, as in- 

efficient for the purposes for which it was designed, 
“ and, therefore, a useless addition to the Naval Es- 
“ tablishments, the support of which unavoidably 
“ forms so large a part of the Public Expenditure 
“ of the country: 

“ ‘That, with regard to the general services of the 
Navy, it appears, by the Returns on the Table of 
the House, that the Average Number of Seamen 
“and Marines borne on the Books of the Nav 
‘ during the four years from 1835 to 1839, both 
inclusive, was under 30,000; and that this House, 
not being informed of any reasons why the Ser- 
vices of the ensuing year should require any larger 
number, is of opinion, that the number of Sea- 
men and Marines now to be voted should not 
** exceed 30,000,” instead thereof. 

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

_ Ordered, That the said Resolution be now read 
a second time :—Thesaid Resolution was accordingly 
read a second time, and agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


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Marine 


i Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Mutiny Bill, 


for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine 
Forces while on Shore: And that Sir Francis Baring 
and Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ings Bill. reading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


oferintment Mr. Attorney-General reported from the Com- 
Chancelior '™ttee to whom it was referred to consider of ena- 
[Aunuity,) bling Her Majesty to grant an Annuity on his 

resignation of Office to any Person who shall have 


executed the Office of Vice-Chancellor under any 


Act of the present Session for the Appointment of 
Vox. 106, 


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97 


a Vice-Chancellor, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be empowered to 
grant to any Vice-Chancellor who may be appointed, 
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session, an 
Annuity, on his Resignation or Retirement, of the 
like Amount, and payable out of the same Fund, 
as the Annuities authorized to be granted to the 
Vice-Chancellors appointed under the Act of the 
Fifth year of Her present Majesty, chapter the 
fifth. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor 
Bill, that they have Power to make Provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Commons’ 
a Committee upon the Commons’ Inclosure Bill ; Inclosure 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 Order of the day being read, for the second Jommmheved 
rend ' states Leases 
ms of the Incumbered Estates Leases (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 25th day of this instant March, 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill to prevent the forcible Religious 
Detention of Females in Religious Houses: And Houses Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to No, 116, 
be read a second time upon Monday next ; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow, 








Mercurii, 12° die Marti; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851, 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined need 
the Petitions presented upon the 10th day of this Report.) 
instant March, 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. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Manchester 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, and of rated Improvement 
Inhabitants of the township of Beswick, in the said 
borough, praying that provision may be made in the 
Manchester Lespencennent Bill for extending the 
provisions of the said Bill relating to sewering, 
draining, levelling, paving and flagging streets and 
thoroughfares, and also cleansing and watering the 
sameto the extra-parochial place of Beswick, situated 
within and forming part of the said borough, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Kensington 
of the Petition for the Kensington Improvement improvement 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select” ~ 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better paving, lighting, cleansing, regulating and 
improving the parish of Saint Mary Abbott, Ken- 
sington: And that Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir 
William Clay do na, and bring it in. ‘ 

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“98 


East Stone- 
house Water- 
works Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying 
with Water the Parish or Township of East Stone- 


. house, in the County of Devon, and for amendment 


_of Act: And the same was read the first time; and 


Heathcote’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Maclean’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Charing Cross 
Bridge Bill. 


Public 
Health Act 
( Hastings. ) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Four- 
teenth Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 


Clonmel 
Endowed 
School. 


No. 117. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Company, 
No. 118. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 


No. 119. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Expenes of 
Prosecutions 
Bill. 


Salmon Brood 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Apprentices’ 
and Servants’ 
Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Heathcote’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Maclean's Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Charing Cross Bridge 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Charing Cross Bridge Company to 
raise further Monies, to amend the Acts relating to 
the Company, and for other Purposes: And_ that 
Mr. Masterman and Sir James Duke do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Memorials presented to the Board of 
Health, with reference to the Public Health Act 
being put in force for the Borough of Hastings. 


Several Petitions relating to Church of Rome ;— 
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;— 
Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;—County Rates 
and Expenditure ;— Malt ;— Windows ; —Copy- 
holds ;—and, Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and 
Smithfield Enlargement Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clonmel 
Endowed School, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Water- 


ford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Com- 


pany, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“pow ”’ 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 to a Select Committee. 


_ The Expenses of Prosecutions Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Salmon Brood (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Apprentices’ and Servants’ Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


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14° Marti. A. 1851, 


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 ang ° 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Commony 
take into consideration the Commons’ Inclosure Inclosure Ry 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 13° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournnay 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members 
were not present ; yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
ouse ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 14° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


T H E House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Beclesiastica 
the city of London attended at the door, they Titles 
were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- corem 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the city of London, in Common Council assembled’: 

—And then they withdrew. ' 

And the said Petition, praying the House, in con- 
sidering the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, 
to take such measures as may be necessary une- 
quivocally to suppress the use of territorial Titles, 
and the exercise of territorial jurisdiction under 
delegation from any Foreign Prince or Ecclesiastic, 
and insert therein such other provisions as shall be 
necessary to prevent any synodical action on the 
part of the Romish Clergy, under colour of authority 
from the See of Rome, and effectually vindicate the 
independence of the Crown, and secure this king- 
dom from all foreign interference or domination, 
was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Metropolis 
the city of London attended at the door, they were Buildings = 
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 Metropolis 
Buildings Bill may not pass into a law, was read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dennis, from the Commissioners of Bridling- Bridlingi 
ton Piers and Harbour, was called in; and at the Piers am 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—Abstract of the General Annual 
Account of the Commissioners of Bridlington Piers 
and Harbour, from the 26th day of July 1849 to the 
26th day of July 1850 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported the Scarborough Gas Bill, Scarborough 
with Amendments. . Gas B 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the —— 

r. 











Saint Patrick’s 
Cathedral 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Quseburn 
Bridge and 
Approaches in 
upon e 
Bill. 


nd © 


Downham 
Market, &amp;c. 
Drainage B 


ns’ 


re Bil 
Leicester 
Sewerage Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fourteenth 


Report.) 


Committee of - 


Selection 

(Third 

Report. ) 
No. 120. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Great North- 

ern Railway 

Amendment 
stical (No. 1) Bill. 


tion 


Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
provement 
Bi 


Bangor and 

; Caernarvon 

lis Railway Bill, 
3 Bill 


Thirsk Writ, 


c 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


ugh 





14 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Saint Patrich’s Cathed- 
ral (Dublin) Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Bernal reported the Ouseburn Bridge and 
Approaches in ewcastle-upon-Tyne Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Downham Market, &amp;c. per 
surance and Trust Society, 


Drainage Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Leicester Sewerage Bill, 
th Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


wi 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 


Petitions presented upon the 11th and 12th days of 


this instant March ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 


14° Marti. 


gy 


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 Magneto-Electric Telegraph 
Company, and to enable the said Company to work 
certain Letters Patent: And that Mr. ‘Gregor 


and Mr. Alexander Matheson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Petition of Directors of the Law Property As- Law Property 
praying that provision Assurance 


may be made in the Law Property Assurance and 


Trust Society 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; sub- 
ject to such provisions and regulations for the col- 
‘lection thereof, or otherwise, as to the House shall 
‘seem meet, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the Railway (Ar- 
Great Western Railway (Arrangements with re- se gine 
ference to the Purchase of the Weai/ts, Somerset and tg the Pur- 


Weymouth, &amp;c. Railways Bill, for conferring upon chase of the: 


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





Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they had made certain altera- | 


2 , ° 7 , iti . : Wilts, Somer- 
tions in the classification of Private Bills, and had the Petitioners power to construct or provide for ... 04 Wey- 
directed him to report the same to the House. the construction of an hotel and premises on land mouth, &amp;e. 


. | belonging to or leased by them, in the immediate Railways)Bill. 
Te pr oe 7 at the Report do lie upon the Table ; | neighbourhood of the Paddington station of the 
P 7 | said Railway, was presented, and read ; and referred 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


i ding Ord 1 Resoluti , : biter 
— a — — Prone oy Severe’ MesomHtons, | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better paving, Kensington 
1 : ‘lighting, cleansing, regulating and improving the Improvement 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great* Nor- : ; , : 
thern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill, Petition Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington: And ™ 
: | the same was read the first time ; and ordered to b 


for dispensing with Standing Orders 105 and 166, d d ti : 
the said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed | "*® ® Secon tame. 
with. 

2, Resolved, That in the case of the Dundee and 
Arbroath Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing with 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Leicester 
rate-payers of the borough of Leicester, praying Waterworks 
that a Petition of Inhabitant Householders and Bil. 


Standing Orders 105 and 166, the said Standing 
Orders oughtto be dispensed w'th ; That the Parties 
be permitted to be heard on their Petition before 
the Committee on the Bill, notwithstanding the 
same shall have been deposited later than seven 
clear days after the second reading of the Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 
Improvement Bill, Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Orders 105 and 166, the said Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 


Rate-payers of that borough, which has been prepared 
for presentation to the House, praying that they 
may be heard by counsel against the Leicester 
Waterworks Bill, may, notwithstanding the time 
allowed by the Standing Orders of the House for 
the presentation of Petitions against Private Bills 
has elapsed, be referred to the Committee on the 
said Bill, and that the Petitioners may be heard by 
counsel before the said Committee, according to the 
prayer of the Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. aaa 
Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to enable the Charing Cross 

Charing Cross Bridge Company to raise further Bridge Bill. 

Monies, to amend the Acts relating to the Com- 

pany, and for other Purposes: And the same was 

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


time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for additional provision in the 
Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill, which, upon 
Tuesday last, was made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 
was read, as followeth: : 

“ Resolved, That in the case of the Bangor and| ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second Caledonian 
Caernarvon Railway Bill, Petition for additional | reading of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garn- prot 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- | kirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;e. Rail- yee &lt; 
pensed with as regards Clause 2; but that the Par- | ways) (Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill 3 Coatbridge, 
ties be permitted to introduce their remaining provi-| And a Motion being made, and the Question a 
sions, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit.” | being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second poiye 3 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, | Game 5 : (Amendment 
was agreed to. | The Amendments following were proposed to be and Continua- 
| made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word “0 &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant “ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ words “ upon this day six months.” 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present| | And the Question being proposed, That the word 








} 
| 
| 
| 


Parliament for the Borough of Thirsk, in the room |“ now ” stand part of the Question :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
The House was moved, That the Report ,in re-| posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
spect of the Petition for the Magneto-Electric Tele- | the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
graph Company Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, 
OL. 106, 


of John Bell, Esquire, deceased. 


| drawn. 


02 And 





x = “a= — fale ’ a = ‘ 
Se iy ie re 


100 


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. Brotherton, \o1 4 
Yeas, “og em a — : , 
Tellers for thefSir Robert Ha nglis, 
Noes, Mr. Christo te ° } ~_ 
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. 


Dundee Police 


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


reading of the Dundee Police Bill ; . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant March. 


Metropolitan 
Cattle Market 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Cattle Market Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 4th day of April next. 


Appleby, Ken- 
dal, Kirkby 
Stephen and 
Market 
Brough Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 


Cheltenham 

and Gloucester 
District Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 


Sir William Jolliffe — the Appleby, Kendal, 
Kirkby Stephen, and Market Brough Turnpike- 
road Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
on Group 1 of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Cheltenham and Gloucester District Turnpike- 
road Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the preamble of the Bill, and had amended 
the same, by striking out the words “ together with a 
large arrear of interest thereon,” in the 4th and 5th 
lines of the 6th paragraph, and the words “or the 
interest thereof discharged,” in the 6th line of the 
same paragraph, as the Committee deemed it expe- 
dient to extinguish the arrears of interest owing in 
respect of money borrowed on the credit of the tolls 
taken on the said road; and that they had found 
the allegations of the Bill, 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Registered Steam 
Vessels of the United Kingdom on the 1st day of 
January 1851; stating, in separate Columns, the 
following Particulars: ist. Vessels’ Names; 2d. 
Port of Registry ; 3d. Date of Registry ; 4th. Re- 
gistered Owners; 5th. Dimensions of Vessels in 
Length and Breadth; 6th. Tonnage, exclusive of 
Engine-room, and Gross Tonnage, when practi- 
cable ; distinguishing Vessels built of Iron, and also 
Vessels having Screw Propellers (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, printed with the Report of 
the Select Committee on Steam Navy, Session 
1849). 


Steam Vessels. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Lead and Lead Ore imported into 
the United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1850; distinguishing each Sort, 
from what Country, and into what Ports imported : 
—And, similar Return as to all Lead and Lead Ore 
exported (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 457, of Session 1850). 


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 :— Of the 
Quantity of Copper exported from the Port of Lon- 


14° Marti. 








A. 1851. 


don in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1850; distinguishing each Sort, and to what Coun- 
try exported :—-Similar Returns for the Port of Liver- 
pool :—And, 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 Coun- 
tries from which the same has been imported, and 
the per-centage Quantity of Metallic Copper con- 
tained in each Parcel of Ore upon which Duty has 
been paid, together with the Rate and Amount of 
Duty received thereon (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 457, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Tin, 
Account of Tin imported into the United Kingdom 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1850 ; 
distinguishing from what Countries imported :—And, 
similar Returns of Exports of Tin (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 457, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Zine, 
Account of all Zinc and Zine Ore imported and 
exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1850, and the Duty paid thereon (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 457, of Ses- 
sion 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-ofice, 
Returns, as nearly as can be estimated, of the Num- 
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, and for eacl: complete year sub- 
sequent thereto ; also, for the first year, the Num- 
ber of Franks, 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 :—Show- 
ing 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 
Account, whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of 
Management, any Advances that may have been 
made by the English to the Irish Post-office, and 
Advances to the Money-Order Office ; also, disre- 
garding, in the Return for each year, any old Debts 
written off, or Postage remitted, or any other Deduc- 
tions which relate to previous years:—Of the Pay- 
ments by the Post-office, during the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1838, and each subsequent 

ear, for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway 
in the United Kingdom, distinguishing, in each In- 
stance, 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 ; also, the Expense 
of the Money-Order Office, and the Amount of com- 
mission received, during the year 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ gteam-boat 
Copy of the Correspondence on the subject of an “Pelican.” 
Inquest held at Rotherhithe, February 26th, 1851, No. 121. 
on the Body of an Infant alleged to have died from 
Exposure to the Weather on board the Steam-Boat 
“ Pelican,” on her Passage from Cork to London. 

Mr. Labouchere 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, Blackwatet 
Copies of the Report and Plans received at tle Ad- River. 
miralty during the present year from Commander 
Fraser, R.N., on the Subject of the Navigation and 
Weirs of the River Blackwater. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Williams have leave to Leave of 


Absence. 
Ordered, 


attend the Assizes, 











14 Vicrori2z. 


Commons’ Ordered, That the Commons’ Inclosure Bill be 
Inclosure Bill read the third time after the Orders of the day. 


Population Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Act. Command,—Copy of Forms and Instructions pre- 
ared under the direction of one of Her Majesty’s 
rincipal Secretaries of State, for the use of the 
Persons employed in taking an Account of the 
Population of Great Britain, by virtue of the Act 

of 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 53. 


Turnpike Copy of Report of the Secretary of State, under 

Trusts. the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: No. 18. Sheffield and 
Glossop Road. 

Committals Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the 


(Ireland.) directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns, 
from the Clerks cf the Crown and Clerks of the 
Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in I/re/and, of 
the Number of Persons committed to the different 
Guols thereof for Trial in the year 1850. 
Gaols. Copies of all Reports and of Schedules B. trans- 
mitted to the Secretary of State (Counties, Ridings 
or Divisions), 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 
Public Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
Health Act = dated the 12th day of this instant March last, for 
seid Copies of the Memorials presented to the Board of 
Health, with reference to the Public Health Act 
being put in force within the Borough of Hastings. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
New South Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address 
Wales. to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant 
March, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches be- 
tween the Secretary of State for the Colonies and 
the Governor of New South Wales, relating to the 
reduction of Troops. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
the Lords, Mr. Speak 
r. Speaker, 
— The Lords communicate to this House, Copies 
arbour 


of Petitions of John Lockett, Chairman of the 
Liverpool Ship-Owners’ Association, and of the Citi- 
zens of Dublin, against the proposed Asylum Har- 
bour at Holyhead, presented to their Lordships at 
the close of Session 1847, and subsequently referred 
to a Select Committee of their Lordships; and also 
Copy of Report from the said Select Committee 
(but which Committee did not take Evidence) :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


(Holyhead. ) 


Public Several Petitions relating to Church of England ; 
sation, —Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- 
Vide Fifteenth tion Bill; —Jews ;—Marriages ;—Sunday Trading 
Reporton Prevention Bill ;— Paper ;—Receipts ;—Board ot 
Customs ;—Metropolis Buildings Bill ;—Smithfield 
Market Removal Bill ;— and, Smithfield Market 
Removal Bill, and Smithfield Enlargement Bill,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Tilesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Assumption reading of the Ecclesiastical ‘Titles Assumption 
3 ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
-_“¥~ That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the worc 
“* 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 Debat: 
arising thereupon ; 
Vou. 106. 


14°—15° Martiz. 








101 


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


Sabbati, 15° die Martii, 1851: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Appointment 
mittee on the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor of 4 Vice- 
Bill ; _— 

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


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means: Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itselfinto the said Committee. 


The Commons’ Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons’ | 
Order, read the third time. Inclosure Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain 
Lands, in pursuance of the Sixth Annual Report of 
the Inclosure Commissioners. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Falkirk 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Petition of Walter Walker Lennox, Alexander M‘ In- 
tosh, William Wright and Douglas Hamilton Ro- 
bertson, relating to the Falkirk Boroughs, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Prisons 
amend certain Acts for the Improvement of Prisons (Scotland) 
and Prison Discipline in Scotland: And that Mr. 
Secretary-at-War and the Lord Advocate do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Divorce Bills. 
of the House, No. 7, relative to the Appointment of 
Committees, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 

“ That there shall be a Committee to be de- 
signated ‘ the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills,’ to consist of Nine Members, who shall 
be nominated at the commencement of every 
Session, of whom Three shall be a Quorum.” 

A Committee was accordingly nominated of Mr. 
Wood, Sir John Yarde Buller, The Judge Advocate, 
Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Headlam, Mr. 
Bonham Carter, Sir John Pakington and Mr. 
Shafto Adair, with Power to send for persons, pa- 
pers and records. 


Ordered, That a a given to bring in a Bill Mele 
to provide for the better Distribution, Support and "anus _. 
Svangemeit of Medical Charities in ids os 
to amend an Act of the Eleventh year of Her Ma- 
jesty, to provide for the Execution of the Laws for 
the Relief of the Poor in Jreland: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Mr. Attorney General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Valuation (Jreland) Valuation 

Bill was nominated of Sir William Somerville, Sir (Ireland) Bill. 
Edmund Macnaghten, Colonel Dunne, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. O'Flaherty, Sir Denham WNorreys, 
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Sir Lucius O’Brien, Sir Robert 
Booth, Mr. Sadleir, Mr. George Alexander Hamil- 
ton, Sir John Young, Mr. Scully, Mr. Clements, and 
Mr. Monsell. 





03 A Motion 


Museum of 
Irish Indust 
in Dublin. 


East Anglian A 
Railways 


(No. 2.) 


Hereford, Ross 
and Gloucester 


Railway Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 1.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifteenth 
Report.) 


TY Return of Expenditure incurred, to the 1st day of 


102 14°—-15°—1 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-' 
posed, That the Committee have Power to send for 
persons, papers and records :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, Thai Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ' 
a Return of the Periods of the Commencement of! 
the English and Irish Geological Surveys ; Number | 
of Reports made, and the Cost of these Reports ; | 
the Area, specifying the Counties completed in | 
each; also the Area published; stating further, | 
whether one uniform Scale has been adhered 
to throughout. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Expenditure incurred, to the 1st day of 
January 1851, for the Museum of Practical Geology 
in London, divided into the Heads of Costs for | 
Building and Expenses incurred for other Purposes; 
the Amount paid in Annual Salaries; stating, at 
the same time, whether the Persons employed in the 
Museum receive any other Salaries or Emolu- 
ments ; and the Time given up to other Public Du- 
ties, where any are performed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


January 1851, for the Museum of Jrish Industry 
in Dublin, divided into the Heads of Cost of Build- 
ing, and Expenses incurred, for other Purposes ; 
the Amount paid in Annual Salaries; stating, at 
the same time, whether the Persons employed in 
the Museum receive any other Salaries or Emolu- 
ments, and the Time given up to other Public 
Duties, where any are performed. 


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





Lune, 17° die Martii; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way Company, taking notice of a Petition for 
leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in the 
East Anglian Railways (No. 2) Bill; and praying 
that leave may not be given to deposit such Peti- 
tion, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Gloucester and Dean Forest 
Railway Company, praying that provision may be 
made in the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Rail- 
way Bill for enabling the Petitioners to raise a fur- 
ther sum of money, to be applied towards the forma- 
tion of the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
on Group 1 of Private Bills; That the Committee 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment; but that 
Mr. Milner, one of the selected Members thereof, 
did not attend during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner be excused for his non- 
attendance this day, and that he be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That Colonel Pennant be added to the 
Committee. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 15th day of this instant 
March, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 


7° Martiz. A. 185%. 


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


The Anchor Assurance Company (No. 2) Bill Anchor 
was read a second time ; and committed. c 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (yo" 


mittee of Selection. = 


The East Stonehouse Waterworks Bill was read a East Stone. 
second time ; and committed. wan Vee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- il. 

mittee of Selection. 


The General Reversionary and Investment Com- General 
pany Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Revesieaay 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- i 
mittee of Selection. = 


Heathcote’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; Heathcotes 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bil, 
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. 


Maclean’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Maclean's 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bil. 
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, ifthe 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by counsel 
or produce witnesses. 


The Warkworth Harbour and Dock Company Warkworth 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. awe op sng 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Dock Sam 

: . : pany 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Buckinghan's 
reading of Buckingham’s Compensation Bill ; a 
And a Motion being made, and the Question" 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Monday” 
the words ‘‘the 28th day of April.” 
And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of April next. 


Smithfield 


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


reading of the Smithfield Enlargement Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 4th day of April next. 


Maclean's 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
Divorce Bill 


to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships in the case of Maclean’s 
Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this Reon a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships in the case of Heath- 
cote’s Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Wilson Patten 
do carry the said Message. 


Heathcote’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Sir Frederic Thesiger Favigation 


directions of an Act of 


pan. pursuant to the 
arliament,—An Account, 
in Abstract, of the several Sums of Money received 
and disbursed by the Commissioners of the Thames 


Navigation, in the year 1850. 





Ordered, 











14 Vicroriz. 


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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
































17°. Marti. . 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That he had carried Heathcote’s 
to the Lords the Message of this House of this Pivoree Bill. 


103 


day, 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 Heathcote’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. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That he had carried Maclean's | 
to the Lords the Message of this House of this Pivoree Bill 


day, 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 Maclean’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. 





“A ane. to County Treasurers, which was presented upon 
. No. 122. the 3d day of this instant March, be printed. 
New South Ordered, That the Return relative to New South 
e- Wales. Wales, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
. No. 123. printed. 
Leave of Ordered That Mr. Littleton have leave of av- 
Absence. sence till Saturday, on account of a domestic afflic- 
tion. 
! 
nay Lunatics Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Scotland-) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
8 a Return showing the Number of Insane and Fa- 
” tuous Paupers in each County in Scotland, with the 
Cost of their Maintenance ; distinguishing those in 
Public or Private Asylums, those in Poor-houses, 
and those resident with Relations or other Persons. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 
"| Thomas Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Young Prior, Copies of all Correspondence in reference to the | 
Esquire. Conduct of Thomas Young Prior, Esquire (a Magis- | 
trate of the County of Galway), with his Excel- 
lency the Lord Lieutenant of /reland, 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 Clif- 
den, in the County of Galway. 
l 
. Police Force Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
(Limerick.) Return of the Number and Expense of the Police 
Force in the following Baronies of the County of 
Limerick, to be made according to the Form 
“ below :— 
S le |S2ESRe [a2 lg ciBEeses 
gele [sBels?, |6_ S2i.%&lt;222 
B52 |S2E/878 |g &amp; $86 og BES 
_ (ee JeesiesS [Eee S sis supe 
Baronies. [EES ESE SISe. lg eles (shes sk g 
sgl eisgeisag |*gles\" F293 &amp; 
geo mi RaliSq SiBaaloais2 5 Saa™ 
ZOSsiGssleseses sles eat esas 
nan iA |% A a oO 1% 
Costlen ~ 
Small County 
Owney-bey - 
' Clanwilliam - 
Reclesiastical Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ommission, 





Copies of all Correspondence or Communications 
between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the 
Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Saint Asaph, 
Bath and Wells and Ely, in respect of the Sums 
due from such Archbishop and Bishops to the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners, as set forth in the third 
and last Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England, page 54; viz. from the 


Archbishop of York £.2,317 14 2 





Bishop of Saint Asaph - 1,661 0 10 
Bishop of Bath and Wells - 3,495 0 0 
Bishop of Ely - - - 9,242 7 8 

TotaL - - £,16,716 2 8 





with the Dates of such Correspondence or Commu- 
nications, and the Periods when the several Sums 
were in all or part payable, and any Minutes of the 
Commissioners thereon. 
' Vox. 106. j 





Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Spanish 
Order, dated the 17th day of May, in tie last Ses- Vessels. 
‘sion of Parliament, for a Return of the Number 
‘and Tonnage of Spanish Vessels which entered In- 


wards and cleared Outwards at the Ports of the 
United Kingdom and the Colonies, during the years 
1848 and 1849, distinguishing the Ports, the En- 
tries from the Clearances, the Vessels in Ballast from 
those with. Cargoes, and also those clearing with 
Cargoes of Fish. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Stationery, 
&amp;e. 


instant March, for Copies of the Treasury Orders 
under which Contracts for the Supply of Printing, 
of Stationery, and Stationery Stores, and for the 
binding of Books, &amp;c. for the Government Depart- 
ments in England, are to be made; together with 
the Treasury Order, if any, under which the Con- 
tract for the Printing in London of Reports, Papers 
and Books, the Tenders for which were opened on 
the 15th day of January last, was submitted to 
competition, and of the Advertisement by the Sta- 
tionery Office inviting Tenders for the said Con- 
tract :—Lists of the several Tenders sent in to the 
Stationery Office for printing Reports, Papers and 
Books for the Public Service in England in January 
last, and the Amount of each Tender, stating for 
what Period the Contract extends, and on what 
Grounds the lowest Tender was not accepted, in 
conformity with the Treasury Orders ; stating also 
the Name of the Person sending in the lowest 
Tender, and the Name of the Party to whom the 
Contract has been given, and the Difference in the 
Amount of per centage on the ‘Tender :—Copy of 
the Report of the Coniptroller of Stationery upon 
the several Tenders sent into his Office for the said 
Contract :— And, Copy of Memorial of Mr. John 
Smith, of Long-Acre, Printer to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, dated the 23d 
day of January 1851, complaining that, although 
his Tender was the lowest, it was not accepted, and 
praying for inquiry into the Cause of this Deviation 
from the established mode of obtaining Supplies by 
public Competition ; and also, Copy of the Report 
of the Comptroller of Stationery to the Treasury 
in reply to the said Memorial. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; Public 
—Falkirk Election ;--Church of England ;--Church Fetitions. 
of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— videsixteenth 
Jews ;—Marriages (East India) ;—Attornies Certi- Report on 
ficates ;—County Rates and Expenditure ;—News- he 


papers ;— Paper ; — Property Tax ;—Windows ;— 

Windows, &amp;c. ;—Agriculture ;—Board of Customs 

—Peter Brouard ;—Copyholds ;— Education ;— 
O4 Education 








104 


Education (Zreland) ;—Expenses of Prosecutions 
Bill ;—Hops ;—Lord Lieutenancy (Ireland) ;—Na- 
vigation Act;—Patents for Inventions ;—Arthur 
P. Perceval;—Poor Law ;—Poor Law (freland) ; 
— Post-office ; — School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Slave Trade ;—Smithfield Market Removal 
Bill ;—and, Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and 
Smithfield Enlargement Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Coal-whippers 
(Port of 
London.) 


Mr. Lahouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Statements of the 
Accounts of the Coal Whippers’ Office for the year 
1850, and of the Branch Office at Woolwich, from 
January 1st to December 31st, 1850. 

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


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the 
Question, that the Ecclesiastical ‘Titles Assumption 
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 House having continued to sit till after | 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; | 


Martis, 18° die Martii, 1851: | 


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


Ways and 


- The House, according to Order, resolved itself, 
Cans ; 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Consolidated 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply | 
Fund, 


granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions | 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | 

Resolution to be reported. | 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Berna! 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re-| 
solution. 

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. 





Civil Bills, &amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 


upon Monday next. 


Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Buildings Bill. yeading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Religious The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Houses Bill. reading of the Religious Houses Bill; 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Appointment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ofa Vice- mittee on the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor 
Chancellor Bill: 
Bill. 4 . . . : 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 








17°—18° Martii. 





A. 1851. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Incumberea 
Returns of the several Petitions presented to the Estates 
Incumbered Estates Commissioners ; distinguishing reland.) 
those which have been dismissed, and those upon 
which Conditional and Absolute Orders for Sale 
have been made :—Of the Date of Sale, and Number 
and Tenure of Lots sold in each Matter; whether 
Fee Simple, Fee-Farm Lease of Lives renewable for 
ever, or ‘erm for Years; and whether subject to 
Quit, Crown or other Rent :—Of the Date of Deed 
of Conveyance in each case :—-Of the County in 
which each of the Lots sold is situate :—Of the 
Number of Statute Acres in each Lot sold :—Of the 
Annual Rent at which each Lot had formerly been 
let (or estimated Value where not let), according to 
printed Rental under which Sale took place :—Of 
the Mortgages, Judgments and other Charges af- 
fecting each Estate, as appearing on the Schedule 
of Incumbrances lodged with the Petition :—Of the 
Jointures and Annuities subject to which each Lot 


_has been sold :—Of the Amount of Purchase-money 


for each Lot :—Of the Amount of Purchase-money 
paid out by the Commissioners in each Matter, in- 
cluding Sums allowed to Incumbrancers who be- 
came Purchasers :—And, of the Name and Resi- 
dence of Purchaser in each case. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to provide Medical 
for the better Distribution, Support and Manage- Charities 
ment of Medical Charitiesin Jreland ; and to amend (ireland) Bil 
an Act of the eleventh year of Her Majesty, to pro- No. 124. 
vide for the Execution of the Laws for the Relief of 


‘the Poor in Jreland: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upen Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir William Gibson Craig presented a Bill to Prisons 
amend certain Acts for the Improvement of Prisons (Scotland) 
and Prison Discipline in Scotland: And the same No. 195 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a ~~” 
second time upon Monday the 31st day of this 


|instant March ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of John Loseby and Samuel Stone, of Leicester 


Leicester, Gentlemen, taking notice of a Petition Wane 
signed George Palmer, which prays that a Petition 


of [nhabitant Householders and Rate-payers of the 
_borough of Leicester, prepared for presentation to 


the House against the Leicester Waterworks Bill, 
may, notwithstanding the time allowed by the Stand- 
ing Orders of the House for the presentation of 
Petitions against Private Bills has elapsed, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and praying 
that the Standing Orders may not be dispensed 
with, and that the Petition may not be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


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, 18° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS, 


7. Order of the day being read, for the Hastings 
Z second reading of the Hastings Improvement Pupr° 
ill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” 


















































14 Vicroriz. 


“ 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 mg 

\Mr. Pigott, 1 

Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr ‘ee “a f 21. 
Mr. Hollond, ce 
Mr. Frewen: } it 

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. 


Tellers for the Noes, { 


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

Improvement one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

Bill 7 , ; = . 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for additional 
provision in the Manchester Improvement Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Great Western Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
on one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
with reference in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
tothe Pur- ders, in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
oy to of vision in the Great Western Railway (Arrangements 
Somerset and With reference to the Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, 
Weymouth, Somerset and Weymouth, &amp;c. Railways) Bill. 

&amp;e. Railways) Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


il. , Phe 
= lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Iaird’s Patent Mr, Bernal reported Laird’s Patent Bill, with 
a. Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Edinburgh Mr. Bernal reported the Edinburgh Royal Asylum 


Royal Asylum ° . 
forthe Insane for the Insane Bill, with Amendments. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Dewsbury Mr. Bernal reported the Dewsbury Gas Bill, with 
Ges Bill. Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Newington Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 

oe Newington Saint Mary Parish Bill; That they 

‘had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 

amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by in- 

serting a recital, showing that the Court of Chancery 

had approved of a compromise of the litigation re- 

specting the WalworthCommon Estate; and that the 

ill had been approved by the Mastez, to whom the 

causes or informations stood referred ; 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. 


Whitby Mr. Bernal reported the Whitby Waterworks Bill, 
BL ~— with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Reading Mr. Bernal reported the Reading Cemetery Com- 
me! ; } 
¢ wd Bi pavy Bill, with Amendments. 


dered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Controverted Sir George Clerk reported from the General Com- 


mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Thursday the 3d day of April next to choose from 
Panel No. 2 the Select Committee to try the Fal- 
kirk Boroughs Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
VoL. 106. 











18° Marti. 105 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Magneto- 
the Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company, and to Electric 
enable the said Company to work certain Letters fea 
Patent: And the same was read the first time; and —— 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Cheltenharw 
on Group 1 of Private B 
the Cheltenham and Painswick Road Bill, they had 804 Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “together with a large arrear of in- 
terest thereon,” in the 3d and 4th lines of the 3d 
paragraph, and the words “or the interest thereof 
discharged,” in the 4th and 5th lines of the same 
paragraph, as the Committee considered it expe- 
dient to extinguish the arrears of interest owing 
upon the sums borrowed on the security of the tolls 
of said road ; and that they had found the allega- 
tions 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. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Miilthrop and Millthrop 
Levens Turnpike-road Bill, with Amendments. = ay 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. :oaq Bill, 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Mildenhall, Mildenhall, 
Burnt Fen Road, and Lakenheath and Hockwold Burnt Fen 
Roads Bill, with Amendments. Tanai 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. aa Hockwold 

0a Mil, 


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 Durham Mar- purham 
ket Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Markets Bill. 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit, on proving to the said Committee that the No- 
tices have been inserted in the County Newspaper 
for three successive weeks; that the Committee on 
the Bill, if they shall introduce such additional 


Provision, do report to the House how far such Or- 
= has been complied with, on the report of the 

ill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the East Anglian East Anglian 
Railways (No. 2), Petition for leave to deposit a Railways 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not (N° 2.) 
to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Leicester Leicester 
Waterworks Bill, Petition for dispensing with Stand- Waterworks 
ing Orders 105 and 166, the said 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. 


A Petition of Joseph T. Foster, carrying on busi- Lee River 
ness under the firm of Williams, Foster &amp; Co., as Trust Bill. 
Copper Rollers and Merchants, at Walthamstow 
Mills, in the county, of Essex, for leave to deposit a 
Petition against the Zee River Trust Bill, notwith- 
standing the time for presenting Petitions pursuant 
to the Standing Orders of the House has expired, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


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 Ireland, the Annual Value thereof, accord- 
ing to the Valuation under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. 
c.110,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 

&gt; £.100 


ills; That in the case of and Painswick 


Se ET eS eee 





Male Convicts. 


Spanish 
Vessels. 

No. 126. 
Stationery, 
&amp;ce. 


No, 127. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Passengers’ 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


106 


£.100 of the Valuation :—Of the several Counties, 
Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Jreland, 
of which the Valuation under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vie. 
c. 110, has been completed ; specifying the Name 
of each Barony or Half Barony, the Acreable Con- 
tents, and the Valuation thereof; stating also the 
Sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury War- 
rant at Spring Assizes 1850, for each such Barony 
or Half Barony, and the Rate per centum which each 
such Sum bears to the Valuation; also the Sum or- 


dered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant at 


the Summer Assizes 1850, 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 Waterford and Cork:—Re- 
turns of the Counties, Counties of Cities and Coun- 
ties of Towns in Ireland, except Waterford and Cork, 
of which the Valuation under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. 
c. 110, 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 War- 
rant of Spring Assizes 1850, of each such Barony 
or Half Barony, and the Rate per 1,000 Acres, as- 
sessable according to the County Book for each Ba- 
rony,&amp;c.; also stating the Sum ordered to be levied by 
the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 1850, of 
each such Barony or Half Barony, per 1,000 Acres, 


assessableaccording to the County Book for each Ba- ; 


rony, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 346, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of County Cess remaining 
unpaid to the Treasurer of each County in Ireland, 
at and after the Spring Assizes of 1851, by the Col- 
lectors of each Barony, or of the County of the City 
or County of a Town; distinguishing the Amount 
due under the Warrant of Summer Assizes 1850, 
and under the Warrant of any previous Assizes, 
on which there may be an Arrear due (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 401, of Session 
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, 
Returns of the Number of Male Convicts sentenced 
to Transportation in the United Kingdom in each 
of the Twelve years ending on the 31st day of 
December last:—Of the Number sent Abroad in 
each of the same years :—Of the Number detained 
in the United Kingdom on the ist day of January 
in each of the last Twelve years, including 1851 : 
—Of the Number who have made their Escape in 
each of the Three years ending on the 31st day of 
December last, distinguishing the Number of those 
from the Hulks:—Of the Number who have been 
Pardoned in each of the same years, distinguishing 
the Number from the Hulks, and distinguishing 
those pardoned on Medical Grounds :—And, of the 
Number confined at Bermuda who have escaped, 
or who have received a Pardon, in each of the same 

ears. 

Ordered, That 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 Spanish 
Vessels, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stationery, 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Passengers’ Act 
Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


18°—19° Marti. 


A. 1851, 


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise Public 
(Scotland) ;— Church of Rome ;— Ecclesiastical Petitions, 
Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;—Maynooth Col- Vide Seven. 
lege ;—Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;— Mar- teenth 
riages ;—County Rates and Expenditure ;—County = Public 
Rates and Expenditure Bill ;— Flour ;— News- wtitiens. 
ae 3;— Paper ; — Windows ;— Agriculture ; — 

oard of Customs ;—Copyholds ;— Dogs ;—Educa- 

tion ;—Education (Jreland) ;—Expenses of Prose- 
cutions Bill;—Hops Bill ;— Liskeard Roads ;— 
Lord Lieutenancy (Jreland) ;— Medical Charities 
(Zreland) Bill (1850) ;—Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 
— Patents for Inventions ;—Poisons ;— Post Office ; 
— Smithfield Market Removal Bill ;— Smithfield 
Market Removal Bill, and Smithfield Enlargement 
Bill ;—and, Spirits (Jreland),—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Tithe Rent- 
posed, That it is expedient to substitute for the ex- charges 
isting mode of varying the amount of Tithe Rent- “land. 
charges in Ireland, a self-acting system, whereby the 
: . : 

amount of all Tithe Rent-charges in Jreland shall 
be increased or diminished every year, according to 
the Average Prices of Corn, as ascertained by public 
advertisement, in a manner similar to the existing 
method of varying Tithe Rent-charges in England 
and Wales :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Qoeclesiastical 
_ the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Titles _ 
| upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the nae 
Question, that the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption 
| 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 Sncatin :—The 
_ House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
| And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
| Mercurii, 19° die Martii, 1851: 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Committee Ways and 
of Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, Means ; 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eight Millions Fund. 
| be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
| 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 Lord John Russell do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Appointment 
mittee on the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor es 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Roman 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased nw 
to give directions, that taere be laid before this Newfound- 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence land. 
which has taken place between Her Majesty’s Secre- 

tary of State for the Colonies and the Governor of 
Newfoundland, upon the subject of the assumption 

of the Title of Bishop of sy cE yy by the Ro- 

man Catholic Bishop in that Colony. 


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14 Vicroriz. 


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


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





Mercurii, 19° die Marti; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS, 
. R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
blic ly reported from the Se om 
Petitions M mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 17th 
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 all Committees have leave to sit 
this day during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Appleby, Ken- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
dal, Kirkby the Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Stephen and Market 
— and Brough Turnpike Road Biil, as amended in the 


Brough Turn- Committee. 
pike-road Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cross The Charing Cross Bridge Bill was read a second 
Bridge Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Kensington The Kensington Improvement Bill was read a 
papornant second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Electors Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Ireland.) a Return of the Number of Registered Electors 


in each County in Jre/and, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 
Vic. c. 69; distinguishing each Class of Electors : 
—And, similar Return for each County of a City, 
County of a Town, and Borough in Jre/and, return- 
ing one or more Members of Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
detailed Account of the Expenditure of the Sum of 
£.30,000, — in the year 1845, for putting 
Maynooth College into Repair :—Copy of any Esti- 


Maynooth 
calee. 


mates and Plans furnished by the Architect em- | 


ployed on that occasion :—And, detailed Account 
of the Sum of £.5,718. 17s. 9d., the Total Amount 
of the Grants voted from the year 1846 to the year 
1850, inclusive of both years, for the Repairs and 
Maintenance of Maynooth College. 


Leave of Ordered, That Sir Denham Norreys have leave 

Absence, of absence for a fortnight, on account of illness in 
his family; and, Mr. John Martin a month, on 
account of a domestic affliction. 

Pate Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 

—. —Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;— 

VideSeven. Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;—Carriages ;— 

tenth Report Paper ;—Property Tax a ;—Expenses 

— of Prosecutions Bill ;—Hops Bill ;—and, Smithfield 

Market Removal Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Hops Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Hops Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read asecond 

e ; 

The Amendments followin 
made to the Question; viz. T 
Vou, 106. 


were proposed to be 
0 leave out the word 


18°—19" Marti. 





107 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


f Mr. &amp; rewen, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) yar. ‘4A /ezander Hope: 


\ 9. 
Mr. Deedes, } 131 
Mr. Law Hodges : ‘ 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ ge this day six months ” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the mai Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fee-Farm 
reading of the Fee-Farm Rents (Ireland) Bill ; a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon : 
Wednesday the 2d day of April 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 
the 30th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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 six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question: —The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Select Committee. 


Sunday 
Trading Pre- 
vention Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Expenses of 
into a Committee upon the Expenses of Prose- 5:7 o_o 


cutions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 








reported, That the Committee had gone through 
| the Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
| mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
| day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Apprentices’ 
into a Committee upon the Apprentices’ and Ser- — Servants 
vants’ Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ~ 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself re 


into a Committee upon Y Appointment of a Vice- Chancellor 
P 


Chancellor Bill, 





Religious 
Houses Bill, 


Enfranchise- 
ment of 
Copyholds 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


108 


Chancellor 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 Order for reading a second time To-morrow 
the Religious Houses Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of April next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
effect the Compulsory Enfranchisement of Lands of 
Copyhold and Customary Tenure: And that Mr. 
Aglionby, Mr. Shafto Adair and Mr. Hobhouse do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


19°—20° Marti. 


A Petition of Messrs. Richard and William G as- South Wales 


So~ Rail 
05 (No. 2) Bill, 


A. 1851. 


coigne Roy, of Lothbury, in the city of London, 
licitors, praying that the Standing Orders Nos. 1 
and 166 may be dispensed with in the case of the 
Petition of Onesiphorus Tyndal Bruce and James 
Munro Macnabb, trustees under the Will of John 
Crichton Stuart, late Marquis of Bute, presented 
on the 27th day of February last, and that the 
same may stand referred to the Committee on the 
South Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill, and that the 
said Trustees may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, in support of their said Petition, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 

A Petition of Anthony Hill, of Cardiff, in the 
county of Glamorgan, Iron Master, praying that the 
Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 106, may be dis- 

ensed with, and that the Petitioners may have 

~e to deposit in the Private Bill Office of the 
House a Petition against the said Bill, and that 
the same when so deposited may stand referred 
to the Committee appointed to consider the said 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the said Select Committee. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Pyecombe and Pyecombe 


Hichsted Turnpike-road Bill, with Amendments. ser ad 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. piy, ita 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


The Select Committee on the County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill was nominated of Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Baines, Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir George 
Grey, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Kershaw, Sir James 
Graham, Mr. Locke King, Mr. Deedes, Sir John 
Duchworth, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Peel, Mr. Shafto 
Adair, Mr. Bramston and Mr. Robert Palmer. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee of 
of Selection ; That they had made further alterations Selection 
in the Classification of Private Bills, and directed Seo 


eport. 
him to report the same to the House. “ os 





Enfranchise- 
ment of 


Copyholds Bill, P 


No. 128. 


Bankruptcy. 


Hove 
Improyement 
Bill. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to effect the Com- 
ulsory Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and 
Customary Tenure: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned til! To-morrow. 





Jovis, 20° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Bruce, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 

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 
1850, 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 Re- 
muneration and for Petty Expenses, under every 
Estate under their Charge, during the year 1850: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of Sir Richard Grant, Knight, a Cap- 
tain in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, praying that 
the Standing Order No. 105 may be dispensed 
with in the case of a Petition presented by him 
against the Hove Improvement Bill, and that the 
Petitioner may have leave to be heard thereupon, 
notwithstanding the same was not deposited within 
seven clear days after the second reading of such 
Bill, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Finsbury 
Copies of any Communications that have passed be- Park. 


tween the Commissioners of Woods and the Trea- 
sury in reference to a Park in Finsbury. 


A Petition of Electors of the borough of Har- Harwich 


wich, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are electors of the borough 
of Harwich, and were entitled to vote and did vote 
at the last Election of a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said borough; that Henry Thoby 
Prinsep and Robert Wigram Crawford, esquires, 
were the candidates at the last Election for the 
said borough of Harwich, and a poll being de- 
manded and taken, the said Henry Thoby Prinsep 
was, by the Mayor and Returning Officer, de- 
clared to have been elected a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said borough ; that 
the said Henry Thoby Prinsep was not at the time 
of his said Election and Return duly qualified to be 
elected a Member of the House of Commons for the 
said borough of Harwich, inasmuch as he was not 
seised or entitled for his own use or benefit of and 
to an estate legal or equitable in lands, tenements 
or hereditaments situate, lying or being within the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or 
in the rents and profits thereof, for his own life, or 
for the life or lives of any other person or persons 
then living, or for a term of years either absolute or 
determinable on his own life, or on the life or lives 
of any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time of 
his election unexpired, such estate being of the 
clear P pea value of not less than three hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting 
the same, nor was he possessed or entitled for his 
own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his own 
life, or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, or for any term of years, either 
absolute or determinable on his own life, or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, of which term not less than thirteen years 
were unexpired, of or to personal estate or effects of 


any nature or kind whatsoever, situate within = 
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ad 


Spirits, 





14 Vicroriz. 


said United Kingdom, or the interest, dividends or 
annual proceeds of any such personal estate or 
effects, such personal estate or effects, interest, divi- 
dends or annual proceeds actually producing the 
clear yearly income of not less than three hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting 
the same, nor was he possessed of more than one of 
the several kinds of qualification hereinbefore men- 
tioned, being, jointly with the other qualification, of 
sufficient value to qualify a person to serve in Par- 
liament for any borough, according to the provisions 
of the Act of Parliament of the first and second 
Victoria, chapter 48, whereby the Election and Re- 
turn of the said Henry Thoby Prinsep was and is 
void; that the said Henry Thoby Prinsep did not 
comply with the provisions and enactments of the 
said Act of the first and second Victoria, chapter 48, 
and his Election and Return was and is thereby 
void ; that the qualification set forth in the paper 
signed by the said Henry Thoby Prinsep, and deli- 
vered to the Clerk of the House of Commons, at the 
Table of the said House, is not a qualification ac- 
cording to the true intent and meaning of the said 
Act first and second Victoria, chapter 48, and the 
Election of the said Henry Thoby Prinsep is therefore 
void; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote for the said Henry Thoby Prinsep who were 
not entitled to vote at the said Election, such per- 
sons not being duly qualified, and having been im- 
properly put or retained on the Register, in conse- 
quence of the decision of the Revising Barrister, 
or having since that time lost their right to vote, 
or being personally disqualified, or disqualified by 
statute, or otherwise having no right to vote at the 
said Election, and whose votes therefore ought to be 
struck off the poll; that the votes of divers persons 
were tendered and refused for the said Robert Wi- 
gram Crawford which ought to have been received 
and added to the poll for the said Robert Wigram 
Crawford; that the said Henry Thoby Prinsep was, 
by himself, his agents, friends, partisans and others 
on his behalf, guilty of bribery, treating, intimida- 
tion, and other unlawful acts and practices, in order 
to procure the votes of the electors for him the said 
Henry Thoby Prinsep, and to prevent their votes 
from being given to the said Robert Wigram Craw- 
ford; that, by reason of the said illegal votes so 
received for the said Henry Thoby Prinsep, and by 
the refusal of the votes so tendered on behalf of 
the said Robert Wigram Crawford, and by the said 
bribery, treating, intimidation, and other unlawful 
acts and practices, the Election and Return of the 
said Henry Thoby Prinsep was procured ; and pray- 
ing the House to take the premises into their con- 
sideration, and to declare the Election and Return 
of the said Henry Thoby Prinsep to be null and 
void, and that the said Henry Thoby Prinsep was 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
but that the said Robert Wigram Crawford was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned at 
the said Election as a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said borough of Harwich, and that the 
House will give to the Petitioners such further and 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant, or Warrants, for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
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 Gal- 
lon, including the Duty of Excise (so far as can be 
Vou. 106. 





20° Marti. 


109 


estimated), on the Materials used in making British 
Spirits, for each year, from 1840 to 1850, both inclu- 
sive; together with the Rates of Dutv 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. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative No, 63. 
to Applications for Local Acts. 
Mr. Parker also presented,—Return to an Or- Blackwater 
der, dated the 14th day of this instant March, for River. 
Copies of the Report and Plans received at the Ad- 
miralty during the present year from Commander 
Fraser, R.N., on the subject of the Navigation and 
Weirs of the River Blackwater. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Local Acts 
be printed. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table,—Return to an Convict 
Order, dated the 20th day of February last, for an pe and 
en . acs ¢ ‘ : ransporta- 
Copies of all Petitions on the subject of Convict tion, 
Discipline and Transportation, which have been  ,, }. 

: 4 ~ No. 130. 

presented to this House from any Part of Australia 
or Van Diemen’s Land, since the year 1838, with 
the Number of Signatures attached to each Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; Public 

—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— Maynooth Petitions. 
College ;— Maynooth College, &amp;c.;—Roman Ca- vide 
tholic Bishops ;—County Rates and Expenditure ; Eighteenth 
—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Fire In- — 
surances ;—Hotel and Tavern Keepers ;—Newspa- petitions. 
pers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ; — Property Tax ;—Windows ; 
— Agriculture ;—George Philip Balch ;—Boards of 
Guardians (Jreland) ;—Copyholds ;— Dogs ;—Edu- 
cation (Ireland) ;—Expenses of Prosecutions Bill ; 
— Her Majesty’s Ministers;— Lord Lieutenancy 
(Ireland) ;—Patents for Inventions ;— Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;—Post-office ;— Prerogative Court (/re- 
land) Bill;—School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ; 
—and, Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and, Smith- 
field Enlargement Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cape of 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the Governor Good Hope- 
of the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the state of 
the Kafir Tribes, and to the recent Outbreak on the 
Eastern Frontier of the Colony (in continuation of 
Papers presented 14th August 1850). 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, aeemeeen 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Designs Act 
to extend the Provisions of the Designs Act, 1850, Extension Bill. 
and to give Protection from Piracy to Persons ex- 
hibiting new Inventions in the Exhibition of the 
Works of Industry of all Nations, in One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-one; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Passports. 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pieased 
to cause an inquiry to be made whether improve- 
ments might not be effected in the system of grant- 
ing Passports to Her Majesty’s Subjects travelling 








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Duncan 
Chisholm. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Sunday 
Trading Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Designs Act 


110 20°—21° Marti. 


in Foreign States :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Pay- 
master of Civil Services in Zreland, the Lords Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and the Jrish 
Government, having reference to George Mathews, 
alias Duncan Chisholm, in relation to the matter of 
Tithes, between the year 1840 and the present 
Time :—And, all References to, and Reports or 
Letters from, the Commissioners of Audit on the 
same Subject. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Correspondence between the Thurles Board 
of Guardians and the Poor Law Commissioners in 
Ireland, between the ist day of che and the 
10th day of March 1851, relative to the Refusal by 
the Poor Law Commissioners to allow the Board of 
Guardians to increase the Employment of the In- 
mates in Remunerative Labour :—-And, A Return of 
the Number of Inmates in the different Workhouses 





A. 1851. 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment ; to which Ainend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 21° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Finch, from the Audit Office, was called Public 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the Accountant, 

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 aud from all Public Accountants, arising upon 
final Accounts which have been stated or declared, 





in Ireland, specifying their Ages, between Seven 
and Fifteen, Fifteen and Twenty, Twenty and 

Forty, and Forty and upwards, the different Sexes, | 
and the Number of Able-bodied, and Aged and In- | 
firm :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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 1851. 

A List of the Accounts depending in the Office 








Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- | of the Commissioners for auditing the Public Ac- 


day next. | counts, which have not been audited, stated or de- 
| ° 
'clared, or signed and passed, completed to the 28th 


The Select Committee on the Sunday Trading 
Prevention Bill was nominated of Mr. William | 
Williams, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. Anstey, Sir De, 
Lacy Evans, Sir William Clay, Sir Benjamin Hall, | 
Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Masterman, Mr. 
Wakley, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Alcock, Lord 
Henry Lennox, Mr. Bankes and Mr. Kershaw, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Designs Act Extension Bill was read the 


February 1851 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Lethbridge, from the Commissioners of Grreen- Freight Money 
wich Hospital, was called in; and at the bar pre- (Greenwich 
sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 11th day Bengitel) 
of this instant March, for a Return of the several 
Sums of Freight Money received by the Treasurer of 
Greenwich Hospital, since the 21st day of February 
1850, with the Date of such Payments, and whether 


Extension Bill. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time on Public or Private Account; also, the Name of 


No. 131. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


A ae 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


Passengers’ 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the 


_the Ship or Vessel in which the Treasure was con- 
veyed, and of the Captain or Officer commanding 
_ the same :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Question, “ That the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- | 


tion Bill be now read a second time,” and which | 
Amendments were to leave out the word “ now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, to add the words 
“upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Veneris, 21° die Martti, 1851: 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Appointment of a Vice-Chan- 
cellor Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Passen- 
gers’ Act Amendment Bin; and the same were 
twice read; and, with an Amendment to one of 
them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hawes do carry the Bill to 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions | 
Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th days of Goport) 
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- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders several Resolutions ; Orders; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester Manchester 
Improvement Bill, Petition for additional Provision, Improvement 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with “aos 
That the Parties be permitted to introduce their ad- 
ditional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Great West- Great Wester 
ern Railway (Arrangements with reference to the en hm 
Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth, with reference 
&amp;c. Railways) Bill, Petition for additional Provision, to the Pur- 


the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; chase 


That the Parties be permitted to introduce their gomerset and 
additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill Weymowi 
shall think fit. oy : 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the River Lee Lee y= 
Trust Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing Or- T™** 
ders 105 and 166, the said Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 





be 








14 Vicroriz. 


be heard upon their Petition before the Committee 
on the Bill, notwithstanding the same shall have 
been deposited later than seven clear days after the 
second reading of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
on Group No. 1 of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “ or the interest thereof discharged,” 
in the fourth and fifth lines of the third paragraph, 
as the Committee made no provision for a large ar- 


Tenterden and 
Woodchurch 
Roads Bill. 


rear of interest now owing upon the principal debt ; | 


and that they had found the allegations of the Bill, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Stroud and 
Gloucester 
Road Bill. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
on Group No. 1 of Private Bills; That in the case of 


amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “ or the interest thereof discharged,” 
in the fourth line of the third paragraph thereof, 
as the Committee made no provision for a large ar- 
rear of interest owing upon the principal debt ; and 
that they had found the allegations of the Bill, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sheffield and Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
Glossop Road on Group No.1 of Private Bills ; That in the case of 
= the Sheffield and Glossop Road Bill, they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “ or the interest thereof discharged,” 
in the fourth line of the fourth paragraph thereof, 
as the Committee made no provision for a large ar- 
rear of interest owing upon the principal debt; and 
that they had found the allegations of the Bill, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Leicester = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Sewerage Bill. the Leicester Sewerage Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Ouseburn 

ae, in the Ouseburn Bridge and Approaches in Newcastle- 
Newcastle.  upon-T'yne Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

an Tyne Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Manchester, The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands 


aoe. Junction Railway Bill was read a second time; and 


linds Junction Committed. 
Railway Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


 ~ a Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
ill. Durham Markets Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Premnbie of the 
Bill, and had made a verbal Amendment thereto, in 
order to correct an inaccuracy therein; and had 
found the same, as so amended, to be true; that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; but that they had not inserted the addi- 
tional Provision, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House of the 18th day of March, as the Promoters 

of the Bill had stated they did not require it. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 106. 


21°—-22° Maritii. 


the Stroud and Gloucester Road Bill, they had ex-' 





j11 


Mr. Bernal reported the Halesworth, Beccles and Halesworth, 
Haddiscoe Railway Bill, with Amendments. ut mn and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill 


and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Hartlepool 
Hartlepool Freemen’s Lands and Harbour Dues Bill ; oe 
That they had examined the allegations contained parhour Dues 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had made some Bill. 
verbal Amendments thereto, to define the name or 
title of the Corporation ; 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. Speaker laid upon the Table——Report from Hereford, Ross 
| one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, #24 Gloucester 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- ““""*Y _ 
ders, in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Rail- 
way Bill. 

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


| 
} 





_ Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage ; public 
—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- Petitions. 
tion Bill; —Jews ;—County Rates and Expendi- Vide 
| ture ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ; righteenth 
— Queen’s Plates ; — Windows ; — Agriculture ; — Report on 
American Mail Packet Station ;—Charitable Trusts ; Soles 
—Charitable Trusts Bill (1850);—Cigar Divans ; 
and Smoking Rooms ;—Copyholds ;—County Con- 
stabulary ; — Education (Ireland) ;— Expenses of 
Prosecutions Bill ;—Portendie Claims ;—Smithfield 
Market Removal Bill;— and, Temperance Coffee 
Houses,—were 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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, Golam 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Court of 
to amend the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regu- Chancery 
lation Act, 1850; to which the Lords desire the ——- 
- gulation 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- Act Amend- 


senger withdrew. ment Bill. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Designs Act 
request that their Lordships will communicate to Extension 
this House, a Copy of the Report of the Select 8 
Committee appointed by their Lordships to consider 
of the Bill, intituled, “ An Act to extend the Pro- 
visions of the Designs Act, 1850 ;” together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee: And that Mr. Spooner do carry the said 
Message. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Spirits, spirits. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 132. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ecclesiastical 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, pH , 
hp ssumption 

upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the piy, 
Question, That the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption 
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 House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 22° die Martti, 1851: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 
P4 The 














Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill, 


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Buildings Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Customs. 


Steam Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
cireland ) 
Regulation 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 133. 


Poor Relief, 
&amp;e. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eighteenth 
Report.) 


112 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund 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 upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor 
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 second 
reading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Constitution and Management of 
the Board of Customs. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Regulation of Steam Navigation, and to the Boats 
and Lights to be carried by Sea-going Vessels: 
And that Mr. Labouchere and Sir [Francis Baring 
do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of how many Orders have been made, under 
the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Acts, for 
winding-up abortive Railway Companies ; and, the 
Date of the First of such Orders, and how many 
of such Companies have been finally wound up. 


The Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regulation 
Act Amendment 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 
half an hour after ‘Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next, 





Lune, 24° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


TT HE House being informed, That the Sherifis of 

the city of London attended at the door, they 
were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of 
the city of London, in Common Council assembled : 
—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to re- 
peal the laws of settlement and rating for the re- 
lief of the Poor, and to pass an Act whereby the 
occupiers of property may be made to bear their fair 
share of charge for the relief and support of the 
Poor, was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 20th and 21st days 


21°—99°—94° Martiz. 





A. 1851. 


of this instant March; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the South Wales 
Glamorganshire Canal Navigation, praying that the Railway | 
Standing Order of the House No. 105 may be sus- (%% ®) Bill 
pended in the case of their Petition against the 
South Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill,and that the said 
Petition may stand referred to the Committee to 
whom the said Billis or may be referred, and that 
they may be heard thereon, by their counsel or 
agents, before the said Committee, against the Pre- 
amble of the said Bill, and such of the clauses and 
provisions thereof as may affect their property, 
rights and interests, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders. 


A Petition of the Royston and Hitchin Railway Great North. 
Company, praying that provision may be made in ¢? Railway 
\ r : : mendment 
the Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) (No, 1) gin, 
Bill for giving further powers to the said Company, ‘ 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Reading Union 
before the Committee on the Reading Union Water- by meng 
works Bill, in the last Session of Parliament, be~ (1850.) 


referred to the Committee on the Reading Water- 
works Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dewsbury Gas 
the Dewsbury Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Downham 
the Downham Market, &amp;c. Drainage Bill, as amended Market, &amp;c. 
in the Committee. Drainage Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Edinburgh Royal Asylum for the Insane Bill, ~s Asylem 
4 ‘ . or the Insane 
as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Laird’s Patent 
Laird’s Patent Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Millthrop 
the Millthrop and Levens Turnpike-road Bill, as and oe 
amended in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newington 
the Newington Saint Mary Parish Bill, as amended Saint + 
in the Committee ; and an Amendment was made Parish BS 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Reading 
the Reading Cemetery Company Bill, as amended Cemetery | 
in the Committee. Company B 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration tr 
the Scarborough Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp;* 
mittee; and an Amendment was made to the 


| Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Whitby 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Whitby Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third a 
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148 


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ne 


ent 





14 Vicroriz. 


Appleby, Ken- The Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Stephen and Mar- 


dal, Kirkby Ret Brough Turnpike-road Bill was read the third 

Stephen ane time. . 

= Turn- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

pike-road Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

york, New- A Petition of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway 


asteand = Company, praying that provision may be made in 
—_ the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch 
m West Dur- to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill to enable the 
pam Railway, said Company to consolidate certain Shares in their 
te.) Bill Undertaking and Stock, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 

A Petition of the Great North of England (Cla- 
rence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway Company, 
raying that provision may be made in the said 
Bill for giving further powers to the said Company, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to the Regulation of 
Steam Navigation, and to the Boats and Lights 
to be carried by Sea-going Vessels: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Steam Navi- 
gation Bill. 
No. 134. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Vessels, and the Tonnage 
thereof, which have been entered Inwards and cleared 
Outwards, at the Custom House of Stockton-on- 
Tees, in each year, since 1834; distinguishing the 
Foreign and Colonial from the Coasting or Home 
Trade :—Of the Number of Vessels, and Tonnage 
thereof, registered in and belonging to the same 
Port, in the same years :—And, of the Amount re- 
ceived as Customs; also, the Sums received and 
expended by the Tees Navigation Company as Con- 
servators of the River Tees; distinguishing the 
Amounts received as Light Dues, and the Expenses 
incurred in maintaining the same, from the Or- 
dinary and General Receipts, and Ordinary and 
General Expenditure, for the sume years. 


Stockton-on- 
Tees Navi- 
gation and 
Commerce. 


Leave of 


Ordered, That Mr. Duff have leave of absence 
Absence, 


for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction ; 
and, Mr. George Skene Duff a fortnight, on account 
of a domestic affliction. 


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 Judg- 
ment has been entered up for the Plaintiff:—Of 
the Number of Actions of Ejectment brought in 
the Court of Exchequer in Ire/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:—Of the Number of 
Actions of Ejectment brought in the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas 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 :—And, of the Number of Proceedings 
in Ejectment by way of Civil Bill, entered at Quar- 
ter Sessions in each County in Jredand, during the 
years 1847, 1848 and 1849 respectively ; together 
with the Number of Decrees made under such Pro- 
ceedings, in each County, in each of the said years. 


Ejectment 
(Ireland.) 


Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—The Thirty-seventh Re- 
se of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and 

ridges in Scotland. 

Ordered That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 

VoL. 106, 


24° Martiz. 





113 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newspapers. 
Returns of the Aggregate Number of Stamps issued 
for Newspapers in the year 1850, 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 1850 :—And, similar Return 
as régards the English Provincial, the Scotch and 
the Jrish Newspapers (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 203, of Session 1850). 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,— Further Re- Mails on 
turn to an Order, dated the 8th day of March, in Railways. 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Amount paid, during the years 1848 and 1849, by 
the Post-office to the Railway Companies, for the 
Conveyance of the Mails, specifying each Railway, 
and the Sum paid to each, the Towns served, the 
Mileage run, and the Rate per Mile :—-Also, the 
Amount paid to Railway Companies for any other 
Service in the years 1848 and 1849, specifying each 
Railway, and the Sum paid to each. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- Window Duty. 
bruary 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 1850; and, a like Return for 
the Twelve Towns in England paying the largest 
Amount. 

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


The Order for taking into consideration upon Expenses of 
Wednesday next the Expenses of Prosecutions Bill, Prosecutions 
as amended in the Committee, was read, and dis- 34 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of April next. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,—Turnpike Trusts: Copies of Reports Trusts. 
of the Secretary of State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 

c. 80: 19. Derby, Ashbourne and Hurdloe House 
Road :—2v. Jtchen Bridge and Roads. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Coroners’ 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of Inquests. 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 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 the Seven 
years aforesaid (distinguishing the same by the 
Name 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Thomas 
instant March, for Copies of all Correspondence in Young Prior, 
reference to the Conduct of Thomas Young Prior, seams 
Esquire (a Magistrate of the County of Galway), 
with his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, 
or with the Lords Justices, in the Month of July 

Q 1850 ; 


Emigrant 
Ship “ Wash- 
ington.” 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Nine- 
teenth Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Freight Money 

(Greenwich 

Hospital.) 
No. 135. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


114 


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 Clifden, in the County of Galway. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of February last, 
for Copy of a Letter addressed to the Land and 
Emigration Commissioners by Lord Hobart, inclos- 
ing a Letter from Mr. Vere Foster to his Lordship, 
detailing the Treatment to which he was subjected, 
in common with the other Passengers on Board the 
Emigrant Ship “ Washington,” in the Month of 
November 1850, while on her Passage from Liver- 
pool to New York, with a Copy of the Answer re- 
turned to Lord Hobart by the Geemniiiounees and 
also, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
Commissioners and the Emigration Officer at Liver- 
pool on the subject. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise 
(Scotland) ;—Universal Suffrage ;—Bible ;—Church 
of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; 
—Jews;— Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; — 
Tithes ;—Steam Communication with Australia ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure ;— Malt ;—News- 
papers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;--Property Tax ;— Windows ; 
—Agriculture ;— Court of Chancery ;— Education 
(Lreland); — Expenses of Prosecutions Bill; — 
James Fagan ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Lancaster 
Gaol ;— Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ;— Mer- 
cantile Marine Act ;— Patents for Inventions ;— 
Population Act ;— Portsmouth Harbour ; — Post- 
office ;—Slave Trade ;— Smithfield Market Removal 
Bill ;--and, Stationery Office,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Freight 
Money (Greenwich Hospital), which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Friday the 14th day of this instant March, 
were proposed to be made to the Question, “ That 
the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill be now 
read a second time ;” and which Amendments were 
to leave out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the 
Question, to add the words “ upon this day six 
months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Martis, 25° die Martii, 1851: 


Anda 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 ; 


r ' { Mr. Hobhouse, 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. William Fagan: 


Ch Tt f Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 


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, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 


64. 


jaa. 


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A. 1851. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day, at Twelve of the clock ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Twelve of the 
clock,” and inserting the words “ Five of the clock,’ 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“Twelve of the clock ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hayter, 30¢ 
heed Marcus Hill: , 
Tellers for the Noes, (Mr = ie 43. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Debate be adjourned till this day, at ‘'welve of the 
clock :—The said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day, at Five of the clock. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Consolidated 
take into consideration the Consolidated Fund Bill, Fund 
as amended in the Committee. aaa 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Civil Bills, &amp; 
reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; (ireland) Ba 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Medical 
reading of the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ; Charities 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time aes 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Apprentices’ 
consideration the Apprentices’ and Servants’ Bill, as and Servants 
: ; Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


a 
consideration the Appointment ofa Vice-Chancellor ee 


Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


Bill. 


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





Martis, 25° die Martiz ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the Public Income 

directions of several Acts of Parliament,— -_ 
Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordi- No.136: 
nary Resources constituting the Public Income See 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the year ended 5th January 1851. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraor- 
dinary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 1851. 

Account of the Oedinny Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 


of Ireland, fur the year ended 5th January 1851. 
Account 








ted Consolidated 
Fund 

000) 

s, &amp;c. 

Bill. 


Bill 
Funded Debt. 


\ct 
Bill. 


ant 


Unfunded 
Debt. 


Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Freland in the year ended 
5th January 1851, 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 ome 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 1851, 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- 

lied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; and of the Advances and Repay- 
ments for Local Works, &amp;c. 

Account of the Balances of Public Money re- 
maining in the Exchequer on the 5th January 1850; 
the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
5th January 1851; 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 1851. 


Account of the Income of the Consolidated Fund 
arising in the United Kingdom, in the year ended 
5th January 1851; and also of the Actual Payments 
on account of the Consolidated Fund, within the 
same Period. 

Account of the Monies applicable to the pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, in the year ended 5th January 1851, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund at the 
Commencement and at the Termination of the year ; 
with Appendices. 


Account of the Actual Receipt and Expenditure 
of the Sums placed in the Hands of the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
year ended 5th January 1851. 

Account of the Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1850; of the Debt and Charge thereof created 
in the year ended 5th January 1851; 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 1851. 

Account of the State of the Public Funded Debt 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge there- 
upon, at 5th January 1851. 


Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Britain 
and Ireland, and of the Demands outstanding, on 
5th January 1851; 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 1851, to repay such Part of the Un- 
funded Debt and Demands outstanding as have been 
provided for ; with Appendices. 


ome Disposition of _ Account showing how the Monies given for the 





Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, for the year 1850, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several Heads, to 5th 
January 1851. 

Customs: England, Scotiand, Ireland: — Ba- 
lances and Arrears, on 5th January 1851. 

Excise : England, Scotland, Ireland :— Arrears 
and Current Balances, on 5th January 1851. 

Stamps: Great Britain: — Arrears due on 5th 
January 1851, from Distributors; Net Balances in 
the Hands of Distributors. 

Vo. 106. 





14 Vicroriz. 25° Martiz. 115 


Ireland:—Balances and Arrears on 5th January 
1851. 

Land and Assessed Taxes: Great Britain :—Ar- 
rears and Current Balances, on 5th January 1851. 

Ireland :—Balances of deceased and dismissed 
Collectors ; Balance of a deceased Revenue Col- 
lector. 

Post-office: Great Britain :—Arrears due on 
5th January 1851; Balances and Arrears due on 
5th January 1851. 

Ireland : — Arrears due on Sth January 1851; 
Balances and Arrears due on 5th January 1851. 

Land Revenues of the Crown: England, Wales, 
&amp;c. :—Arrears and Current Balances on 5th January 
1851. 


Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the Trade and 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three years Navigation. 
ending 5th January 1851. 


Account of every Increase and Diminution which Inerease and 
has taken place, within the year 1850, in the Num- — of 
ber of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, Emolu- °°“ 
ments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public No. 187. 
Offices or Departments; with an Abstract. 


An Account of all Allowances or Compensations Superannua- 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, 2s. 
in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained No. 138 
payable on the 1st January 1850; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the year 1850; the 
Annual Amount which ceased within the year; 
and the Total Amount remaining payable on the 
81st of December 1850. 


An Account of all Additions which have been Public Debt. 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by No. 139. 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, or 
Annuities created, in the last Ten years; and also 
showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 
same has been provided for. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Public Income 

an Order, dated the 7th day of this instant March, = — 
for Accounts of the Total’ Amount of the Public.’ ~* 
Income and Expenditure for the years 1822-1850 No 140. 
inclusive, showing, for each year, 1. The Amount 
received into the Exchequer; 2. The Revenue, 
distinguished as, 1. Ordinary—2. Extraordinary ; 
3. The Total Expenditure therefrom; 4. The Ex- 
penditure, under the several Heads, 1. Charge of 
Debt—2. Other Charges on Consolidated Fund— 
3. Charge for Army, &amp;c. Services—4. Charge for 
Miscellaneous Services ; 5. The Surplus, or, 6. De- 
ficiency of Income compared with Expenditure ; 
7. The Amount of Taxes repealed or reduced, dis- 
tinguishing the principal Items; 8. Of the Taxes 
imposed ; 9. Total Capital of Debt, Funded and 
Unfunded; 10. Capital of Debt, 1. Funded—2. 
Exchequer Bills; 11. Balances in the Exchequer 
at the Close of the Year:—And, of the Value of 
the Imports into, and of the Exports from, the 
United Kingdom, during each of the same Years, 
calculated at the Official Rates of Valuation, and 
distinguishing the Amount of the Produce and Manu- 
factures of the United Kingdom exported from the 
Value of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize ex- 
ported ; also, stating the Amount of the Produce 
and Manufactures of the United Kindom exported 
therefrom, according to the Real or Declared Value 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure ; Superannuations ; Public 
Debt; Public Income and Expenditure, &amp;c.; and, 
the Abstract of the Account relative to Increase and 
Diminution of Salaries, be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Manchester 
Manchester Parish Highways Bill; That they had ® wit er 
exan.ined the allegations contaived in the Preamble ° 7 
ot the Bill, and had made a verbal Amendment 
thereto, to correct an inaccuracy; and had found 





Q2 the 





Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Designs Act 
Extension 
Bill. 


Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway 

(No. 2) 

Bill. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Hove 
Improvement 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Hereford, Ross 


116 


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 from the Committee on the 
Bungor and Caernarvon Railway Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had considered the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 10th instant; and that 
they had considered the additional Provisions re- 
ferred to them to be inserted into the Bill, but had 
not thought fit to introduce them, as it appeared to 
the Comniittee to be in contravention of the 130th 
Standing Order; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on 
the Jeicester Waterworks Bill; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by reciting 
certain Provisions contained in the Public Health 
Act 1848, requiring the consent of the General 
Board of Health in respect of powers of mortgaging 
to be exercised by any Local Board, and also by 
reciting that such consent had been given in re- 
spect of the powers to be exercised under the Bill 
by the Local Board of Health for the borough of 
Leicester, and also by reciting more accurately the 
facts as to the compulsory powers of arya. 
lands conferred by the existing Act ; and had foun 
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. Spooner reported, That he had carried to the 
Lords the Message of this House of Friday last, 
requesting that their Lordships would communicate 
to this House a Copy of the Report of the Select 
Committee appointed to consider of the Bill, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to extend the Provisions of the 
Designs Act, 1850,” together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the said Committee; and 
that their Lordships gave for answer, that they will 
send an Answer by a Messenger of their own. 


A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to deposit a Petition 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, regulate and 
extend the Powers of the said Company, and for 
other Purposes, notwithstanding that the time limited 
by the Standing Orders of the House for the depo- 
sit of Petitions for Private Bills has expired, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


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 Hove Im- 

rovement Bill, Petition for dispensing with Stand- 
ing Orders 105 and 166, the said Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to be heard upon their Petition before the 
Committee on the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear 
days after the Second Reading of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the South Wales 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, Petition of Messrs. Roy, for 
dispensing with Standing Orders 105 and 166, the 
said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with, 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the South Wales 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, Petition of Anthony Hill, for 
dispensing with Standing Orders 105 and 166, the 
said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with, 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Hereford, 


and Gloucester oss and Gloucester Railway Bill, Petition for addi- 


Railway Bill. 


tional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 


B5° Martii. 





A. 1851. 


introduce their additional Provision, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The first and fourth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the Leicester Sewer- Leicester 
age Bill be now read the third time ; Sewerage Bill 
Sir David Dundas, 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’ 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. John Ellis do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ouseburn Bridge and Approaches in Wew- Ouseburn 
castle-upon-Tyne Bill was read the third time. Bridge and 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ionen 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the upon-Tyne 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mildenhal, 
the Mildenhall, Burnt Fen Road, and Lakenheath — “| 
= Hochwold Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- Fakenheath 
mittee. 


and Hockwold 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, Roads Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Pyecombe 
the Pyecombe and Hicksted Turnpike Road Bill, as 24 Hicksted 
z : Turnpike- 
amended in the Committee. road Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Patrick's 
Saint Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin) Bill, as amended Cathedral 
in the Committee. oe 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland Highland 
Roads and Bridges, which was presented yesterday, Roads and 
be printed — 

, No. 141, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Window Window Duty, 
Duty, which was presented yesterday, be printed. —_ No. 142. 


A Petition of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Taw Vale 
Company, praying that provision may be made in Railway and 
the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Bill for cam hang : 
enabling the said Company to carry an extension ? 
Railway across certain Highways on the level there- 
of, was presented, and read ; and referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Diplomatic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 5°" 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Return, showing any Subjects of Examination pro- 
posed as Tests of Admission into the Diplomatic Ser- 
vice of the Country. 

Ordered, That 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, Cadetships 
a Return, showing any Subjects of Examination (2ast Inia) 
to which Candidates for Cadetships in the East 
India Company’s Service are subjected before en- 
tering the Sapien, or on Promotion therein. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Birkenhead 
Return of the Expenses incurred by the Office of ng 
Woods and Forests in Law and Surveying Charges, 
on account of the Land and Works at Birkenhead 


in Cheshire. 


Ordered, That all Petitions upon the subject of —. Pree 
Sunday Trading, which have been presented in the Jention Bill 
present Session, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence wed 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by this (yfetropolis) 

House 1847. 








Sunday 
Trading 
Prevention 
Bill. 


Sewers. 


e Sewers. 


Orange-street 
Waterworks, 
N 0. 143. 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide Twen- 
tieth Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Ways and 
Means, ‘ 


Supply, 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
ation 
Act Amend- 
Ment Bill, 


Sunda 
Trading Pre. 
Yention Bill, 





14 Vicrortz. 


House to inquire into the prevalence of Sunday 
Trading in the Metropolis, which were reported to 
the House upon the 15th day of July 1847, be re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by the House of Lords in the last 
Session of Parliament, to consider of the Bill, inti- 
tuled, “‘ An Act to prevent unnecessary Trading on 
Sunday in the Metropolis,” together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them, which was com- 
municated upon the 11th day of June, in the last 
Session of Parliament, be referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


The Order made upon the 14th day of February 
last, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Fees and Charges, and by whom and by 
what Statute or Authority made, demanded and re- 
ceived, on the issuing of a Commission of Sewers, 
was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Fees and Charges, and by 
whom and by what Statute or Authority made, de- 
manded and received, on the issuing of a Commis- 
sion of Sewers. 

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


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 24th day of February last, for a Return 
of the Money expended on the Orange-street Wa- 
terworks, from their Commencement in 1844 to the 
year 1850 inclusive; showing the Total Amount for 
Capital, and the Total Amount of Interest thereon, 
during that Period; the Annual Cost incurred for 
Maintenance of Works and Repair of Machinery, 
&amp;c.; the Annual Income received for supplying 
Water ; the several Public Offices, Barracks and 
other Establishments, Fountains and Reservoirs 
supplied from these Works, and the Sums paid 
— as Annual Water Rents, or the Annual 

alue of the Water now supplied, estimated accord- 
ing to the Customary Water Rates charged to such 
Establishments. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elections ;—Elective 
Franchise (Scotland) ;—Bible ;—Church of Rome; 
— Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill; — Mar- 
riages; — Maynooth College ; — Tithes; — Steam 
Communication with Australia; — Carriages ; — 
County Rates and Expenditure ;—Flour ;—Minis- 
ters’ Money (Zreland) ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Paper; 
— Agriculture ; — Bankruptcy Court ; — Charles 
Rathband Hyatt ;—Improvement of Towns (Jre- 
land) Bill;—Lord Lieutenancy (Jreland) ;—Mercan- 
tile Marine Act ;—Patents for Inventions ;— Samuel 
Phillips ;—Poor Law ;— Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill; — and, Stationery Office,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Sunday Trading 
Prevention Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


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


Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (Jreland) 
Regulation Act Amendment Bill be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis be added to 
the Select Committee on the Sunday Trading Pre- 
vention Bill, 

VoL. 106, e 


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117 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Jury Panet 
Return of the Jury Panel in the Criminal Court at (Mayo.) 
the last Assizes for the County of Mayo, stating the 
Names of the Jurors impanneled and sworn in the 
ease of The Queen versus Thadeus Derrig, and 
others; the Order in which the Persons on said 
Panel were called ; the Names cf those ordered on 
the Part of the Crown to stand by, and the Names 
of the Counsel engaged in said Prosecution. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, sem 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Passengers’ 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Act Amend- 
Lordships to the Passengers’ Act Amendment Bill, _— 
without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sale of 
to regulate the Sale of Arsenic; to which the Arsenic Regu- 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And ‘™"°" 
also, 
The Lords communicate to this House, a printed Designs Act 
Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Extension Bill, 
Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed 
to consider of the Bill, intituled, “‘ An Act to extend 
the Provisions of the Designs Act, 1850, and to give 
Protection from Piracy to Persons exhibiting New 
Inventions in the Exhibition of the Works of In- 
dustry of all Nations in 1851,” and to report thereon 
to the House, as desired by this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ecclesiastical 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Titles 
upon Friday the 14th day of this instant March, pe 
were proposed to be made to the Question, Thatthe — 
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill be now read 
a second time; and which Amendments were, to 
leave out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the 
Question, to add the words “ upon this day six 
months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of .the Question :— The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Mercurii, 26° die Martii, 1851: 
And the Question being put; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 


The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the &gt; Mr. Hayter, 


} 438. 


Yeas, | Lord Marcus Hill : 
Tellers for thef ie of Arundel and \ "7 
sani (wr. Reynolds : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House for Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Hainault 
for disafforesting the Forest of Hainault, in the Forest Bill. 
County of Essex: And that Lord Seymour and Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Law of 
upon the 20th day of February last, that a Select Partnership. 
Committee be appointed to consider the Law of 
Partnership, and the expediency of facilitating the 
Limitation of Liability, with a view to encourage 
useful Enterprise and the additional Employment of 
Labour, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Labouchere, 


Mr. Slaney, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Ewart, 
Q3 Mr. 





Bibles and 
Testaments, 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Treland) Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates Leases 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000 ) 
Bill. 


Apprentices’ 
and Servants’ 
Bill. 


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 


Committees. 


Prerogative 
Court 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences 
(Ireland) Bill. 


118 25°—26° 


Mr. Heald, Mr. John Ellis, Mr. John Abel Smith, 
Mr. Anderson, Mr. Morris, Mr. Chichester Fortes- 
cue, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Tatton Egerton 
and Mr. Roebuck, 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, a Return of the Number of Bibles and Tes- 
taments printed by the Queen’s Printer from the 
ist day of January 1848 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1850, inclusive; and the Amount of Drawback 
of Paper Duty received in the same Period :—Si- 
milar Return for the University of Oxford :—And, 
similar Return for the University of Cambridge, for 
Bibles and Testaments; with a Return of Drawback 
of Paper Duty received by the Printers of that 
University, from the Ist day of January 1838 to the 
3ist day of December 1850, inclusive (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 82 and 293, 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. 





The Select Committee on the Improvement of 
Towns (Jreland) Bill was nominated of Sir Wil- | 
liam Somerville, Lord John Chichester, Sir Robert | 
Ferguson, Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. | 
O’ Flaherty, Mr. John O’Brien, Colonel Rawdon, | 
Mr. Fagan,Sir Henry Winston Barron, Lord Naas, 
Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Keogh, Mr. M‘Cullagh, 
Mr. Higgins and Dr. Boyd. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Incumbered Estates Leases (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of April next. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill 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 bundred and Fifty-one. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewa/l Lewis do carry the 
Bill to che Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
cousideration the Apprentices’ and Servants’ Bill, as 
amended inthe Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion ‘To-morrow. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, notwithstanding the Adjournment of the 
House. 


The Order for reading a second time this day the 
Prerogative Court (/reland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time this day the 
Ecclesiastical Residences (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 





Marti. A. 1851. 


The Order for reading a second time this day the Churches 
Churches and Chapels (Jreland) Bill, was read, and phe sl 


discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Order for reading a second time this day the Unitea 
United Church of England and Ireland Bill, was of England 
read, and discharged. and Ireland 

Ordered, That the Bill 


morrow. 


. Bi 
be read a second time To- 


The Order for reading a second time this day the Enfranchige. 
Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill, was read, and pent of 
discharged. py holds 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order for reading a second time this day the Civil Bills, &amp;, 
Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill, was read, and dis- (ireland) Bil, 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Designs Act 
a Committee this day on the Designs Act Extension Extension Bil, 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


Tne Order for the House to resolve itself this day Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means, was read, Means. 
and discharged. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself this day Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

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


The Order for reading a second time this day the Court of 
Court of Chancery (/re/and) Regulation Act Amend- Chancery 
. (Ireland) 
ment Bill, was read, and discharged. Regulation 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- Act Amend- 
morrow. ment Bill. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Select Valuation 
Committee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; That (eland) Bill 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- No. 1 
ments 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. 


Sir William v7 reported from the Committee Wiveliscombe 


Turnpike- 


on Group No.1 of Private Bills; That in the case - Ua. Bi, 


of the Wiveliscombe Turnpike-roads Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “ or the interest thereon discharged,” 
in the seventh and eighth lines of the fourth para- 
graph thereof, as the Committee made no provision 
for a large arrear of interest owing upon the prin- 
cipal debt; and that they had found the allega- 
tions 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. 


Designs Act 
Extension 


No. 145. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the Select Committee of the 
House of Lords on the Designs Act Extension Bill, 
which was communicated this day, be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Three of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till To- 
morrow. 











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Sewage 
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Railway Bills 
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Railway Bills 
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Jovis, 27° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Tidd Pratt, the Barrister appointed to 
4 certify the Rules of Savings Banks, was 
called in, and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ab- 
stract of Accounts of Loan Societies in England 
and Wales, to 3!st December 1850 :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greig, from the Metropolitan Sewage Ma- 
nure Company, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—-Profit and Loss Account of the Me- 
tropolitan Sewage Manure Company, for the Half- 
year ending 30th September 1850 :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Lightfoot, from the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for England, was called in; and at the bar 
presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 17th 
day of this instant March, for Copies of all Cor- 
respondence or Communications between the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners and the Archbishop of 
York, the Bishops of Saint Asaph, Bath and Wells, 
and Ely, in respect of the Sums due from such 
Archbishop and Bishops to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, as set forth in the third and last Report 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
page 54, viz. from the 








Archbishop of York - £.2,317 14 2 
Bishop of Saint Asaph - 1,661 —-— 10 
Bishop of Bath and Wells 3,495 - - 
Bishop of Ely - - 9,242 7 3 
ToTaAL - - £.16,716 2 38 

with the Dates of such Correspondence or Com- 


munications, and the Periods when the several Sums 
were in all or part payable, and any Minutes of the 
Commissioners thereon :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. T’hornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 24th day of this in- 
stant March; 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. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 5 of 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till five of 
the clock during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Messrs. Pritt, Sherwood, Venables 
and Grubbe, of No. 44, Parliament-street, Westmin- 
ster, Agents for the Bill thereinafter mentioned, 
taking notice of the Petition of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Glamorganshire Canal Navigation 
for dispensing with the Standing Order, No. 105, 
in the case of a Petition deposited by them in the 
Private Bill Office of the House, praying to be 
heard by counsel against the South Wales Railway 
(No. 2) Bill; and praying that the said Standing 
Order may not be dispensed with in the present 
instance, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee 
on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That the Committee 
met this day, pursuant to appointment, when a letter 
was read from Mr. William Owen Stanley, one of the 
Members of the said Committee, stating, that he was 
prevented by illness from attending the Committee, 
VoL. 106. 


Q7° Martiz. 





119 


| Ordered, That Mr. William Owen Staniey be ex- 
cused for his non-attendance this day, and be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, with four Members. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Itchen Bridge 
posed, That the Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Roads 
and Burgesses of Southampton, and of Estate Own- 
ers and other Residents in Titchfield and Fareham, 
and neighbourhood, respectively deposited in the 
Private Bill Office in favour of the Jtchen Bridge 
and Roads Bill, be laid before the Committee to 
which the Bill stands referred :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Dewsbury Gas Bill was read the third time ; Dewsbury Gas 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Downham Market, &amp;c. Drainage Bill was Downham 

read the third time. Market, &amp;c. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Se 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Laird’s Patent 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. 


Laird’s Patent 
Bill. 


The Millthrop and Levens Turnpike-road Bill was yginthrop and 

read the third time. Levens Turn 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pike-road Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newington Saint Mary Parish Bill was read Newington 
the third time. Saint Mary 
Resolved, Viat the Bill do pass. Parish Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Scarborough Gas Bill was read the third time. Scarborough 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Abel Rollason, praying that it may Birmingham 
be an Instruction to the Committee to whom the — tcc 
Birmingham Improvement Bill stands referred, to ” 
entertain his Petition, deposited in the Private Bill 
Office on the twenty-fourth day of February last 
against the Bill, notwithstanding that the same was 
deposited more than seven clear days after the 
second reading of the said Bil, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Durham 
the Durham Markets Bill, as amended in the Com- Markets Bill. 








mittee. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hartlepool 
the Hartlepool Freemen’s Lands and Harbour Dues Freemen’s 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. nowy 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the General Com- Saint Alban’s 
mittee of Elections the names of the Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Saint 
Alban, to whicl: they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House, relating thereto, and 
the List of the Voters which had been delivered in 
by the Petitioners: 





The Honourable Francis Charteris, Sir Benjamin 
Hall, Henry Stuart, Esq., Hugh Edward Adair, 
Esquire; Chairman, Edward Ellice, junior, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Sir 


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Aylesbury 
Election. 


Somerset 
(Western 
Division) Writ. 


Saint Alban’s 
Election, 


A. 1851. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the General Com- | = Election Petitions is the eleventh and twelfth 


120 27° Martie. 


mittee of Elections, the names of the Members of | ictoria, chapter 98, called “The Election Peti- 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine | tions Act, 1848 ;” that by the said statute, section 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue | 46, it is enacted, that all Election Petitions received 
Election and Return for the Borough of Aylesbury,| by the House of Commons shall be referred to the 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to| General Committee of Elections, for the purpose of 
them by the House relating thereto : choosing Select Committees, as thereinafter pro- 
The Honourable John William Fortescue, Sir Ed-| vided, to try such Petitions; and by section 51 itis 
mund Hayes, John Benjamin Smith, Esquire, William| enacted, that notice of the time and place at which 
Miles, Esquire ; Chairman, George Alexander Hamil-| the Committee will be chosen to try any Election 
ton, Esquire. Petition shall be published with the Votes not less 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | than fourteen days before the day on which such 
Committee is appointed to be chosen; that the said 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant| Petition against the Return of Jacob Bell, Esquire, 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ| for the borough of Saint Alban’s, having been re- 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve| ceived by the House, was referred to the General 
in this present Parliament for the Western Division | Committee of Elections, and on the eleventh day of 
of the County of Somerset, in the room of Sir this instant March, a notice, of which the following 
Alexander Hood, Baronet, deceased. is a copy, was published with the Votes: “ Saint 
| Alban’s Election.—Pursuant to the provisions of 

A Petition of James Coppock, of Cleveland Row,| ‘ The Election Petitions Act, 1848,’ notice is hereby 
in the citv of Westminster, Solicitor and Parlia-| given, that a Select Committee to try and determine 
mentary Agent, was presented, and read ; setting | the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
forth, That the Petitioner is agent to Jacob Bell,| Election and Return for the borough of Saint Alban 
Esquire, a Member of the House, in the matter of will be chosen by the General Committee of Elec- 
a Petition, complaining of the Election of the said tions on Tuesday the twenty-fifth day of March in- 
Jacob Bell, Esquire, for the borough of Saint Al-! stant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in (A) Com- 
ban’s ; that the said Petition was laid on the table | mittee-room of the House of Commons. All parties 
of the House on the eighteenth day of February interested are hereby severally directed to attend 
last, and appears in the votes of the House of that | the said General Committee of Elections by them- 
day’s proceedings published on the nineteenth day | selves, their counsel or agents, at the time and place 
of the same month: that the said Petition is in-| above mentioned. F. Maule,Chairman. House of 
formal and irregular, inasmuch as it is not addressed | Commons. Dated this 10th day of March 1851 ;” 
to the House, nor to any court or tribunal whatever, | that the General Committee of Elections did ac- 
and the conclusion that it was intended for the, cordingly meet on the twenty-fifth day of March 
House can only be drawn from the reading of the | instant, pursuant to such notice for choosing the 
entire Petition, and is merely an inference, not a! said Select Committee, and did choose from the 
positive averment ; that the Petitioner humbly sub-| panel in service four Members duly qualified to try 
mits to the House, that, if the attention of the; the said Petition, and the members of the chair- 
Hoyse had been drawn to the fact that the Petition | man’s panel did select one of its members to act as 
was not addressed to the House of Commonsin the the chairman of such Election Committee; and the 
usual and requisite form, the said Petition would | said General Committee of Elections did meet on 
not have been received until it had been amended; ' the following day at a time and place of which 
and if the said Petition had been any other than notice to each member was duly given, and at the 
an Election Petition, it would, on the irregularity! time and place mentioned in such notice as last 
being discovered in the Journal Office of the House, | aforesaid; and no member of the said Committee 
have been thrown aside, and neither entered in the so chosen then and there proving that he was for 
revised votes, nor taken any further notice of what-| any reason disqualified or excused from serving on 
ever, than a notice of the rejection on account of| the Committee for which he had been so chosen, 
irregularity being appended to the votes, as in pages} or that there were any circumstances in his case 
53, 58, 69, 78, 83, 98, 114, 128, 133, 140, 145, 154| which rendered him ineligible to serve on such Se- 
and 159 of the Votes of this present Session of; lect Committee, the Select Committee was then 


Parliament ; that, the said Petition being irregular, taken to be appointed; that the choosing of the 











and having been received without knowledge of the | 
irregularity, the order referring the same to the 
General Committee of Elections, the Petitioner 
humbly submits, ought to be discharged, and no 
further proceeding had thereon; that, in addition 
to the irregularity in the Petition itself, the Peti- 
tioner humbly submits other reasons which prevent 


said Committee on the twenty-fifth day of March 
instant, and all subsequent proceedings in respect 
of such Committee, are wholly null and void, inas- 
much as the only jurisdiction which the House 
possesses over Election Petitions being derived from 
and controlled by the Act of the eleventh and 
twelfth Victoria, chapter 98, every act, matter and 





the legal! nomination of any Select Committee to| thing thereby ordered and directed must be strictly 
try and determine the matter of the said Petition, | done, observed and performed at the time and with 
inasmuch as the requirements of the law have not | the full interval for notice thereof by the said 
been fulfilled by the General Committee of Elec- | statute enacted ; that the words “ published with 
tions of the House; and, the time having now | the votes not less than fourteen days before the day ” 
elapsed during which the requirements of the law | on which the Committee is appointed to be chosen 
could have been performed, no further proceedings | require a notice so published fourteen days exclusive 
can be had under the present Election Petitions Act | of the day upon which the notice is given, and of 
without a violation of the enactments of the statute | the day upon which the Committee is to be ap- 
and of the law as laid down by the Judges, and | pointed; whereas the notice given in the Saint 
universally adhered to by all courtsin similar cases ;| Alban’s Petition being published on the eleventh, 
that such non-fulfilment of the requirements of the | and the day appvinted being the twenty-fifth, there 





Jaw was pointed out by the Petitioner to four of the 
Members of the General Committee of Elections 
in ample time for them to have corrected the error, 
and to have complied with the directions of the 
statute; but, the General Commiltee of Elections 
not having done so, the Petitioner has no other 


are only thirteen days of publication between the 
‘day of giving the notice and acting upon the same, 
which, upon the decision of the courts of law, and 
by universal practice, vitiates all the proceedings 
subsequent to and consequent upon the said illegal 
notice ; that the Petitioner would refer the House 





means of procuring relief but through the House ;| to the case of “ The Queen v. the Justices of Shrop- 


that the statute which regulates the proceedings | 


— reported in Adolphus and Ellis’ Reports, 


volume 





Aylesbury 
Election. 


14 Vicrori2Z. 


volume 8, page 173, in which the Judges of the 
Court of Queen’s Bench delivered their judgments ; 
to the case of “ Young v. Higgon,” reported in 
Dowling’s Reports, volume 8, page 212, in which 
Barons Parke, Alderson and Gurney, Judges of the 
Court of Exchequer, delivered their judgments ; 
also to the case of “ Mitchell v. Foster,” reported 
in Dowling’s Reports, volume 9, page 527, in which 
Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Jus- 
tice Williams confirmed the case of “The Queen 
v.the Justices of Shropshire ;” and delivered similar 
judgment also to the case of “ Chambers v. Smith,” 
reported in Dowling’s Reports, New Series, volume 2, 
page 1057, where the Court of Exchequer, after 
deliberation, held, that not less than fifteen days 
required between the days of teste and return for a 
writ excluded the date of the teste and the date of 
the return, and maintained the law as before laid 
down ; also to the case of “ The Queen v. the Jus- 
tices of Middlesex,” reported in Dowling and 
Lowndes’ Reports, volume 3, page 109, in which 
the Judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench con- 
curred ; and to Archbold’s Practice of the Courts 
of Law, title “‘ Computation of Time,” where, on 
the authority of the above and other cases, it is 
laid down that the words “ at least,” and “not less 
than,” in a statute, require that time must be 
reckoned excluding both the day of the act and that 
of the event; and that where a certain space of 
time is given between an act done and an act to be 
done, the full number of days must intervene to 
insure the whole of that space of time having 
elapsed which the statute requires, and without 
which the notice is illegal; and praying the House 
to declare that the said appointment of the said 
Select Committee to try the matter of the Saint 
Alban’s Election Petition is not pursuant to the 
provisions of “The Election Petitions Aci, 1848,” 
and is null and void; and that any report of the 
General Committee of Elections with the names of 
such Select Committee is not in conformity with 
“The Election Petitions Act, 1848,” and cannot 
be received by the House; and that no Select 
Committee has been legally appointed to try the 
matter of the Saint Alban’s Election Petition ; and 
that the House will not allow the Select Com- 
mittee se illegally appointed to be sworn at the table 
by the Clerk; and that, if the House should en- 
tertain any doubts hereon, the Petitioner may be 
allowed to produce the cases herein referred to and 
others supporting them at the bar of the House, and 
to give evidence of the truth of the allegations 
herein contained before the House shall make any 
further order upon the matter of this Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


A Petition of Frederic Calvert, Esquire, a Mem- 
ber of the House, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner was duly elected and is 
now a Member of Parliament for the borough of 
Aylesbury; that a Petition against the Return of 
the Petitioner for the said borough, having been 
premness to the House of Commons, was referred 

y the House to the General Committee of Elec- 
tions, to choose a Select Committee for the trial of 
the matter of the said Petition, and that notice of 
the time and place for choosing the said Select 
Committee was given by the General Committee of 
Elections; that, by the statute which regulates the 
ee of the House in respect to Election 

etitions it is enacted, that notice of the time and 
place at which a Select Committee will be chosen 
to try any Election Petition shall be published with 
the Votes not less than fourteen days before the day 
on which such Committee is appointed to be chosen ; 
that the notice published with the Votes relating to 
the Petition against the Return of the Petitioner 
was published on the eleventh day of March instant, 
and the day appointed thereby was the twenty-fifth 


27° Martii. 


121 


day of March, on which latter-named day the Com- 
mittee of which notice had been so given was ap- 
pointed ; that such notice was not in accordance 
with the directions of the statute, and is conse- 
Faroe contrary to law, and the appointment of a 
elect Committee thereupon is null and void ; that, 
although the General Committee of Elections might 
have altered the day for choosing the said Select 
Committee previous to their absolutely having ap- 
pointed the same, there is no power given by the 
statute to appoint a second Committee in place of 
one illegally appointed; nor has the House an 
power to vary or alter the enactments of the statute, 
or to regulate in any way the proceedings as to 
Election Petitions otherwise thanin strict accordance 
with the provisions of the Act; that, in consequence 
of such illegal notice and invalid appointment, and 
of the powers of the Act having been exhausted, 
the House has not legally any further jurisdiction 
in the matter of the said Petition, and no further 
proceedings can be had thereon ; and praying that 
the Order of the House referring the said Petition 
to the General Committee of Elections may be dis- 
charged, and no further proceedings had thereon ; 
and that the House will not allow the Committee 
illegally appointed to be sworn to try the matter of 
the said Petition; and will give to the Petitioner 
such further or other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow; and be printed. 


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 the Bill be printed. 


a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Longford, in the room of Samuel Wensley 
Blackall, Esquire, who, since his election for the 
said County, hath accepted the office of Governor 
of Dominica. 


And, of the Gross Amount of County Rate paid in 
Ireland for the year 1846 and for the year 1850. 


land for the Expenses of the Constabulary ; distin- 
guishing the Temporary from the Permanent Esta- 
blishment. 


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 Population, the Annual Value 
of Property rated to the Poor’s Rate, the Expendi- 
ture for the Relief and Maintenance of the Poor, 
the Rate in the Pound on the Value of Rated Pro- 
perty of such Expenditure, the Total Number of 

aupers relieved, including Casual Poor: the pro- 
portion per cent. to the Population of the Persons 
relieved, and the Rate per Head of the Expenditure 
on the Total Number of Paupers relieved in the 
several Highland Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross, 
Sutherland, and Caithness, for the years 1849 and 
1850 respectively :—Similar Return, in reference 
to the whole of Scotland, with the exception of 
the above-mentioned Counties of Argyll, Inverness, 
Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, for like Periods 
respectively (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 395 of Session 1847). 








VoL. 106. 








R Ordered, 





Lord Seymour presented a Bill for disafforesting Hainault 
the Forest of Hainault, in the County of Essex : Forest Bill. 
No. 146. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Longford 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out WT 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Rate and 
Returns of the Gross Amount paid for Poor Rate County Rate 
in Ireland in the year 1846 and the year 1850 :— (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Constabulary 
Return of the Amount paid by each County in Jre- (Ireland.) 


Population, 
Poor Relief, 
&amp;c. (Scot- 


land.) 





Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Dartford 
Savings Bank. 


‘No, 147. 


Protestants 
( Turkey.) 


122 


Ordered, That 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, in reference to the Record of —— 
to the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland ; stating in each case the Amount of 
Relief, whether in Food or Money, but if in Food 

iving its Money Value, and which formed the Sub- 
ject of Complaint ; the Decision of the Board as to 
such Allowance being insufficient or the contrary, 
and stating, in Cases where the Ground of Com- 
plaint was removed, the additional Amount of Re- 
lief that was granted, for the year 1849 :—Similar 
Return for the year 1850 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 450, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron imported 
and exported from the United Kingdom in the year 
1849; distinguishing the several Sorts of Iron, and 
the Countries from which imported and to which 
exported :—Of British Iron imported, including un- 
wrought Steel, in the year 1849; distinguishing 
the Countries to which the same was exported :— 
Of the Quantity of British Hardware exported in 
the year 1849; distinguishing the Countries to 
which exported, and the Declared Value thereof :— 
And, similar Accounts for the year 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


Copies of all Correspondence between the Thurles 
Board of Guardians and the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Ireland, between the 1st day of January 
and the 10th day of March 1851, relative to the 
Employment of the Inmates in Remunerative La- 
bour :—And, Return of the Number of Inmates in 
the different Workhouses in Jreland, specifying their 
Ages, between Seven and Fifteen, Fifteen and 
Twenty, Twenty and Forty, and Forty and upwards, 
the different Sexes, and the Number of Able-bodied 
and Aged and Infirm. 


Ordered, That the 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 Na- 
tional 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 Correspondence (if any) between the 
National Debt Office and the said Savings Bank, 
respecting the Non-compliance 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, which was pre- 
sented upon the 14th day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 


-Copy or Extract of any Despatch from Her Ma- 


jesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary at Constantinople, 
containing any Ordinance of the Sultan for giving 
Protection to Protestants in the Turkish Empire. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of 
February last, for Copies or Extracts of any Corres- 
pondence which have passed between Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ministers accredited to Foreign Courts on 
the subject of any Ecclesiastical Relations which 


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A. 1851. 


may subsist between such Foreign States and the 
Court of Rome. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to British 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of February last, Guiana. 
for Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence be- 
tween the Governor of British Guiana and Earl 
Grey, on the subject of Constitutional Reform, in 
continuation of former Parliamentary Paper laid be- 
fore the House, to this day, 14th February 1851. 

- epee That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise Public 
(Scotland) ;—Church and State ;—Church of Rome ; Petitions. 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Steam Vide Twent 
Communication with Australian Colonies ;— British first Report” 
Guiana ;—County Rates and Expenditure ;—Mi- on Public 
nisters’ Money (Jreland);— Newspapers, &amp;c.;— Petitions. 
Spanish Tariff and Navigation Laws ;—Agriculture ; 
—Copyholds ;—County Constabulary ;—Education 
(Ireland) ;—Poor Law ;—Poor Law (Jreland);— 

Postage ;—Prerogative Court (Zreland) Bill ;—and, 
Smithfield Market Removal Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Sunday Tradin 
Prevention Bill,—were also presented, and read; an 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





| Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Qoroners’ 
to Coroners’ Inquests, which was presented upon Inquests. 


| Monday last, be printed. No. 148. 


| 
Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
| Command,—Turnpike Trusts : Copy of Reports of Trusts. 
| the Secretary of State under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 80: No. 21. Buckingham, Brackley and Banbury 

oad :—No, 22. Towcester, Brackley and Weston- 
on-the-Green Road. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Lighthouse 
| Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of Fe- (Guernsy.) 
bruary last, for Copies of Correspondence with the 
Trinity House and with the Admiralty, upon the 
subject of the Lighthouse required to be erected on 
the Great Hanois Rock, on the West Coast of 
Guernsey :—And, Statement of what Measures have 
been taken, and of what Designs and Estimates 
have been received upon the subject, since the 22d 
day of May 1850. 





d.|_* Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of this Ejectment 


instant March, for Returns of the Number of Actions (Ireland.) 
| of Ejectment brought in the Court of Queen’s Bench 
in Ireland, during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849, 
respectively, and specifying the Number of Cases in 
_which Judgment has been entered up for the Plain- 
tiff: —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 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:—And, of the Number 
of Proceedings in Ejectment by way of Civil Bill, 
entered at Quarter Sessions in each County in Jre- 
land, during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849, respec- 
tively ; together with the Number of Decrees made 
under such Proceedings, in each County, in each of 
the said years. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Shipping- 
Order, dated the 17th day of February last, for a 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 

Vessels 








Steam Com- 
munications 
with India, &amp;c, 





14 Vicroriz. 


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 1850 :—Similar Returns of Steam 
Vessels and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 
Coastwise at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Jreland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (in- 
cluding their repeated Voyages), distinguishing 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day 
of December 1849 and the 31st day of December 
1850 :—Like Returns from and to the Colonies ; 
further distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels : 
—Also, from and to Foreign Ports; also dis- 
tinguishing 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 1850 :—Similar Re- 
turns of Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :—Re- 
turns of the Number of Vessels, with their Tonnage 
(distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), that 
were built and registered, distinguishing Timber 
from Iron Vessels ; also, a similar Return of Ves- 
sels sold and transferred ; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels wrecked ; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1850 :—Return of the Num- 
ber of Colonial-built Vessels, and their Tonnage, 
registered at each of the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, in the year 1850; distinguishing the 
Number and Tonnage of each Colony respectively : 
—Similar Return of the Number of Foreign-built 
Vessels, and their Tonnage :—And, Return of the 
Shipping employed in the Trade of the United 
Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
(including their repeated Voyages), separating 
British from Foreign Vessels, also Steam from 
Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade with 
each Country, in the year 1850 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 182, of Session 1850). 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee, be appointed, 
to inquire into the state of the existing Steam Com- 
munications between England and India; and into 
the practicability of effecting any improvement in 
them; and also to inquire into the best mode of 
establishing Steam Communications between Eng- 
land, India and England and Australia, as well as 
the various points upon the several routes between 
them ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ ap- 
“ pointed to” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “consider, first, the subject of 
“ Steam Communications, having for its object a 
“ line or lines connecting Jndia, England and Aus- 
“ tralia, and to report to the House the most fitting 
mode in which such communication may be ef- 
fected, with due care to economy and with ad- 
vantage to the public interests ; and afterwards, 
to inquire into the question of the existing Steam 
Communications between England and India, and 
to report whether any Improvements may be 
made in the conduct of those communications, 
previous to grant of a further contract to any 
Company proposing to carry on that line,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
inquire into the existing Steam Communications 

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with Zndia and China, and into the practicability of 
effecting any improvement therein; and also into 
the best mode of establishing Steam Communica- 
tions between England, India, China, Australia, or 
any of them, as well as any points upon the several 
routes between them ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Australia,” 
the words “ New Zealand.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ New Zealand,” be there inserted:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the existing Steam Communications 
with India and China, mk into the practicability of 
effecting any improvement therein ; and also into the 
best mode of establishing Steam Communications 
between England, India, China, Australia, New 
Zealand, or any of them, as well as any points upon 
the several routes between them. 


A Motion was made, and the Question beifig put, Differential 





That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into Duties 


a Committee, to consider the following Resolution : 
—That, with a view to the just protection of British 
Navigation and Commerce, it is expedient that, 
under the provisions of the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 29, 
such additional Duties should be levied in the 
Ports of the British Empire upon Goods imported 
or exported in Spanish Ships, and on the Tonnage 
of such Ships, as may serve to countervail the dif- 
ferential Duties on Goods and Tonnage levied in the 
Ports of Spain and her Dependencies on British 
Ships ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Newdegate, 1 53 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Hildyard: f°” 
Tellers for the (Mr. Milner Gibson, L 98 
Noes. Mr. Brotherton: a. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Passengees! 
ct. 


to inquire into the working of the Passengers’ Act, 
and to report whether any and what further Protec- 
tion is required by Emigrants during the Passage 
or at the Port of Embarkation. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the — of 


better Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery)Bill. 


Chancery ; 


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


Veneris, 28° die Martii, 1851: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Lord John Russell, Sir 
George Grey, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Soli- 
citor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


to extend the Benefits of certain Provisions of the S¢4 Service 
(Ireland) Bill. 


General Merchant Seamen’s Act, relating to Ap- 
prentices bound to the Sea Service, to Apprentices 
bound to the Sea Service by Boards of Guardians 
of the Poor in Jreland: And that Sir William Somer- 
ville and Mr. Attorney General for Zreland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Lord Naas be discharged from Improvement 


(Spain.) 


Administra- 
n of Justice 


further attendance on the Select Committee on the of Towns 


Improvement of Towns (Jreland) Bill. 
Ordered,'That Mr. Chichester Fortescue be added 
to the Committee. 


R 2 Ordered, 


(Ireland) Bill, 





124 27°—28° Marti. A, 1851. 


General Board Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

of Health Bill. t4 confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Gene- 
ral Board of Health: And that Lord Seymour and 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Portpatrick Resolved, Tnat an humble Address be presented to 
— Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
a give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Eales of the Correspondence that has taken place 
since the Official Report of Captain Denham, K.N., 
(on the Loss of the Steamer “ Orion,” on the 18th 
day of June 1850), respecting the Position of the 
Light at Portpatrick Harbour, between the Board 
of Trade, the Admiralty, the Commissioners of 
Northern Light Houses, the Hydrographer of the 
Admiralty, the Zidal Harbour Committee, and the 
Committee for managing the Affairs at Loyds’. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ecclesiastical © Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
a. Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names, Salaries, Fees and Emolu- 
ments of the Judges, Registrars and Deputy Regis- 
trars having right to grant Probates of Wills and 
Letters of Administration in the Province of Can- 
terbury, during each of the last Seven years, ended 
in 1850; and showing the Annual Expense incurred 
by the Registrars and Deputy Registrars in keep- 
ing Indexes to such Wills and Administrations (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 327, of 
Session 1843). 

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


Registrars Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
(Middlesex » Her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to 
"give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Amount of Fees received by 
the Registrars of Deeds in Middlesex, or their De- 
puties or Clerks, in each year, from the end of the 
year 1848 to the end of the year 1850, and of the 
Application of such Fees, distinguishing the Amount 
paid for the Expenses of the Office and the Amount 
received by the Registrars for their own use, and 
stating whether any and what Duties are performed 
by them in Person; also, an Account of the Fees 
received for searching any Special or New Indexes, 
and of the Authority under which such Fees are 
demanded and taken; of the Names of the Regis- 
trars, Deputies and Clerks, and of the Salaries and 
Emoluments of each, during such Periods :—And, 
Copies of any Rules and Orders of the Lord Chan- 
cellor and Judges, pursuant to the Act 7 Anne, c. 20 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 385, 
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, 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 

ireland.) adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 
Thursday last, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Thurles 
Board of Guardians and the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Zreland, between the 1st day of January 
and the 10th day of March 1851, relative to the 
refusal, by the Poor Law Commissioners, to allow 
the Board of Guardians to increase the Employment 
of the Inmates in Remunerative Labour :—And, 
Return of the Number of Inmates in the different 
Workhouses in Ireland, specifying their Ages, be- 
tween Seven and Fifteen, Fifteen and Twenty, 
Twenty and Forty, and Forty and upwards, the 
different Sexes, and the Number of Able-bodied, and 
Aged and Infirm ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 








The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Apprentices 
into consideration the Apprentices’ and Servants’ = Servanty 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ; 

A Clause (Young person hired or bound to masters 
residing at a distance from Union or Parish), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Appointment 


into consideration the Appointment of a Vice-Chan- o% Vice. 
Senate 


cellor Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in Clause C. 1. 3, by leaving out the words “ of 
“ the same,” and inserting the words “ not exceed- 
“ ing in,” instead thereof. ’ 

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 {Mr. Hayter, 49 

Yeas, \Lord Marcus Hill: , 

Tellers for the (Sir Henry Willoughby, 52 

Noes, \ Colonel Sibthorp : asnee 

So 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 second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland) Residences 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Churches 
ane of the Churches and Chapels (Jreland) (ireland Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second UnitedChurch 
reading of the United Church of England and Ire- a 
land Bill; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of April next. 


The Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill was, ac- Enfranchise- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- er 
mitted to a Select Committee. a 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Civil Bills, &amp;. 
reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill : (Ireland) Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion and original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Designs Act 
mittee on the Designs Act Extension Bill : Extension 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 Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regula- Chai) 
tion Act Amendment Bill ; {regulation 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Act Amend- 
upon Wednesday next. ment Bill 

Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to extend i" 
the Benefits of certain Provisions of the General (Ireland) Bill. 
Merchant Seamen’s Act, relating to Apprentices. 449. 
bound to the Sea Service, to Apprentices bound to 
the Sea Service by Boards of Guardians of the Poor 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time F 

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cal 
Bill, 


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ill. 


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ill. 





Smithfield 
Market 
Removal Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
Amendment 
(No. 1) Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;e.) Bill, 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
a 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;ec.) Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill, 


Pilotage 
(Cinque 
Ports. ) 


Children in 
Workhouses, 


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and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Smithfield Market Removal 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 9th 
day of April next. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 











Veneris, 28° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Great Northern Railway Amend- 


ment (No. 1) Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, 
for the purpose of consolidating the Shares of the 
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company into 
Stock, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch to West Durham Railway) Bill, for 
the purpose of guaranteeing and granting a priority 
to certain Shares to be created by the Great North 
of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Rail- 
way Company, and also of consolidating the Shares 
of the said last-mentioned Company into Stock, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill. 

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


Mr. Fielding, from the Office of the Lord Warden 
of the Cinque Ports, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipts and 
Appropriation of surplus Rates of Pilotage :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was called 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of June, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Number of Children 
in the Workhouses of the several Unions and Pa- 
rishes in England and Wales on Monday the 25th 
day of March 1850; distinguishing, 1. Illegitimate 
Children whose Mothers are in the Workhouse ; 
2. Illegitimate 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 whe are 
not in the Workhouse ; 7. Children whose Father 
and Mother are dead; 8. Children deserted by Fa- 
ther; 9. Children deserted by Mother; 10. Chil- 

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Martz. 125 


dren deserted by both Parents; 11. Children whose 
Father is transported or suffering [mprisonment for 
Crime ; 12. Children whose Residence in the Work- 
house is caused by the Bodily or Mental Infirmity 
of their Father or Mother; 13. Children of Able- 
bodied Parents who are in the Workhouse; 14. 
Children of Able-bodied Parents who are not in the 
Workhouse ; 15. Children not falling within any of 
the foregoing Classes ; distinguishing also the Num- 
ber of each Class capable of entering upon Service, 
and the Number of Boys and Girls respectively 
under Three years old, Three years old and under 
Seven, and Seven years old and upwards :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on viet 5 of Railway Bills 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group 5.) 
the clock, 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 27th day of this in- Report.) 
stant 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 Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Weston-super- 
posed, That the Petition of Joseph Edgar, against MareIm 
the Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market }farket Bill, 
Bill (deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 26th 
day of February last), be referred to the Committee 
on the Bill; and that it be an Instruction to the 
Committee to entertain the same, notwithstanding 
it was not deposited in the Private Bill Office within 
Seven clear days after the second reading of the Bill : 

—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 ; Orders; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the South Wales South Wales 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, Petition of Company of Pro- Railway 

. ‘ eer E. - (No. 2) Bill. 
prietors of Glamorganshire Canal Navigation, for dis- 
pensing with Standing Orders 105 and 166, the said 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Birmingham Birmingham 
Improvement Bill, Petition of Abel Rollason, for —_— 
dispensing with Standing Orders 105 and 166, the ~~ 
said Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with. 

The last Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right Reverend the Lord Bi- Sunderland 
shop of Durham, praying that in the case of the Improvement 
Sunderland Improvement Bill the Standing Orders ™ 
Nos. 105 and 166 may be dispensed with, and that 
the Petitioner may be permitted to be heard upon 
his Petition against the Bill, notwithstanding such 
Petition shall have been deposited later than Seven 
clear days after the second reading of the Bill, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Mildenhall, Burnt Fen Road and Laken- Mildenhall, 
heath and Hockwold Roads Bill was read the third 2 — 
time. ie 


’ Lakenheath 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. and Hockwold 
Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry ®°#4s Bill. 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Pyecombe and Hicksted Turnpike-road Bill, Pyecombe 
was read the third time. Fougineenst 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
R3 Ordered, 





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126 28° Martiz. 


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


Cheitenham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Glouceste? the Cheltenham and Gloucester District Turnpike- 
District Turn- . ° C , 

pike-road Bill, Toad Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cheltenham The House proceeded to take into considera- 
and Painswick tion the Cheltenham and Painswick Road Bill, as 
Road Bill. : = 
amended in the Committee. ao 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Tenterden and The House proceeded to take into considera- 
Woodchurch tion the Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads Bill, as 
Roads Bill. : - 
amended in the Committee. Sat ks 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dundee Police The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Dundee Police Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Great North. |The House was moved, That the Report in re- 

ern Railway spect of the Petition for additional Provision in the 

(Nol) Bill Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill, 
which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
emg therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


Devonport 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 Devonport, in the 
room of Sir John Romilly, who, since his election 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the office of 
Master of the Rolls. 


Southampton 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 Town and County of the Town 
of Southampton, in the room of Sir Alexander James 
Edward Cockburn, who, since his election for the 
said Town and County of the Town, hath accepted 
the office of Her Majesty’s Attorney General. 


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 Oxford, in the room of 
William Page Wood, Esquire, who, since his election 
for the said City, hath accepted the office of Her 
Majesty’s Solicitor General. 


Oxford Writ. 


Saint Helen’s A Petition of Commissioners acting under an 
Improvement Act for improving the town of Saint Helen’s, in the 
= county palatine of Lancaster, praying that the Com- 
mittee on the Saint Helen’s Improvement Bill, sup- 
posing them to pass the preamble of the same, may 
be at liberty to make further provision in the said 
Bill to enable the Petitioners to carry on or extend 
their works, to enable them to carry out certain 
contemplated improvements for the purpose of 
affording a better and more efficient supply of 
water to the inhabitants of the said town of Saint 
Helen’s, and to lay down a new line of mains from 
the reservoirs of the said waterworks to the said 
town, to deepen the reservoirs, by raising their 
banks, and to construct additional reservoirs on 
lands to be taken by agreement with the owners, 
lessees and occupiers thereof, and also to borrow 
money for such purposes on the security of the rates 
authorized to be. taken by the said Act, was pre- 











A. 1851. 


sented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade ang 
Command,—&lt;Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigatiog, 
gation, Month ended 5th March 1851, and two No. 159, 
Months ended 5th March 1851. 

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


The Order made yesterday, That there be laid Poor Rate 4.) 
before this House, Returns of the Gross Amount County Rate 
paid for Poor Rate in Jreland in the year 1846 and “eland.) 
the year 1850:—And, of the Gross Amount of 
County Rate paid in Jreland for the year 1846 and 
for the year 1850, was read, and ieee. 


The Order made yesterday, That there be laid Constabulary 
before this House, a Return of the Amount paid by (Iteland.) 
each County in Jreland for the Expenses of the 
Constabulary ; distinguishing the Temporary from 
the Permanent Establishment, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


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

Returns of the Gross Amount paid for Poor Rate County Rate, 
in Ireland in the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and ©*- (Ueland) 
1850, separately :—Of the Gross Amount of County 
Rate paid in Ireland for the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 
1849 and 1850, separately :—And, of the Amount 
paid by each County in Ireland for Expenses of 
Constabulary ; distinguishing the Temporary from 
the Permanent Establishment, for 1850. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lushington have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence till Easter, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Fire 
Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in Insurance, 
Great Britain and Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, 
for the Quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
March, 24th day of June, 29th day of September, 
and 25th day of December 1850; distinguishing 
the Amount of Allowance made to each Office for 
collecting the same in the Country, London, Edin- 
burgh and Dublin, respectively, with the Dates of 
each Payment :—Also, Return of Sums insured by 
each Office on Farming Stock for the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 302, 
of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wheat 
Returns of the Average Prices of Wheat and Oats oot) 
per Barrel, calculated upon the Returns advertised “"* 
in the Dublin Gazette for each year, ending the 
1st day of May, since 1839 :— And, of the Average 
Prices of Wheat and Oats per Barrel, calculated on 
the same Returns, for the Period of seven years 
immediately preceding each 1st day of May since 
1839. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Instructions issued East India. 
by Lord William Bentinck, Governor General of No, 151. 
India, when at Madras, in the year 1834, to a Com- 
mission of Civil Servants appointed by his Lordship 
to examine and report upon the Customs and Post- 
office systems; and, of the said Report, which 
were presented upon the 24th day of March 1848, 
be printed. 


The Order made yesterday, That there be laid Poor Relief 


i . d. 
before this House, a Return in reference to the St") 


Record of Applications to the Board of Supervision 
for Relief of the Poor in Scot/and; stating in each 
case the Amount of Relief, whether in Food or 
Money, but if in Food, giving its Money value, and 
which formed the subject of Complaint ; the Decision 
of the Board as to such Allowance being insufficient, 


or the contrary, and stating in Cases where the 
Ground 











Relief 
‘seta ) 


and 
te 


te Local Acts. 
i) No, 63. 


Lighthouses 
(Colonies. ) 


Loan 


Societies, 
No. 152. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 153. 
British 
Guiana, 

No, 154. 
Shipping. 

No.155. 


Saint Helena, 


Marriage of 
British 
Subjects in 


f Countries, 


C ate 





14 VicToRIz. 


Ground of Complaint was removed, the additional 
Amount of Relief that was granted, for the year 
1849 :—And, a similar Return for the year 1850 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 450, of 
Session 1849), was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in reference to the Record of Ap- 
plications to the Board of Supervision for Relief of 
the Poor in Scotland, stating in each case the 
Amount of Relief, whether in Food or Money, but 
if in Food, giving its Money Value, and which formed 
the subject of Complaint ; the Decision of the Board 
as to such Allowance being insufficient, or the con- 
trary, and stating in Cases where the Ground of 
Complaint was removed, the additional Amount of 
Relief that was granted, for the year 1849 :—And, 
similar Return for the year 1850 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 450, 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. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty re- 
lative to applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Parker also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Statement of what Measures have 
been adopted ——— the Erection, Management 
and Superintendence of Lighthouses in the British 
Colonies and Possessions (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Papers, No. 925 of Session 1849, and 
No. 656 of Session 1850) :—And, Abstract of any 
Returns received from the Colonies upon the subject, 
since the 19th day of July 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Local Acts, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Accounts re- 
lative to Loan Societies, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Commission, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


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


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


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of February last, 
for a Return of the Revenue collected in the Island 
of Saint Helena, in each of the years 1848, 1849 
and 1850 ; stating the Sources from which received, 
and the Manner in which the same was appropriated ; 
stating the Names of the several Officers receiving 
more than £.100 a-year in the last year, and the 
Offices they held. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Mar- 
riages of British Subjects, celebrated in Foreign 
apa under the Provisions of the Act 12 &amp; 13 

te. C. 68, 


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


_ Viscount Ebrington presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Pesliewent,~Metagolinn 


Commission of Sewers; Account in Abstract of Re- 
Vou. 106, 


28° Martiz. 





127 


ceipt and Expenditure during the year 1850, together 
with a Summary Statement, and Report of all Con- 
tracts entered into, and Works commenced and com- 
pleted during the year, and of the Monies owing to 
and Debts owing by the Commissioners on the 31st 
December 1850, 

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


—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews 


Prosecutions Bill; Game Laws;—Lord Lieute- 
nancy (Jreland) ;—Poor Law ;—and, Salmon Brood 
(Zreland) Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Sunday Trading 
Prevention Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are theagents 
to John Weedon and George Hearn, in the matter of 
their Petition complaining of the last Election for 
the Borough of Aylesbury ; that the Petitioners did, 
before the twenty-fifth of March instant, call the 
attention of the Chairman of the General Committee 
of Elections to the subject of the publication of the 
notice of the time and place at which the Select Com- 
mittee to try the said Petition would be chosen ; that 
the Petitioners attended the General Committee of 
Elections on Tuesday the twenty-fifth day of March 
instant at the time and place named in the said 
notice, and Mr. Henry Alworth Merewether also 
attended at the same time and place, and stated to 
the said Committee that he was one of counsel for 
Frederic Calvert, Esquire, the Sitting Member for 
the said Borough of Aylesbury ; that no objection 
whatever was made by Mr. Merewether for or on 
behalf of the said Frederic Calvert, to the appoint- 
ment of the Select Committee chosen to try the 
matter of the said Petition ; that the said notice was 
in strict conformity with the statute and practice of 
Parliament ; that the notice is dated the tenth day 
of March One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
one, and, according to the settled law in such cases, 
must be taken to have been published on the day 
it bears date; that the publication of the notice 
would, at law, be held to have taken place on the 
first day named in the Votes and Proceedings of the 
House, under date of 10° die Martii, 1851, and that 
the following entry appears in the said last-men- 
tioned Votes and Proceedings as on the tenth day of 
March instant, viz. “ 6. General Committee of 
Elections. — Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from 
the General Committee of Elections; That they had 
appointed Tuesday the 25th day of this instant 
March to choose from Panel No. 1 the Select Com- 
mittee to try and determine the Saint Alban’s and 
Aylesbury Election Petitions; Report to lie on 
the Table ;” the Petitioners therefore humbly sub- 
mit, that a due and legal notice of the time and place 
at which the Committee was to be chosen has been 

ublished with the Votes, and that whether the same 

as been so or not, the attendance of the cuunsel for 
the said Frederic Calvert before the General Com- 
mittee of Elections on the twenty-fifth instant, and 
that without protest, was and is a complete waiver 
on the part of the said Frederic Calvert of the irre- 
gularity (if any); that by the Elections Petitions 
Act 1848, section 53, the General Committee of 
Elections has power to change the day and hour ap- 
pointed by them for choosing a Select Committee to 
try any Election Petition; the Petitioners would there- 
fore further submit, that in case the House should 
be of opinion that due notice has not been given, 





R4 the 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; Public 
—Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Act (1840) ; Petitions. 

1% , . 7 Vide Twenty- 
Religious Houses Bill;—Tithes ;—County Rates and first Soak 
Expenditure ;— Paper ;— Property Tax ;— Windows; . Public 
—Agriculture ;—Army ;—Education ;—Expenses of ~°“""°™* 


A Petition of Edward Thompson, George Deben- Aylesbury 
ham and Henry Edwards Brown, was presented, and Election. 


Saint Alban’s 
Election. 


Saint Alban’s 


Election. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


128 


the House can and will refer the matter of the said 
Petition back again to the General Committee of 
Elections, with such special directions (if any) as 
to the House may seem necessary and proper ; and 
praying that the House will declare the appoint- 
ment of the said Select Committee to try the mat- 
ter of the Aylesbury Election Petition to be in con- 
formity with the provisions of the Election Petitions 
Act 1848, and that the House will allow the said 
Select Committee to be sworn to try the matter of 
the said Petition, and will give to the said Peti- 
tioners such further or other relief as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of James Coppock, which 
was presented yesterday, stating that the Petition 
complaining that the Election for the Borough of 
Saint Alban is informal, and that fourteen days’ 
notice of the time and place at which the Committee 
will be chosen was not duly given; and praying 
that the House will declare the appointment of the 
Select Committee to try the matter of the Petition 
to be null and void :—The House proceeded to take 
the said Petition into consideration ; and the same 
was again read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Appointment of the Select Committee 
to try the matter of the Saint Alban’s Election Peti- 
tion, not being in conformity with the Statute (Elec- 
tion Petitions Act 1848), is void ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


&gt;... JMr. Aglionby, Te 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Armstrong: J 79. 
Tellers for the Noes, {or — }2o4, 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Saint Alban, were called over ; and, being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and List put in by the 
Agent for the Petitioners relative to the Election 
and Return for the Borough of Saint Alban, be re- 
ferred to the Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Saint Alban. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of Frederic Calvert, Es- 
quire, which was presented yesterday, stating that 
fourteen days’ notice of the time and place at which 
the Aylesbury Election Committee will be chosen 
to try the Petition against the Return of the Peti- 
tioner was not duly given; and praying that the 
Order for referring the said Petition to the General 
Committee of Elections may be discharged ; 

Ordered, That the said Order of the day be dis- 
charged. 


The names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Aylesbury, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Aylesbury, be 
referred to the Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 





98° Marti. 








A. 1851. 


of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Aylesbury. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- guppy, 
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 
“ orders having been given not to receive any more Royal Mii 
“ Pensioners into the Royal Military Asylum at Asylum at 
Kilmainham, it may be inferred that it is the in- “!™ainhan, 
tention of Her Majesty’s Government to abolish 
that Establishment, and it is the opinion of this 
House that such abolition is not advisable,” in- 
stead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { 1 Dy aan Hill _ }182. 
sColonel Dunne, 
Mr. Grattan: j 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair: —The House aceordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“&lt; 


Tellers for the Noes, 106. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Land Fors. 
Number of Land Forces, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight thousand seven hundred and fourteen Men 
(exclusive of the Men employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), Com- 
missioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, 
be maintained for the Service of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st 
day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 
Ninety-three thousand seven hundred and fourteen 
Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the Terri- 
torial Possessions of the East India Company), 
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers in- 
cluded, be maintained for the Service of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 
1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hume, 


. 
Yeas, (Mr. William Williams: J 4” 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1186 
Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill: ama 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. William Williams, 29 
Yeas, Mr. Mowatt : aaa 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, } 68 
Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill: 


2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Charge of 
sum not exceeding Three Millions five hundred and 
twenty-one thousand and seventy pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces in the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Sta- 
tions (excepting Jndia), which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1851 to the 
31st day of March 1852, inclusive. ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 





posed, 





litary 
at 
1a, 


Appointment 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill, 


Metropolis 








14 Vicroriz. 


osed, That the Chairman do now leave the Chair: 
—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 29° die Martti, 1851: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 
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 Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Appointment of a Vice-Chancellor Bill 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Buildings Bill. reading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 


Ways and 
Means. 


cs. 


Crown Estate 
Paving Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Act Repeal 
Bill. 


Lights, &amp;e. 
Hull. 


a 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for transferring the Duties of paving, lighting, 
watering and cleansing Parts of the Crown Estate 
in the District of the Regent’s Park, and certain 
Streets and Places in Westminster, from the Com- 
missioners acting under several Acts of their late 
Majesties King George the Fourth and King William 
the Fourth, to the Puldhens and for transferring 
the Jurisdiction of the said Commissioners over cer- 
tain other Places in Westminster to the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land 
Revenues, Works and Buildings, and for other Pur- 

oses relating thereto: And that Lord Seymour and 
Ir. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal an Act of the last Session for shortening 
the Language used in Acts of Parliament: And 
that Mr. John Stuart and Mr. Henley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Lights for the use of 
Shipping maintained by the Trinity House at Hull 
in the year 1850; stating what kind of Lights, and 
where placed ; also, under what Authority erected, 
and at whose Expense; stating, also, the Number 
of Buoys and Beacons maintained in the same 
year, and where placed ; also, the Rate of Charges 
on Shipping for the Lights, Buoys and Beacons, 
and distinguishing severally the Charges on British 
and Foreign Vessels; viz. for Vessels below the 
Buoy of the Cleaness; above the Buoy of the 
Cleaness to the Buoy of the Burcombe; above the 
Buoy of the Burcombe to Grimsby, or to White- 
booth; and to the Port of Hull :—And, of the Gross 
Amount of Revenue received by the Trinity House 
of Hull for the same year, showing the several 
Sources of that Revenue, and the Amount of each 
Source; and, further, an Account, under separate 
Heads, of the manner in which the year’s Revenue 
was expended (in continuation of the Return in 

Vou. 106. 











28°—929° Martii. 129 


Appendix, No. 65, of the Report on Lighthouses, 
No. 607, of 1845). 


Ordered, That Dr. Boyd be discharged from any Improvement 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the of Towns 
Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill. eee 

Ordered, That Mr. Knox be added to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do consist of 
nineteen Members. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Scully be added to the Committee : 

—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Devereux, Mr. Grace and Sir 
Percy Nugent be added to the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That Mr. Reynolds be added to the Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, bo Maker, 11. 

r. Scully: 
Tellers for the Noes, ‘vie ee Hill, } 51. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Sullivan be added to the Com- 
mittee :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Small Tene- 
to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, ory tm 
for the better assessing and collecting the Poor or Bill. 
Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small Tene- 
ments: And that Mr. John Abel Smith and Mr. 


Aglionby do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Customs. 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the constitution and management of 
the Board of Customs, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Mitchell, 
Mr. Cornewal! Lewis, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. William 
Brown, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Forster, Mr. Alderman 
Thompson, Mr. Goulburn, Sir John Yarde Buller, 
Mr. Archibald Hastie, Mr. William Fagan, Mr. 
Moody, Sir George Clerk, Mr. M‘Gregor and Mr. 
Alderman Humphery, with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill for transferring Crown Estate 
the Duties of paving, lighting, watering and cleansing Paving Bill. 
Parts of the Crown Estate in the District of the No.156. 
Regent's Purk, and certain Streets and Places in 
Westminster, from the Commissioners acting under 
several Acts of their late Majesties King George 
the Fourth and King William the Fourth, to the 
Parishes ; and for transferring the Jurisdiction of 
the said Commissioners over certain other Places in 
Westminster to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 
ings, and for other Purposes relating thereto: 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 the Bill be printed. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill for confirming General Board 
certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of of Health Bill. 
Health : And the same was read the first time; and No. 157. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. John Stuart presented a Bill to repeal an Act Acts of 
of the last Session for shortening the Language used ae 
in Acts of Parliament: And the same was read the 4 feed. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Bill. 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. No. 158. 
8 r. 




















































Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 159. 


Committees, 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;c. ) Bill. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Twenty- 
first Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Supply ; 


Land Forces. 


130 


Mr. John Abel Smith presented a Bill to amend 
an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for the 
better assessing and collecting the Poor Rates and 
Highway Rates in respect of Small Tenements : 
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 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 29° die Martiz; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment, of the House. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of the Petition for additional Provision in 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch 
to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, for the purpose 
of consolidating the Shares of the Hartlepool Dock 
and Railway Company into Stock, which was laid 
upon the Table yesterday, 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. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of the Petition for additional Provision in 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch 
to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, for the purpose 
of guaranteeing and granting a priority to certain 
Shares to be created by the Great North of England 
(Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway Com- 
pany, and also of consolidating the Shares of the 
said last-mentioned Company into Stock, which was 
laid upon the Table yesterday, 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. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall, for the year end- 
ing the 31st day of December 1850; showing the 
Amount of Revenue which became due, the Monies 
received and paid within the Time (including Monies 
received on Account of Arrears), the Balance in the 
Banker’s Hands, and the Arrears accrued subse- 
quently to 31st December 1848. 

An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue of the 
Duchy of Lancaster, for the year ending Michael- 
mas 1850, showing the Amount of Revenue which 
became due, the Monies received and paid within 
the year, and the Arrears and Balance at the end of 
the preceding and current years, with Appendixes. 

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


Several Petitions relating to the Ecclesiastical 
Titles Assumption Bill ;—Windows ;—and, Post- 
office,—-were 


lie upon the Table. 


28°—29°— 


— and read; and ordered to | 


31° Marti. A. 1851. 


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 
1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852 inclusive. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mutiny Bin, 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 
And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Secretary-at-War and 
Mr. Hawes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill for the Regulation of Marine 
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore: M¥tiny Bil. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next. 





Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill for punish- Mutiny Bil, 
ing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Pay- 

'ment of the Army and their Quarters: And the 

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

read a second time upon Monday next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 31° die Martii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERs. 


M®&amp;: Tatton Egerton reported from the Com- Birmingham 
mittee on the Birmingham Improvement Bill ; Improvement 
That the Parties promoting the Bill had stated to - 
the Committee, that the Evidence of Benjamin 
Wood, Town Surveyor of Walsall, was essential to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
| of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, That Benjamin Wood do 
attend the said Committee forthwith. 
Ordered, That Benjamin Wood do attend the said 
Committee upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
,on Public Petitions; That they had examined the in 
Petitions presented upon the 27th and 28th days of Geport.) 
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. Morgan John O’ Connell reported from the Angerstein's 


Committee on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That Branch |. 
in the case of Aageeatile Seuech Sateen Bill, smi 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by striking out so much as had reference to 
the diversion of a certain Footpath, and so much as 
had reference to the South Eastern Company, all 
powers which were originally proposed by the Bill 
to be conferred on that Company having been 
struck out; and had found the a | allegations, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
‘and be printed. 





Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell reported from the Commercial 
Committee on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in Docks tr 
the case of the Commercial Docks Improvement Bill, 


Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 


in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 


Lord Marcus Hill reported from the Committee of | same, by striking out the paragraph which recites 
Supply a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: | that the accommodation afforded by the existing 


esolved, That a number of Land Forces, not ex- 
ceeding Ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and 
fourteen Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the 


‘legal quays of the Port of London, for the shipping 


and unshipping of goods, is insufficient to meet 
the increased trade of the said Port, the same having 
been 





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14 Vicroriz. 


been objected to by the Lords Commissioners of the 
Treasury; and found the Preamble, as amended, to 


be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made | 


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


Heathcote’s The Judge Advocate reported Heathcote’s Divorce 
Divorce Bil. Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


south Wales A Petition of Griffith Llewellyn, of Baglan Hall, 
aD) Bill in the county of Glamorgan, Esquire, praying that 


the Standing Order of the House No. 105 may be 
suspended, as regards the Petition deposited by him 
against the South Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill, and 
that the said Petition may be referred to the Com- 


mittee to whom the said Bill stands referred ; and | 


that the Petitioner may be heard thereon, by him- 
self, his counsel or agent, before the said Com- 
mittee, against so much of the said Bill as relates to 
the proposed Railway at Briton Ferry as may af- 
fect his property, rights and interests, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of Griffith Llewellyn, of Baglan Hall, 
in the county of Glamorgan, Esquire, praying that 
the Standing Order No. 105 may be suspensed, 
as regards the Petition deposited by him against 
the Briton Ferry Docks and Railway Bill, and 
that the said Petition may be referred to the Com- 
mittee to whom the said Bill stands referred, and 
that the Petitioner may be heard thereon, by him- 
self, his counsel or agent, before the said Committee 
against the Preamble of the said Bill, and such of 
the Clauses and Provisions thereof as may affect his 
property, rights or interests, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Briton Ferry, 
Docks and 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow and 

— in Lanarkshire, taking notice of a Petition for leave 

(No, oy to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in the Glas- 
gow and South Western Railway (No. 2) Bill; and 
praying that the prayer of such Petition may not 
be granted, and that the Glasgow and South Wes- 
tern Railway Company may not be permitted to 
deposit a Petition for leave to bring in such Bill, 


A Petition of John Wilson, Esquire, of Dundyvan, | 


31° Marti. 131 


The Durham Markets Bill was read the third Durham 
time. Markets Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Hartlepool Freemen’s Lands and Harbour Hartlepool 


Dues Bill was read the third time. par sae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. edo: 


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


The Reading Cemetery Company Bill was read Reading 
the third time ; and an Amendment was made to Cemetery 
the Bill. Company Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads Bill was Tenterden and 
read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Manchester Parish Highways Bill, as amended Parish High- 
in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sheffield and 
the Sheffield and Glossop Road Bill, as amended in Glossop Road 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to the Bi 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Christchurch 
reading of the Christchurch (Southwark) Parish (Southwark) 
Bill; Parish Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 12th day of May next. 


The Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company Bill Magneto- 
was read a second time; and committed. Electric 

Ordered, That the Bill he referred to the Com- Conon Bill 
mittee of Selection. 





was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select | The House was moved, That the Standing Order Railway Bills. 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Aonkland A Petition of the Monkland Railways Company, 
allways Bil. praying that provision may be made in the Monk- 
land Railways Bill for continuing powers in respect 
to the compulsory purchase of certain lands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 

of Petitions for Private Bills. 


arvich Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
smote this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of George Bridge Waights and Samuel 
Forster, relating to the Election for the Borough of 

Harwich, is unobjectionable. 


Cheltenham The Cheltenham and Gloucester District Turnpike- 
and Gloucester ro 


District Turn, 1024 Bill was read the third time. 
pike-road Bill,  Ltesulved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Cheltenham The Cheltenham and Painswick Road Bill was 
Road = read the third time. 
A Clause (Act not to interfere with the Powers of 


of the House No. 128 might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

“ That in every Railway Bill, by which it is pro- 
posed to authorize the Company to grant any pre- 
ference 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 affect any 
preference or priority in the payment of interest or 
dividends on any other shares or stock which shall 
have been granted by the Company, in pursuance 
of, or which may have been confirmed by, any pre- 
vious Act of Parliament, or which may otherwise 
be lawfully subsisting.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 

ealed. 

Ordered, That in every Railway Bill, by which it 
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 affect any 





| preference or priority in the payment of interest or 
| dividends on any other shares or stock which shall 
have been granted by the Company, in pursuance 


the present or future Cheltenham Local Commis-| of, or which may have been confirmed by, any pre- 


sioners) was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 
Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry | 


vious Act of Parliament, or which may otherwise 
be lawfully subsisting, unless the Committee on the 
Bill shall report that such provision ought not to 
be required, with the Reasons on which their opinion 


lis founded. 
VoL. 106. 


s2 Ordered, 
























































Enniskillen 
Writ. 


Saint Alban’s 


Election. 


Shrewsbury 
and Bridg- 
north Turn- 
pike-roads 
Bill. 


Tithe Rent- 
charges 
(Ireland. ) 


Bristol and 
Exeter 


Railway Bill. 


132 


Ordered, That the said Order be a Standing Or- 
der of this House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Ennis- 
killen, in the room of the Honourable Henry Arthur 
Cole, who, since his election for the said orough, 
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. Edward Ellice, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Saint Alban, informed the 
House, That, it having been proved, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee, that certain Witnesses, whose 
evidence is stated by the Petitioners as material in 
proof of their case, have either been withdrawn, or 
have absented themselves, for the purpose of avoiding 
the service of the Speaker’s Warrant, and that, at 
least in one instance, a Witness, upon whom the 
Speaker’s Warrant has been served, has been con- 
veyed away by a number of persons, one of whom 
has been identified as an active promoter of the 
Election of the Sitting Member, the Committee have 
instructed him, upon the application of the Counsel 
for the Petitioners, to apply to the House for leave 
to adjourn till eleven of the clock on Thursday next, 
in order to afford a further opportunity for producing 
the Witnesses stated to be necessary in support of 
his case. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to ad- 
journ accordingly. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
on Group 1 of Private Bills; That, in the case of 
the Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by inserting, after the word “ repaired,” in 
the fifth line of the sixth paragraph the following 
words, “and certain necessary improvements made 
therein,” and by inserting the words “ and the tolls 
thereby granted increased,” at the end of the same 
paragraph, as the Committee considered it expedient 
to increase the tolls taken upon the said roads ; and 
that they had found the allegations of the Bill, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Petitions lodged in the Courts of 
Chancery and Exchequer, Jreland (under and by 
virtue of 1 &amp; 2 Vie.c.109 “An Act to abolish 
Compositions for Tithes in Jreland, and to substi- 
tute Rent-charges in lieu thereof,”) for the Appoint- 
ment of Receivers for the Recovery of Arrears of 
Tithe Rent-charges; specifying for what Amount 
of Tithe Rent-charge same were presented respec- 
tively ; also, the Parish and County in respect of 
which said ‘Tithe Rent-charge accrued ; also specify- 
ing, in each case, if Receiver appointed, his Name ; 
also, the Name of the Solicitor and Attorney to each 
Petition, and Order thereon respectively, for Ten 
Years, ending in 1850. 


Mr. Fitzroy reported from the Committee on 
Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, the Committee 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
reciting more fully the particulars of the subscrip- 
tion by the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 
to the South Devon Railway; and had found the 
same, as so amended, to be true; and had gone 





31° Marti. 











A. 1851. 


through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Civil Con. 
Command,—An Account of the Sum expended tingencies, 
under the Head of Civil Contingencies in the years No. 160, cI 
1848, 1849 and 1850; and, an Estimate of the li 
Amount required for 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Pilotage Pilotage 
(Cinque Ports), which was presented upon Friday (Cinque 
last, be printed. Seste.) 

No. 161, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses Lighthouses 
(Colonies), which was presented upon Friday last, be (Colonies.) 
printed. No. 162, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint He- Saint Helena, 
lena, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 163, 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- Metropolitan 

litan Commission of Sewers, which was presented py ag 
Friday last, be printed . 

— ian , No. 164, 
Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Cornwall, which was presented upon Saturday C™wall 

last, be printed. No. 165, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Lancaster, which was presented upon Saturday Lancaster. 
last, be printed. No. 166. 


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; Public 

—Bible ;—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Petitions. 
Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;—Tithes ;— Paper ;— Pa- yi3. qoonte. 
rochial Rates (Saint Luke, Middlesex) openly aunties 
Tax ;— Railways ; — Windows ; — Agriculture ; — on Public 
Education (Ireland) ;—Lord Lieutenancy (Ireland) ; 44 
— Ordnance Survey (Scotland);—Post Office ;— 
Prisons (Scotland) Bill; —School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, Smithfield Market Removal 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Fa it aw 7 


Sir George Grey presented,—Further Return to Church 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of Preferment. 
May, in the last Session of Parliament, fora Return, No. 167. 
showing the several Pieces of Preferment held by 
every Archbishop, Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon, Chan- 
cellor, 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 Peices of Preferment. \ 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the l 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Guano. 
Order, dated the 11th day of February last, for an 
Account of all Guano imported into the United 
Kingdom in each of the years 1841 to 1850, inclu- ; 
sive; distinguishing the Quantities imported from ( 
each Country respectively. 
. —— That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


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 Financial 
“no furthur Supply be granted until the Financial Statement 
** Statement has been made,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the —,. 
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14 Vicroriz. 31° Martit.—1° Aprilis. 133 


—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 

of the House, withdrawn. _ April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the| 7. Resolved, That a number, not exceeding Four- Ordnance 

Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | teen thousand five hundred and seventy-three Men, Mili 

the Committee. Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers in- ~”?* 





: cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military 
(in the Commmittes.) Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at 
charge of 1. Question again proposed, That a Sum, not Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1851 


[and Forees- exceeding Three millions five hundred and twenty- to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

one thousand and seventy pounds, be granted toHer' 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Pay, &amp;¢. of a 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and 

Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great eighty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

Britain and Ireland and on Foreign Stations (ex- defray the expense of the Pay, Allowances and 

cepting India), which will come in course of pay- Contingencies of Ordnance Military Corps, which 

ment from the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st will come in course of payment during the year 

day of March 1852, inclusive ; | ending the 31st day of March 1852. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put,' 9, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- Commissariat 
That a sum, not exceeding Two millions, on account, dred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and = coe 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge \fifty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to upplies, &amp;c. 
of Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United King- | defray the expense of Commissariat and Barrack 
dom of Great Britain and Jreland and on Foreign Supplies for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats 
Stations (excepting India), which will come in course for the Army, and Clothing for Colonial Corps, 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st which will come in course of payment during the 


day of March 1852, inclusive; | year ending the 31st day of March 1852. 
The Committee divided : | 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- ga 
jMr. Hume, ‘five thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be Office. 
Tellers for the Yeas, a ae: ™ granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of 
r. Hayter, a) the Ordnance Office, which will come in course of 
Tellers for the Noes, 11 ed Mavens Hill: _— | payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
Original Question again proposed ; | March 1852. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That | 11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Ordnance 
asum, not exceeding Three millions four hundred hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred Establish- 
and thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighteen and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- ™*"**- 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying | fray the expense of Establishments at Home and 
the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the | Abroad, which will come in course of payment dur- 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and | ing the year ending the 31st day of March 1852. 
on Foreign Stations (excepting India), which will} 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Wages of 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred — 
1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive ; pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 

The Committee divided. | expense of Wages at Home and Abroad, which will 

Tellers for the (Mr. William Williams, } 15 “come in course of payment during the year ending 


Yeas, (Mr. Hume : the 31st day of March 1852. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 84 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Ordnance 
Noes, {Lord Marcus Hill: " | hundred and ninety-four thousand nine hundred and Stores. 
Original Question put, and agreed to. nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 


General Staff 2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One| the expense of Ordnance Stores for Land and Sea 

Oticers, &amp;c. hundred and fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and | Service, which will come in course of payment 
thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for | during the year ending the 31st day of March 1852. 
defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers and| 14, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Ordnance 
Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s | hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and — 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain | forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to“? 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting ' defray the expense of Works, Buildings and Re- 

India), and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower | pairs, which will come in course of payment during 

of London, which will come in course of payment | the year ending the 31st day of March 1852. 

from the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of| 15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- Scientific 
March 1852, inclusive. | seven thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, Branch of the 








= 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety-| be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense eee 
Deetnente. two thousand seven hundred and forty-seven pounds, | of the Scientific Branch, which will come in course 


be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
of the Allowances and Contingent Expenses of the | March 1852. 
several Public Departments of Her Majesty’s Land | 16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Non-Effective 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from | hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred Ordnance 
the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March | and forty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, S*”"°* 
1852, inclusive. to defray the expense of Non-Effective Services, 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen | Military and Civil, which will come in course of 
thousand nine hundred and one pounds, be granted payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the’ March 1852. 
Royal Military College, which will come in course 17, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty civil Con- 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1851 to the thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on tingencies. 
31st day of March 1852, inclusive. account, towards defraying the Charge for Civil 
hoyal Military 5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen | Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1852. 


Royal Military 
ollege, 





Asylum, &amp;¢, thousand and sixteen pounds, be granted to Her! Resolutions to be reported. 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal + 
Military Asylum and Hibernian Military School,, And the House having continued to sit till after 
which will come in course of payment from the Twelve of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning ; 
1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March | Martis, 1° die Aprilis, 1851: 
1852, inclusive. | 

pilunteer 6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 

- five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, | reported, That the Committee had come to several 

fer defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which | Resolutions. 





VoL. 106. | $3 Ordered, 





Marine 
Mutiny Bill 


Mutiny Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Steam Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Apprentices’ 
and Servants’ 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Buildings Bill. 


General Board 
of Health Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Act Repeal 


134 


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 Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Prisons (Scotland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 2d 
day of May next. 


The Steam Navigation Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the 2d day of 
May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Medical Charities (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 Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
2d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Apprentices’ and Servants’ Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resoived, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolis Buildings 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 General Board of Health 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 Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 
Repeal Bill ; 


31° Martii.—1° Aprilis. 


A. 1851. 


the Liberty of the Rolls, the whole of Westminster, 
also the Tower Hamlets Division, the Edmonton 
Division, the Finsbury Division or District, the 
Holborn Division or District, Bloomsbury, the Ken- 
sington Division or District, the Gore Division or 
District, the Brentford Division, and the Spel- 
thorne Division, all in the County of Middlesex ; 
also the Blackheath Hundred, East Brixton and 
West Brixton, East Brixton the third Division, 
the Borough of Southwark, Camberwell, Peckham, 
Saint Paul, Deptford, Streatham, Newington and 
Kingston Hundred, situate in the County of Surrey ; 
also, Blackheath and Little and Lessness District, in 
the County of Kent :—Also, this Return in Abstract, 
in Tabular Form, under one general Head :—2. A 
like Return to No. 1, for the Districts comprising 
the whole of the Towns of Manchester and Salford, 
Liverpool, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, 
Hull, Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield, Maccles- 
field, Halifax, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aber- 
deen, wwe Tidfyl and Swansea, separately, and 
for the like Periods :—3. Return, in Tabular Form, 
of the Net Revenue received from the. Property and 
Income Tax under Schedule A. in the years 1849 
and 1850, distinguishing each year, and separately, 
each Head of Property from which the Revenue is 
obtained, and also distinguishing England and 
Wales from Scotland:—4. A like Return of the 
Net Revenue received under Schedule B. for the 
same Period, and distinguishing England and 
Wales from Scotland :—5. Return, in Tabular Form, 
of the Amount of Real Property assessed to the In- 
come and Property Tax under Schedule A. in the 
years 1815, 1848, 1846 and 1848, distinguishing 
each year, in the Districts comprising the whole of 
the Metropolis in Districts or Divisions as in No.1; 
distinguishing the Description of Property under 
each Head on which the Assessment is made :— 
And, also, this Return in Abstract and Tabular 
Form under one general Head :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Process and 


further to explain and amend an Act for the Regu- 
lation of Process and Practice in the Superior 
Courts of Common Law in Jreland : And that Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland and Sir William So- 
merville do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Steam Con- 
with India, &amp;. 


upon Thursday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed to inquire into the existing Steam Com- 
munications with India and China, and into the 
practicability of effecting any Improvement therein ; 
and also into the best mode of establishing Steam 
Communications between England, India, China, 
Australia, New Zealand, or any of them, as well as 
any points _ the several Routes between them, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Viscount Jocelyn, 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Edward 
Henry Stanley, Sir James Hogg, Lord Naas, Mer. 
Cowper, Mr. Plowden, Mr. Scott, Mr. Willcoz, 
Mr. Corry, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Divett, Mr. Henry 
Currie and Mr. Mangles, with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Sir Timothy O’ Brien be added Improvement 
to the Select Committee on the Improvement of of Town |. 


Bill. Bil 
Towns (Jreland) Bill. ear 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Property Tax, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Thomas 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
Copy of any Warrant of Committal signed by Tho- Young Prior, 


posed, That there be laid before this House, 1. Re- Esquire 


turn, in Tabular Form, of the Amount of Income 
assessed to the Property and Income Tax under 
Scheduly D. for the years 1815, 1843, 1846, and 
1849 or 1850, distinguishing each year separately, 
for the Districts comprising the whole of the Me- 
tropolis, viz. the City of Zondon, the Inns of Court, 





mas Young Prior, Esquire, Justice of the Peace for 
the County of Galway, on the 25th day of June 
1850, whereby any Person was committed to the 
Bridewell at Clifden by the said Thomas Young 
Prior, Esquire, and sentenced to two months’ Im- 
prisonment and hard Labour. M 
r. 








14 VicTorRiz. 


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Bill 
further to explain and amend an Act for the Regula- 
tion of Process and Practice in the Superior Courts 
of Common Law in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


and 
nd) Bill. 
No. 168. 


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, 1° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Hum- 
phrey: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Commons’ Inclosure 
* Bill, without any Amendment: And atso, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Appointment of a Vice-Chan- 
cellor Bill, without any Amendment :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills, That they 
have Power to consolidate the South Devon Rail- 
way (No. 1) and the South Devon Railway (No. 2) 
Bills into one Bill. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Select Committee 
on Group 6 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Mackinnon, 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 
_ That Mr. Mackinnon do attend the Com- 
mittee To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Brighton Extra-mural Ceme- 
tery Company, for leave to deposit a Petition for 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company 
and the Reverend Henry Michell Wagner, Vicar of 
Brighton, to carry into effect a certain agreement 
relative to the establishment of the said Cemetery, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Saint Helen’s Improvement Bill, the 
Promoters having appeared, declared their intention 
not to proceed with the said Petition. 


ih overs Mr. Fitzroy reported from the Committee on 
my AS ~ Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
mith reference Great Western Railway (Arrangements with re- 
atu ference to the Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somerset 
and Weymouth, &amp;c. Railways) Bill, they had made 

and Several verbal Amendments in the Preamble of 
n&gt;. the Bill; and had also amended the same, by in- 

%) serting the date of the indenture under which the 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway had been 
conveyed to the Great Western Railway Company ; 

and also by inserting therein recitals in reference to 

the arrangements and agreements between the Great 
Western Railway Company and the Gloucester and 


Dean Forest and South Wales Railway Companies 
VoL. 106. 


31° Marti.—1° Aprilis. 





135 


respectively, in lieu of recitals of a similar character 
contained in one of the clauses of the Bill; and 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee on Sheffield, 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the a 
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- Wakeficla, 
dersfield and Goole Railway Bin, they had exa- Huddersfield 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble pe ean, 
of the Bill, and had amended the same by certain d 
verbal alterations, and by stating the amount paid 
upon that part of the capital of the Company which 
is dealt with by the Bill; and that they had found 
the Preamble, as amended, to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative No. 63. 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Roman Catho- 
Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of March last, - = of 
for Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence jing 
which has taken place between Her Majesty’s Secre- wy, 469 
tary of State for the Colonies and the Governor of ~~" —~ 
Newfoundland, upon the subject of the Assumption 
of the Title of Bishop of Newfoundland by the Ro- 
man Catholic Bishop in that Colony. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe we from the Committee Uttoxeter to 


on Group 1 of Private Bills; That in the case of Stoke, —_ 
the Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Millwich yoo — 
to Sandon Turnpike-roads Bill, they had examined to Sandon 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, Turnpike- 
and had made a verbal Amendment therein ; and *°*4* Bill 
that they had found the allegations of the Bill, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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 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 Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow : 
An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out Consolidated 
of the Consolidaved Fund, to the Service of the ‘tenes 000) 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one: ji)" ’ 


An Act to amend the Passengers’ Act, 1849: — Passengers’ 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 
An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons’ 
Lands in pursuance of the Sixth Annual Report of Inclosure Bill. 
the Inclosure Commissioners : 


s4 An 





136 


An Act to enable Her Majesty to appoint a Vice- 
Chancellor in the Room of Sir James Wigram, re- 
signed. 


4 ee! 
of a Vice- 
Chancellor 
Bill. 


Standing 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Orders ; 


mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 

which were read, as follow: 

Glasgow and 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow 

eae and South Western Railway (No. 2) Petition for 

(No. 2) leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 
Orders ou ht not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Zaw Vale 
Railway and Dock Bill, Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit, on proving before the said Com- 
mittee that the notice has been inserted once in the 
London Gazette, and for three successive weeks in 
the County Newspaper, and that a copy of the said 
Notice has been served upon the Surveyors of the 
Highways crossed on the Level : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report to the 
House how far such Order has been complied with 
on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Sunderland 
Improvement Bill, Petition of the Lord Bishop of 
Durham, for dispensing with Standing Orders 105 
and 166, the said Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Briton Ferry, 
Docks and Railway Bill, Petition of Griffith Lle- 
wellyn, Esquire, for dispensing with Standing Orders 
105 and 166, the said Standing Orders ought not 
to be dispensed with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the South Wales 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, Petition of Griffith Llewellyn, 
Esquire, for dispensing with Standing Orders 105 
and 166, the said Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Sunderland 
a rovement 


Briton Ferry, 
Docks and 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Public 
Records Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Aberdeen Public Records Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, the more clearly 
to express the intention of the Bill; and had found 
the same, as so amended, to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Malton and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Driffield Junc- Walton and Driffield Junction Railway Bill; That 
Bill. eed they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
inserting a recital, that it is expedient that a certain 
portion of the Railway authorized to be made by the 
recited Act should be abandoned; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley and Mid- 
dlesbrough and Redcar Railway Companies Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by stating the purposes for which the Monies 
authorized by the Bill to be raised are required ; 
and also by inserting a recital that there are not in 
the Capital of either of the Companies any prefer- 
ence Shares now existing ; and found the same, as 
so amended, to be true ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Wear Valley 
and Middles- 
brough and 
Redcar Rail- 
way Com- 


panies Bill. 


1° Aprilis. 





A. 1851, 


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

Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported into 
the several Ports of Great Britain in each month 
of the year 1850, distinguishing the European, 
United States, and Colonial Produce; and of all 
European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- 
ported from England in the year 1850 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 430, of Session 
1850). 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; Public 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;— Petitions. 
County Rates and Expenditure ;— County Rates yiaeqy,, 
and Expenditure Bill;— Fire Insurances ;—News- third Repon, , 
papers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ;—Windows ; os Public 
—Education (Ireland); — Poor Law; — Prisons **%™ 
(Scotland) Bill ;—School Establishment (Scotland) 

Bill ;—and, Spirits (Jreland),—were presented, and 
read; and fn: we to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—-Return to an Malt. 
Order, dated the 4th day of February last, for an 
Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made between the 10th day of October 1849 and 
the 10th day of October 1850; distinguishing the 
Quantity made in each Country, and the Quantity 
used by Brewers and by Victuallers, and by Retail 
Brewers. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Fe- Hops. 
bruary last, for Accounts of the Total Number of 
Acres of Land in Great Britain under the Cultiva- 
tion of Hops in the year 1850; distinguishing the 
Number of Acres in each Parish :—Of the Duty on 
Hops of the Growth of the year 1850 ; distinguish- 
ing the Districts, and the Old from the New Duty in 
each District :—Of the Quantity of Hops exported 
trom Great Britain to Foreign Countries, from the 
5th day of January 1850 to the 5th day of January 
1851; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same have been exported, and also the Quantities 
to each Country ; also British from Foreign Hops, 
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 1850 
to the 5th day of January 1851; 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 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Fe- Brewers, 
bruary last, for an Account of the Number of Per- Vide, 
sons in each of theseveral Collections in the United 
Kingdom licensed as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell 
Beer to be drunk on the Premises, and to sell Beer 
not te 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, parti- 
cularizing each Class in each Collection, from the 
10th day of October 1849 to the 10th day of October 
1850. 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Children ¥ 
to Children in Workhouses, which was presented Workhouss 
upon Friday last, be printed. No. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Farm 


to extend the Provisions of the Drainage of Lands Buil 
Act, 1849, to the Advance of Private Money for the 
Erection and Repair of Farm Buildings on Lands 

in Great Britain and Ireland: And that Mr. Coch- 
rane and Mr. Forbes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Coalwhinpe 
to continue and amend an Act for establishing an 
Office for the Benefit of Coalwhippers of the Port 
of London: And that Mr. Labouchere and Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 
Order ed, 





omy 


or 


a as 








Court of 
Chancery 
Regula 


tion 
(Ireland) Act, 


1850. 


Patents 


Supply ; 


Charge of 
Land Forces. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 


Military 
Departments, 


uses. 
70. 
J Bill. 
Royal Mili 
Asylum, &amp;e, 
ippets 
» ¥ 
dlunteer 
Corpe, 





14 VicToRiz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Draft General Orders submitted by 
the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to the Master of the 
Rolls in Ireland, for his Approval, under the Court 
of Chancery Regulation (Jreland) Act 1850 :—And 
also, the Draft General Orders prepared by the 
Master of the Rolls in Jreland, under the said Act. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma. 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Return 
of the Expenses incurred in taking out a Patent in 
England, Ireland and Scotland respectively, inde- 
endent of the Specification, distinguishing the Items 
or Heads of that Expense ; and specifying the several 
Offices in which Fees are demanded and made paya- 
ble, and Manner in which the Fees are appropriated ; 
also the highest and lowest Expense of Specification : 
—Also, Return of the Expenses incurred at the At- 
torney or Solicitor General’s Offices for taking out 
a Patent in England, distinguishing the Items or 
Heads of those Expenses:—A similar Return for 
Scotland :—And, a similar Return for Ireland ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the {Me Al Sibthorp, 


Yeas, Mr. Alderman Sidney : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, a 70 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: yr 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Committee 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
millions five hundred and twenty-one thousand and 
seventy pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on Foreign Stations (excepting India), 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and 
thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers and 
Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty's 
Forces in the Umited 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 1851 to the 31st day of 
March 1852, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
two thousand seven hundred and forty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Allowances and Contingent Expenses of the 
several Public Departments of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 


in ta itry 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen 


thousand nine hundred and one pounds, 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 1851 to the 
31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand and sixteen pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military Asylum and Hibernian Military School, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
oe the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which 

OL. 106. 


1° Aprilis. 


137 


will come in course of payment from the 1st day 

of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclu- 

sive. 

7. Resolved, That a number, not exceeding Four- Ordnance 
teen thousand five hundred and seventy-three Men, Military 
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers in- ©°T?S- 
cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military 

Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty's Service at 

Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1851 

to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Pay, &amp;c. of d° 
hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and 
eighty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

defray the Expense of the Pay, Allowances and 
Contingencies of Ordnance Military Corps, which 

will come in course of payment during the year 

ending the 31st day of March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Commissariat 
hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and and Barrack 
fifty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Supplies, &amp;c. 
detray the Daeume of 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 1852. 

10. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Seventy- Ordnance 
five thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be Office. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Repenve of 
the Ordnance Office, which will come in course of 
da ge during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Ordnance 
hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred Establish- 
and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 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 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One wages of 
hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred Artificers and 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the b*bourer® 
Expense of Wages at Home and Abroad, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Ordnance 
hundred and ninety-four thousand nine hundred and 5‘?es- 
nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of Ordnance Stores for Land and Sea 
Service, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1852. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Ordnance 
hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and — 
forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to?” 
defray the Expense of Works, Buildings and Re- 
pairs, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- Scientific 
seven thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, | owe the 
be granted Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Scientific Branch, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the sist day of 
March 1852. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Non-Effective 
hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred Ordnance 
and forty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, . 
to defray the Expense of Non-Effective Services, 

Military and Civil, which will come in course of 
— during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1852. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 8°9“&lt;s- 
account, towards defraying the Charge for Civil 
Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marine 
into a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill ; Mutiny Bil 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 





the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
T Ordered, 


Mutiny Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Act Repeal 
Bill. 


Spirits. 


Turkey. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-se- 
cond Report.) 


Committees. 


138 


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 Mutiny 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 Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 9th day of this instant April. 


The Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Repeal 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 361, of Session 1846), of all Spirits Distilled 
in each Excise Collection of Jreland, specifying, 
in Gallons, viz. The Number of Gallons brought 
to Charge in each Excise Collection in Jreland, for 
each of the years ending the 5th day of January 
1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851:—The Number 
of Gallons Bonded in each Excise District Collec- 
tion in Ireland, for same years, distinguishing each 
year :—The Number of Gallons of Spirits taken out 
of Bond for Home Consumption and for Export re- 
spectively, of each Excise Collection, for same years, 
distinguishing each year :—The Number of Gallons 
of Spirits taken out of Bonded Warehouses in each 
Excise Collection, for same years, distinguishing 
each year :—The Deficiency Duty thereon in Gal- 
lons, and Amount in each year, as above :—The 
Number of Gallons remaining in Bonded Ware- 
houses in each Excise Collection, for years ending 
the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 
and 1851 :—And, Similar Returns for England and 
Scotland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy or Extract of any Despatch from the 
Right honourable Sir Stratford Canning, G. C. B., 
Her Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary at Con- 
stantinople, communicating to Her Majesty’s Princi- 

al Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs any Tariff 
issued by the Porte in reference to the Commerce 
of Turkey with the Queen’s Dominions or with any 
other Countries. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 31st 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. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 





1°—9° Aprilis. 





A, 1851. 


The Order made upon the 12th day of February Saint Helen, 
last, for referring the Saint Helen’s Improvement Tmprovemens 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Saint Haey, 
to bring in the Saint Helen’s Improvement Bill, Improvemet 
which was presented upon the 6th a of February ‘ %2) Bil 
last, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and extending the Provisions of the 
Act for the Improvement of the Town of Saint 
Helen’s, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for other Purposes: And that Mr. William Brown 
and Mr. Henry do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Viscount Seaham have leave of Leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on urgent business. Absence, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Coventry 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Wit. 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Coventry, in the 
room of George James Turner, Esquire, who, since 
his election for the said City, hath accepted the of- 
fice of Vice-Chancellor. 


Several Petitions relating to the County Franchise Public 
Bill ;—Church of Rome ;—Church Property ;—Ec- Petitions. 
clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill; — y Ap — Vide Twenty. 
Tithes ;—Education (Zreland) ;—and, Post Office, third Report 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 0” Public 
upon the Table. — 

Several Petitions relating to County Rates and 
Expenditure,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the County 


Rates and Expenditure Bill. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Compound 
into a Committee upon the Compound Householders’ _— 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse, N°1 (Persons having once claimed to 
be rated in respect of Premises, not required to renew 
such Claim). 

Amendment proposed in P. 2. 1.32, after the 
word “entitled ” to insert the words “ upon pre- 
“ ferring a claim to be put on the list as claiming a 
“ vote, and.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed in P. 2. 1. 36, 
after the words “ shall have been paid ” to insert the 
words “ by him.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to, 


Crauss, N® 2, disagreed 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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Falkirk 
this day received a Letter from James Coppock, as 
Agent for the Petitioners against the Return of James 





Baird, Esquire, for the Falkirk District of — 
a 




























































eS 


len’s 
nent 


Customs 
Duties, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 171. 
Ejectment 
(Ireland.) 

No, 172. 


Malt. 


No.173. 


Hops. 


No. 173. 
Brewers, Vic- 
tuallers, &amp;c. 
ort No, 174, 


Benjamin 

Eaton and 

William Hart. 
No. 175. 


5 


County 
Franchise Bill. 


Audit of 


Fee Farm 


Rents 


14 VicToriz. 


that it is not intended to proceed with the said Pe- 
tition :—And the same was read, as followeth : 
« Sir, 3, Cleveland Row, 2 April 1851. 

“‘ As Agent for the Petitioners in the matter of 
the Petition against the Return of James Baird, 
Esquire, as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
Falkirk Boroughs, I hereby give you notice, that it 
is not intended to proceed with said Petition. 

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


James Coppock. 
“ The Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons.” 


The Order made upon the 3d day of March last, 
for referring the said Petition to the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs 
Duties, &amp;c. (Zreland), which was presented upon the 
4th day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- 
tive to Ejectment (Jreland), which was presented 
upon Thursday last, be printed. 


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


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, 
Victuallers, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 
10th day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns showing the Average Annual Amount of 
Fees returned to the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury as received by Benjamin Eaton 
ol William Hart (Weighmasters of Butter) respec- 
tively, under the Provisions of the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 41; showing the Annual Amount of Fees re- 
turned 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 Decem- 
ber 1849 respectively:—And, of the Amount of 
Compensation paid under the Provisions of the said 
Act to the said William Hart, in each year from the 
first day of January 1829 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1849, which was presented upon the 1st day of 
July in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Franchise Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. " 

Tellers for the Yeas, {oar a 

Mr. Hayter, 7 
Tellers for the Noes, Lord Marcus Hill :{ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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


} 83. 


299. 


“ _ The Audit of Railway Accounts Bill was, accord- 
yrs pi, 2g to Order, read a second time; and committed to | 


a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Ireland) Biy, Teading of the Fee Farm Rents (Jreland) Bill; 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
VoL, 106. 


2 Aprilis. 





139 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into Expenses of 


consideration the Expenses of Prosecutions Bill, as 5i) anne 
amended in the Committee:—The Bill was re-com- 476 
mitted 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, 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 Wednes- 
day next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Incumbered 
ore of the Incumbered Estates Leases (Ireland) tecland) BAL 
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 Prerogative Court (Jreland) Bill; Gyciana) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘ _ 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill : (Ireland Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :—- 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regula- Seer | 
tion Act Amendment Bill ; Regulation 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Act Amend 


upon Monday next. ment Bill 


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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Marine 
take into consideration the Marine Mutiny Bill, as Mutiny Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Mutiny Bill 
into consideration the Mutiay Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Linen Yarn. 
Return of the Quantity in Pounds of Linen Yarn 
exported from the United Kingdom into France, 
during each of the last Twenty Years ; with a State- 
ment, as far as can be conveniently given, of the 
Import Duty per 220 lbs. (100 lbs. the kilogram) 
leviable in France during the same years respec- 
tively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wheat and 
Return of the Quantities of Wheat and Wheaten Wheat Meal. 
Meal respectively imported from France into Great 
Britain and Ireland during each of the last Twenty 
Years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Schools 
Return showing the Names and Parishes of the ‘rland) 
several Vested Schools under the National Board in 
Treland, with their Counties, and the Names and 
Professions of their respective Patrons, on the 30th 
day of September 1850, in Tabular Form, as con- 
tained in Return of 1st June 1848 :—And, similar 








Return with respect to Non-vested Schools. 
T2 The 









Coalwhippers’ 
Office 


Coalwhippers 
(Port o 
London) Bill. 







Sanitary 
Reform. 


















Dovor 
Marbour. 
















Controverted 
Elections. 


140 


The Order made yesterday, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to continue and amend an Act 
for establishing an Office for the benefit of Coal- 
whippers of the Port of London, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. 
c. 101 (Local and Personal) for establishing an Of- 
ficer for the Benefit of Coalwhippers of the Port of 
London, and for staying certain Actions in respect 
of Fitters’ Certificates, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 36 (Local and Personal) to continue until 
the first day of January One thonsand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-one, and to the End of the then next 
Session of Parliament, and to amend an Act for 
establishing an Office for the Benefit of Coalwhip- 
pers of the Port of Zondon, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider the said 
Acts:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and amend an Act for establishing an 
Office for the Benefit of the Coalwhippers of the 
Port of London. 


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 now received. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 
continue and amend an Act for establishing an Office 
for the Benefit of the Coalwhippers of the Port of 
London :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Cornewall Lewis 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
Returns of a Memorial from the Metropolitan Sani- 
tary Association, presented to the First Lord of the 
Treasury in January last, relating to Sanitary Re- 
form :—And, of another Memorial from the same 
Association, relating to the Control of the Water 
Supply to the Metropolis, and inclosing a Copy of 
a Correspondence with John Stuart Mill, Esquire. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 3° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thompson, Registrar of Dovor Harbour, 
1 was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
An Account of Receipts and Expenditure by the 
Warden and Assistants of the ee of Dovor, 
in the County of Kent, from the 10th day of Oc- 
tober 1849 to the 10th day of October 1850 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Tuesday the 29th day of April instant, at Three 


9°—_ 3° Aprilis. 

































A. 1851. 


o’clock, to choose from Panel No. 3 the Select Com- 
mittee to try the Harwich Election Petition. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Stansfield be discharged from Private pin, 
further attendance on the Committee on Group 1 of (Group 1.) 
Private Bills. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Henry Cavendish be 
added to the Committee. 


The Manchester Parish Highways Bill was read Manchester 
the third time. Parish High, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ways Bill. 

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


The Sheffield and Glossop Road Bill was read sheffiela ang 
the third time. Glossop Road 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aa. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Whitby Waterworks Bill was read the third Whitby 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- Bangor and 
tion the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill, as Caernarvon 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments were ¥#il¥ay Bill 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leicester 
the Leicester Waterworks Bill, as amended in the Waterworks 
Committee; and an Amendment was made to the" 
Bill. 

Ordered. That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wiveliscombe 
the Wiveliscombe Turnpike-roads Bill, as amended — 
in the Committee. —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee Birmingham 
on the Birmingham Improvement Bill; That he Improvement 
Parties opposing the Bill had stated to the Com-” 
mittee, that the Evidence of Mr. Barnabas Chesshire, 
of Edgbaston, Birmingham, and of Mr. James Henry 
Beilby, Bookseller, Seancheast, Birmingham, was 
essential to enable them to establish their case be- 
fore the Committee ; and it having been proved that 
their attendance could not be procured without the 
intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, that they do 
attend the said Committee forthwith. 

Ordered, 'That Mr. Barnabas Chesshire and Mr. 

James Henry Beilby do attend the said Committee 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Ewart reported the Hereford, Ross and Hereford, Ross 
Gloucester Railway Bill, with Amendments. yy 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; y 

and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Monkland | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Bai!w4y* 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Monkland Railways Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: 

Mr. Speaker, é' 

The Lords request that this House will communt- Ceylon. 
cate to their Lordships a Copy of the Reports from 
the Select Committee appointed by this House, In 
the last Session of Parliament, to inquire into the 
Grievances complained of in Ceylon, in connexion 
with the Administration and Government of that 


Message from 
the Lords. 





Colony, 

















141 


the Rate per Head, and the Total Amount of Money 
that is to be distributed as Head Money under the 
said Notice. 


14 VicrorRiz. 3° Aprilis. 


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 rea- 
son to complain; and, also, whether any measures 
can be adopted for the better Administration and 
Government of that Dependency; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Crime and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Outrage 
to give directions, that there be laid before this “eland) Act. 
House, a Copy of any — from the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland to the Secretary of State for the 


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 


Home Department, with Reference to the late pro- 
claiming of a District in the County of Down, under 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie.c.2. 








Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
he again withdrew. 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, from the Select Iienatiieestai a ER a ee ee 


Committee appointed to try and determine the mat- 
ter of the Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Aylesbury, in- | 
formed the House, that the Committee had deter- 


Aylesbury 
Election. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Holyhead and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Kingstown 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, P¢*ets 





as 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Company, 


Aylesh 
Writ, iad 


ind 
ead Mone 
(Borneo, ) . 


mined, 

That Frederic Calvert, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough and Hundreds of Aylesbury. 

That the last Election for the said Borough and 
Hundreds is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. George Alexander Hamilton further informed 
the House, that the Committee had come to the fol- 
lowing Resolutions : 

That Frederic Calvert was, by his agents, guilty 
of treating at the last Election for the said Borough 
and Hundreds : 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
these acts of treating were committed with the 
knowledge and consent of the said Frederic Cal- 
vert : 

That the Committee also find that a practice pre- 
vailed in the said Borough at the last Election of 
issuing printed tickets for refreshments to the extent 
of five shillings each to Voters, both before and after 
polling. 

The Committee believe that this practice has 
obtained very extensively in the said Borough, and 
they consider it their duty to report it to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Communications to the Rail- 
way Commissioners, with the Engagements of the 
Directors to wind up the Waterford, Wexford, 
Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, and the 
Judgment of the Master of the Rolls as to the same 
being wound up. 

Ordered, That 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. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Aylesbury, 
in the room of Frederic Calvert, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Officers and Men of every 
Rank, who (as advertised in the Gazette of the Ist 
day of April 1851) are to receive Head-Money for 
the Natives of Borneo destroyed by Her Majesty’s 
and the East India Company’s Naval Forces, on 
the night of the 31st July 1849, distinguishing the 
Number of each Rank in each Service, and stating 
the Amount or Share payable to the Admiral and to 
each Captain, and every other Grade or Class in 
the Service mentioned ; and also stating the Num- 
ber of Persons for whom Head-Money is to be paid, 

VoL. 106. 











|a Return of the Average Length of Passages made 


between Holyhead and Kingstown by the Steamers 
“ Fire Queen,” “ Caradoc,” “ Llewelyn” and “ Ban- 
shee,” during the Month of March 1850; with a 
Statement of the Time occupied by each of them in 
making the Longest and the Shortest Passage during 
the same Month:—Similar Return of the Passages 
made by the Steamers employed in carrying Her 
Majesty’s Mails between Holyhead and Kingstown, 
during the Month of March 1851 :—And, Return of 
the Number and the Names of the Steamers actually 
employed by the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company, in the Carriage of Her Majesty’s Mails 
between Holyhead and Kingstown, from the 1st day 
of November 1850 to the Ist day of April 1851, 
and the Number of Trips made by each Vessel. 
Ordered, That 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 rabouring 
Account of the Total Number of Instalments of Ad- Poor(Ireland.) 
vances for the Labour Rate, under Acts 10 &amp; 11 
Vic. c. 87, and 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 51 (Labouring Poor, 
Ireland), which have become payable at or pre- 
vious to the Spring Assizes 1851, by each Barony 
or Electoral Division in it; the Amount thereof 
actually paid to the Treasurers of each County, and 
the Amount still leviable under outstanding War- 
rants (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
360, of Session 1850). 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—An Abstract of the General Statements of Trusts 
the Income and Expenditure of the several Turn- Scotland.) 
pike Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of Whit- 
sunday 1848 and the Term of Whitsunday 1849, 
pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 31. 

Copy of Twelfth Report of the Deputy Keeper of Public 
the Public Records, 1 March 1851. Records. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Incumbered 
Order, dated the 11th day of March last, for Returns Grelend.) 
of all Appeals from the decision of the Commis- ‘ . 
sioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jre- 
land, with the decision of the Privy Council on each 
such Appeal:—And, of Applications made to the 
said Commissioners, or any of them, for liberty to 
appeal; and the Grounds of Application for Appeal 
in each case. 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the Ecclesiastical 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the Commission 
Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jre- (¢!#24-) 
land, for the year ending 1st day of August 1850. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;— Public 
Church and State;—Church of Rome ;—Eccle- Petitions. 
siastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;— Maynooth yiae Twenty- 
College ; —Scripture Readers (Jreland) ; — News- third Report 
papers ; —Paper ; — Agriculture ;— Copyholds ; — 

T3 Education 


on Public 
Petitions, 





Arterial 
Drainage, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


East India. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


142 
Education (Jreland);— Her Majesty’s Subjects | 


3° Apr 


(United States) ;—Lord Lieutenancy (Zreland) ;— | 
Pirates’ Head Money ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;— 
Public Houses (Scotland) ;—Salmon Fisheries (Ire- 
land); —School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ;— 
and, Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and Smithfield 
Enlargement Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to County Rates and 
Expenditure,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the County 
Rates and Expenditure Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 3d day of March last, for a Re- 
turn of all Sums which have been allocated by the 
Treasury for the Promotion of Arterial Drainage in 
Treland ; distinguishing the Works according to the 
several Counties :—And, a similar Return of Monies 
allocated for Land Improvement under Mr. Labou- 
chere’s Letter. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
we That an humble Address be presented to Her 

ajesty, representing that it is now necessary that 
the true condition of the Territories under the Go- 
vernment or Management of the East India Com- 
pany, and the real feelings and wishes of our fellow- 
subjects inhabiting those Territories, as to such 
Government or Management, should be eer 
tained ; and for that purpose, praying Her Majesty 
to take measures for the appointment of a Commis- 
sion of Inquiry, with full powers to take Evidence in 
India as to the operation and results of the laws now 
in force touching the Government and Manage- 
ment of the said Territories, and to report such evi- 





A, 1851. 


ths. 

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

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate the Mode of administering the Oath of Ab- 
juration to Persons professing the Jewish Religion : 
—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Bernal, Lord John Russell and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Charitapj. 
to sanction the Service, by Post, of Notices relative Institutions 


to the Proceedings of certain Charitable Institutions, 
and to make further Provision as to the Service of 
such Notices in future: And that Mr. Mullings, Mr. 
Miles and Mr. Coles do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Landlord aq, 
to improve the Law of Landlord and Tenant, in Tenant Bil, 


relation to Emblements, to growing Crops seized 
in Execution, and to Agricultural Tenants’ Fix- 
tures: And that Mr. Mullings, Mr. Sotheron and 
Mr. Spooner do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Patents or Authority under 
which the Queen’s Printer, and the Universities of 
Ozford and Cambridge, claim the exclusive Right of 
printing Bibles and Prayer Books. 

Ordered, That 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 Ceylon 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Commission. 





dence, together with the opinions of the Commis- 
sioners thereon, to Her Majesty in Parliament :— | 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, | 
withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of the 
House of the 5th day of August, in the last Session 
of Parliament, in relation to the Oath of Abjuration 
as affecting the Jews, might be read ; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

“That this House will, at the earliest oppor- 
tunity in the next Session of Parliament, take 
into its serious consideration the form of the 
Oath of Abjuration, with a view to relieve Her 
Majesty’s subjects professing the Jewish Re- 
ligion.’ 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will, immediately, resolve itself 
into a Committee, to take into consideration the 
Mode of administering the Oath of Abjuration to 
persons professing the Jewish religion ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, aT 166 

. Yeas, \Lord Marcus Hill: _— 
ellers for the {Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 

Noes, (Mr. Newdegate : } me 


So it was resolved in the Aftirmative. 
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 ina Bill to 
regulate the Mode of administering the Oath of Ab- 
juration to Persons professing the Jewish Religion. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 








to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Expenses, stated under 
separate Heads, incurred on the Commission ap- 
pointed to inquire, in Ceylon, into the alleged For- 
gery of Documents, purporting to have been those 
signed by Captain Watson, of the Ceylon Rifles. 
Ordered, That 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 Audit of 
for the more efficient Audit of Railway Accounts : ae. 
And that Mr. Stanford and Mr. Mullings do pre- (No. 2) Bill: 


pare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Designs Act Extension 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 ; 


Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Tor d Marcus Hill: } 


r Mr. Arkwright 

Tellers for the Noes, {Col sn Sibthorp : } 42. 

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.) 


132. 


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


Preamble 


Designs Act. 
Extension Bill. 


le 
ons 
Bill, 





Apprentices to 
Sea Service 
(Ireland) Bill, 


3°—4° 


14 VicToriz. 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Curause, N° 7, disagreed to. 

Cuause, N° 8, agreed to. 


Clauses added. 

Preamble :—Amendment proposed to leave out 
from the word “such ” in 1. 1, to the word “ Be” in 
]. 5, in order to insert the words “ alteration in the 
“ Jaw as is hereinafter mentioned, should be made,” 
instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Bill. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
the word “ inventions,” in |. 3, to the word “ Be,” 
in 1, 5, in order to insert the words “‘in any place 
“ previously certified by the Lords of the Committee 
“ of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Planta- 
“ tions to be a place of Exhibition within the mean- 
“ ing of the Designs Act, 1850,” instead thereof. 

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

The Committee divided. 

Hayter, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { ir Gloan 
Tellers for the Noes, (Mie Spor — 
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, 4° die Aprilis, 1851: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day; and be 
printed. 


The Apprentices to Sea Service (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Small Tenee The Order of the day being read, for the second 

ore Reading of the Small Tenements Rating Act Amend- 

ment Bill, ' ment Bill; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next. 

General Board The General Board of Health Bill was, according 

of Health Bill. tg Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Process and The Process and Practice (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 

rae _ cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

: )Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 

Acts of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Freeney mittee on the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 

reviation R ] Bill . 

Act Repeal epeal bill; ; . : 

Bill, Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Compound _ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

Bers consideration the Compound Householders’ Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 

upon Wednesday next. 

| her yg The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
pay oo epowy the 1st day of May next. 
OL. 106, 





Aprilis. 143 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, Marine 
read the third time. Mutiny Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read Mutiny Bill. 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Mullings presented a Bill to sanction the Charitable 

Service, by Post, of Notices relative to the Pro- oe 
? &lt; ; ee otices Bill. 

ceedings of certain Charitable . nstitutions, and to 

make further Provision as to the Service of such “®-!7 

Notices in future: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Wednesday the 14th day of May next; and to be 

printed. 


Mr. Mullings presented a Bill to improve the Law Landlord and 
of Landlord and Tenant in relation to Emblements, Tenant Bill. 
to growing Crops seized in Execution, and to Agri- No. 179. 
cultural Tenants’ Fixtures: And the same was read 

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

upon Wednesday the 14th day of May next; and 

to be printed. 


Mr. Stanford presented a Bill for the more effi- Audit of Rail- 
cient Audit of Railway Accounts: And the same Way Accounts 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a ‘N® ?) Bil 
second time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. No. 180. 


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, 4° die Aprilis; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 
M&amp;® Taylor, from the Office of the Commis- National 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. 
Debt, was called in ; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant 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 Re- 
duction of the National Debt, on account of Banks 
for Savings and Friendly Societies, in Great Britain 
and Ireland, from their Commencement at 6th Au- 
gust 1817 to the 20th November 1850, inclusive :— 
| Also, an Account of all Expenses incurred by the 
said Commissioners, for Salaries of Clerks or other 
Incidental Charges, during the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank An- 
nuities and Long Annuities, and any other Annuities 
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 Provi- 
sions of the Acts of 10 Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will, 4, 
c. 14, within the year ending 5th January 1851. 

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 1851, inclu- 
sive :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported the Killarney and Valencia Killarney 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. ond Velen 
Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the ee dines 

Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported the North and South West- North and 


‘ : . . South Western 
ern Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. je 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill. 








and be printed. 
T4 Mr. 





Standing 
Orders ; 


Brighton 


Extra-Mural 


Cemetery. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Twenty-third 


Report.) 


Private Bills 


(Group 6.) 


Great North- 


ern Railway 
Amendment 
(No. 1) Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Branch to 
Haydon- 
square, 


Whitechapel, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Halesworth, 
Beccles and 
Haddiscoe 


Railway Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Cattle Market 


Bill. 


Smithfield 


Bill 


Stroud and 
Gloucester 
Road Bill. 


Committee of 


Selection 


(Fifth Report.) 


No. 181. 


Enlargement 


144. 


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 Brighton Extra- 
Mural Cemetery, Petition for leave to deposit a Pe- 
tition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed 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- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 1st, 2d and 3d 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. Tufnell reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Private Bills ; That at the meeting of the 
Committee this day he received a Letter from Mr. 
Frederick Peel, one of the Members of the Com- 
mittee, stating that he was prevented by illness 
from attending the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Tufnell reported the Great Northern Railway 
Amendment Bill(No. 1), with Amendments. 


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


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company, and of the London and Black- 
wall Railway a praying that the Standing 
Orders of the House Nos. 130 and 131 may be dis- 
pensed with in respect to the London and Blackwall 
Railway (Branch to Haydon-square, Whitechapel, 
&amp;c.) Bill, and in respect to the provisions sought to 
be introduced for the sale of the intended Branch 
Railway to the London and North Western Railway 
Company, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

A Petition of the Zondon and North Western Rail- 
way sey and of the London and Blackwall 
Railway Company, praying that provision may be 
made in the said Bill, for giving to the London and 
North Western Railway Company the option of 
purchasing the Branch Railway from the London 
and Blackwall Railway Company on certain terms 
and conditions, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway 
Bill 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 the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Cattle Market 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 Smithfield Enlargement Bill ; 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stroud and Gloucester Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Wilson Patien reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That, under the Powers granted to 
them by the Standing Order No. 82, they had 


4° Aprilis. 


A. 1851. 


formed into additional Groups certain other Private 
Bills, which, in their opinion, it is expedient to 
submit to the same Committee; and had agreed to 
report the same to the House. 

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


Mr. Vesey reported from the Committee on North Britis, 
ar 16 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of Railway piy, 
the North British Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same, by striking out so 
much as related to certain alterations in the Leith 
Branch Railway, which the Promoters proposed to 
abandon, and by stating the Amount of the Com- 
pany’s present Capital, and defining with greater 
particularity the intended application of the money 
to be raised under the Bill, and in other particulars 
of a mere verbal nature; and had found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the Com- Regent’sCang 
mittee on Group 17 of Private Bills; That the Company Bil, 
Parties promoting the Regent’s Canal Company’s 
Bill had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence 


of Roger Gadsden, Esquire, 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 Roger Gadsden, Esquire, 
do attend the said Committee forthwith. 

Ordered, That Roger Gadsden, Esquire, do at- 
tend the said Committee upon Tuesday next. 


The Order made yesterday, for presenting to Her Waterford, 
Majesty an humble Address, that She would be Wexford, 
graciously pleased to give directions, that there be Vicklow ai 
laid before this House, Copy of the Communications Railway 
to the Railway Commissioners, with the Engage- Company. 
ments of the Directors to wind up the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, 
and the Judgment of the Master of the Rolls as 
to the same being wound up, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Cochrane presented a Bill to extend the Pro- farm 
visions of “ The Drainage of Lands Act, 1849,” to Buildings Bilt 
the Advance of Private Money for the Erection No. 182. 
and Repair of Farm Buildings on Lands in Great 
Britain and Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Duffield and 
on Group 1 of Private Bills ; That, in the case of the Sheffield Turo- 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “continued fora further period ” in 
the second line of the last paragraph, and inserting 
the word “ repealed,” instead thereof, and by striking 
out the word “the” in the same line of same para- 
graph, and inserting the word “further,” instead 
thereof, and by striking out the words “ thereof” 
and “ extended,” in the third line of the same para- 
graph, and inserting the words “ granted in lieu 
thereof,” instead of the said word “ extended,” and 
by making two other verbal Amendments ; the Com- 
mittee considered these alterations necessary, be- 
cause the Bill provided for separate managements, 
and they were of opinion that there should, in future, 
be only one management ; and that they had found 
the allegations of the Bill, 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. 





Ordered, 













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ritish 
Bill. 


anal 
Bill. 


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14 VicToriz. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Harbours 
(Isle of Man.) Copies of the Memorial of the Inhabitants of Caséle- 


Local Acts. 
No, 63. 


Ecclesiastical 

Commission 

(Ireland. ) 
No, 183. 


Arterial 
Drainage, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. 

No, 184. 
Public 
Petitions. 

Vide Twenty- 
fourth Report 


oa Public 
Petitions. 


Adjournment, 


Railways, 


town, in the Isle of Man, to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury, praying for an improvement 
in the Approach to the Harbour of Castletown, 
dated the 30th day of May 1850 :—Of the Report 
of the Admiralty to the t reasury thereupon :—Of 
all Correspondence on the part of the constituted 
Authorities and Inhabitants of the Isle of Man, 
with the Treasury and Adiniralty, on the Improve- 
ment of the Harbours of the Is/e of Man, from the 
Ist day of January 1846 to the present Date :— 
And, of all Correspondence between the Treasury 
and the Admiralty on the same subject. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty re- 
lative to applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesi- 
astical Commission (Zreland,) which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Arterial 
Drainage, &amp;c. (Lreland), which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;— 
Elective Franchise and Vote by Ballot ;—Church of 
Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— 
Jews ;— Tithes ;—Malt ;—Paper ;—Property Tax; 
— Taxation, &amp;c.;— Windows; — Agriculture ; — 
Courts of Probate ;—Education ;—Education (Ire- 
land) ;— Expenses of Prosecutions Bill ; — Prero- 
gative Court (Jreland) Bill ;—Punishment of Death; 
—and, School Establishment (Scotland) Bill,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to County Rates and Expen- 
diture, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill. 


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


Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of April, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Returns showing for each Railway 
Company the Amount of Capital and Loans which 
the Company has been authorized to raise by Acts 
yg previous to and in 1849; the Amount of 

hare Capital actually paid up on the 31st day of 
December 1849, separating that which does not re- 
ceive, or is not entitled to receive, any preferential 
Dividend or Interest, from that which bears a pre- 
ferential 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 In- 
terest payable thereon, and the Sums to which such 
Rates of Interest are applicable ; the Total Amount 
the Company 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, distin- | 
guishing 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 
construct, 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 has 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 


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Vou. 106. 


4°—5° Aprilis. 





145 


continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 535, of 
Session 1849). 

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


Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- ; 
tions of aia of Dealinenanhyehiaplen of Reports = — 
of the Superintending Inspectors to the General 
Board of Health, on the following Places: Market 
Harborough, Wolborough (Newton Abbot), Hastings, 
Gateshead, Doncaster, West Cowes, Hartlepool, 
Great Yarmouth. 

Copies of Statements made to the General Board 
of Health, with respect to the Reports of the Su- 
perintending Inspectors on the following Places : 
Market Harborough, Wolborough (Newton Abbot), 
Great Yarmouth. 

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





Ordered, That Mr. Maurice O’ Connell have leave Leave of 
of absence till Easter, on urgent business. Absence. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means ; 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Property Tax ; 


granted to Her Majesty, the respective Duties in ae ar 
Great Britain on Profits arising from Property, land) —_ 
Professions, Trades and Offices, and the Stamp 

Duties in Zreland, granted by two Acts passed in 

the sixth year of Her present Majesty, and which 

have been continued and amended by several subse- 

quent Acts, shall be further continued for a time to 

be limited. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Exchequer 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Seventeen Bills. 
millions seven hundred and fifty-six thousand six 
hundred pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for 
the Service of the year 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 take Designs Act 
into consideration the Designs Act Extension Bill, Extension 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis _ 
reading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill; Buildings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Acts of 
into a Committee upon the Acts of Parliament Ab- Parliament 
breviation Act Repeal Bill; and, after some time poy 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Bill. 
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. 
. uU And 





Expiring 
Laws. 


Ordnance 
Survey 
(Scotland.) 


Steam Com- 
munications 
with India, &amp;c. 


Journal to be 
printed. 


Exchequer 
Chamber 
(Ireland.) 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


No. 185. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time for the 
Widening, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


146 4° — 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Aprilis, 1851: 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
quire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature have expired since the last Report upon the 
subject ; and also, what Laws of the like nature are 
about to expire at particular periods, or in 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. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Parker, the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Hume, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Mackenzie, 
Mr. Bellew, Mr. Greene, Mr. Rich, Sir George Clerk, 
Sir John Young and Mr. Stafford; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into and report on the present state of the 
Ordnance Survey of Scotland, and on the Works 
which will be required for its Completion. 


Ordered, That the Select Committtee on Steam 
Communications with Jndia, &amp;c., do consist of Seven- 
teen Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bright be added to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Elliot be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. James Wilson be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from 
the End of the last Session to the End of the present 
Session, with an Index to the 106th Volume, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That 1,250 Copies of the said Journal 
and Index be printed, by the Appointment and under 
the Direction of Sir Denis Le Marchant, the Clerk 
of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 

rinted by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other person do presume to 
print the same. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider of extending the provision of an Act of the 
last Session, c. 18, authorizing the payment, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, of certain compensa- 
tion allowances to the Officers of the Exchequer 
Chamber in Jreland ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to regulate 
the Mode of administering the Oath of Abjuration 
to Persons professing the Jewish Religion : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next, and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported the London and 
Blackwall Railway (Extension of Time for the 
Widening, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments, 

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


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


5°—7° Aprils. 





A. 1851. 
Lune, 7° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS, 


HE House being informed, that the Sheriffs of smithiga 


the city of London attended at the door, they 
were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the city of London, in Common Council assembled, 
and then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that in the event 
of the Smithfield Market Removal Bill being pro- 
ceeded with, it may be referred to the same Com- 
mittee which shall be appointed to consider the 
Smithfield Enlargement Bill promoted by the Peti- 
tioners, or that the House will otherwise permit the 
Petitioners to appear, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, and to be heard with their witnesses at the 
bar of the House against the second reading of the 
Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and generally in 
support of the allegations contained in their Petition, 
was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Market 


Removal Bill 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Hainaut 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Forest Bill 


Bills; That in the case of the Hainault Forest 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committeee on the 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Bill; That they had 
amended the Preamble of the Bill, by stating more 
precisely the amounts raised by the Company under 
their existing Acts, and the amount still authorized 
to be raised, and also by reciting that, except cer- 
tain preference shares mentioned in the Bill, there 
are no preference shares in the Company now ex- 
isting ; and had made certain other formal Amend- 
ments in the Preamble, and found the same, as so 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the Committee Railway Bills 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way Bill. 


on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That Mr, Hodg- (Group?) 


son, one of the members of the Committee, did not 
attend during the sitting of the Committee this day ; 
but that on the meeting of the Committee, at twelve 
of the clock, pursuant to adjournment, Mr. Sidney 
Herbert, the Chairman of the Committee, received 
from Mr. Hodgson a letter, stating, that in the pro- 
gress of the case he had become aware, from the 
address of counsel, that the South Eastern Railway 
Company, in which he was a shareholder, was in- 
terested in the passing or rejection of one of the 
Bills referred to the als ag of which fact he 
was ignorant when he signed the declaration, as 
there was nothing on the face of the Bill to induce 
such a conclusion ; and Mr. Hodgson further stated, 
that he considered it his duty, under the circum- 
stances, to absent himself, and to request that he 
might be discharged from further attendance on the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Fettom® 


'wenty- 


the Petitions presented upon the 4th day of this in- fourth Re- 
stant April, and had directed him to make a Re- port.) 


port thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. ' 


The House was moved, That the Re 


respect of the Petition for additional provision in the 
Monkland 


rt from one Monkland 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, in Railways 





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. Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


l- Shrewsbury 
and Bridg- 
north Turn- 
pike-roads 
Bill. 


Saint Alban’s 
Election. 





14 Vicroriz. 


Monkland Railways Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Thursday 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 
— therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


The Order for reading a second time the South 
Staffordshire Railway (Extension to Burton-upon- 
Trent, &amp;c.) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 

resent Parliament for the Leith District of Burghs, 
in the room of the Right honourable Andrew Ruther- 
ford, who, since his election for the said district of 
Burghs, hath accepted the office of one of the 
Judges of Her Majesty’s Court of Session in Scot- 
land. 


The Bangor and Caernarvon Railway 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. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House had a commu- 
nication to make to the House. 

Whereupon the Serjeant, at the Bar, informed the 
House, that on Saturday the 5th instant he received 
into his custody the body of William Lines, by 
virtue of a Warrant from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Saint Alban, on a charge of pre- 
varication and misbehaviour before the said Com- 
mittee, and with directions to keep him in custody 
till Twelve of the clock on Tuesday the 8th instant ; 
and that he was this day served with a Writ of 
Habeas Corpus, requiring him to make a Return to 
the said Writ at half past three this day, to which 
order he had made no return, deeming it his duty, in 
the first instance, to ascertain the pleasure of the 
House ; and he delivered in the Writ and the Notice 
for bringing before the Chief Justice or other Judge 
the body of the said William Lines, together with 
the Warrant of Commitment; and the said Writ 
and Notice were read, as follow :— 


“ Crown Office, Hab. Corp. ad Subjiciendum. 


“ Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, 
Defender of the Faith. To the Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending at the House of Commons, or his Deputy 
or Deputies there, greeting: We command you 
that you have before our right trusty and well-be- 
loved John Lord Campbell, our Chief Justice as- 
signed to hold pleas before us, or such other Judge 
who may be at Chambers in Rolls-gardens, Chancery- 
lane, immediately after the receipt of this our Writ, 
the body of William Lines, being committed and de- 
tained under your custody as is said, together with 
the day and cause of his being taken and detained 
by whatsoever name he may be called therein, to 
undergo and receive all and singular such matters 
and things as our said Chief Justice or other Judge 
aforesaid shall then and there consider of concerning 
him in this behalf; and have you then there this 
a Witness, John Lord Campbell, at Westminster, 

"OL. 106, 


7° Aprihs. 








147 


the seventh day of April, in the fourteenth year of 
our reign, 


“ (By the Court) 
Indorsed 


Robinson.” 


“ Roche and Plowman, 
2, Upper “ea Strand, 7th April 1851. 
“7 ae 
_ “ William Wightman. 
“ At the instance of the within named William 
Lines.” 


“ In the Queen’s Bench. 

“ Whereas the Honourable Mr. Justice Wightman, 
one of the Judges of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s 
Bench at Westminster, has granted a Writ of Habeas 
Corpus directed to the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
at the House of Commons, or his Deputy or Depu- 
ties, commanding him or them to have the body of 
William Lines before John Lord Campbell, Chief 
Justice of the said Court, or such other Judge who 
may be at his Chambers in Rolls-gardens, Chancery- 
lane, London, immediately to undergo, &amp;c. 

“ Now, take notice, that you are hereby required 
to have the body of the said William Lines before 
the said Justice as aforesaid on this present Monday 
the seventh day of April, at half past three of the 
clock in the afternoon precisely, and to make a re- 
turn to the said Writ, or in default thereof, the said 
Court will then, or so soon after as counsel can be 
heard, be moved for an attachment against you for 
your contempt in not obeying the said writ. Dated 
this seventh day of April 1851. 


“ Yours, &amp;c. 
“ Roche and Plowman, 
2, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, 
Attornies for the said William Lines. 


“ To the Serjeant-at-Arms attending the House 
of Commons, or his Deputy or Deputies.” 


Mr. Edward Ellice, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the borough of Saint Alban, informed 
the House, That William Lines had, on Saturday 
last, been guilty of great prevarication in his exami- 
nation before the Committee ; and that he had, by 
direction of the Committee, by Warrant under his 
hand, committed the said William Lines to the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, to await the plea- 
sure of the House. 

Mr. Edward Ellice further informed the House, 
That the witness, William Lines, had been brought 
before the Committee this day, in the custody of 
the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, and had 
answered, to the satisfaction of the Committee, all 
questions which the Committee thought he was 
bound to answer. 

Mr. Edward Ellice further informed the House, 
That it appears, on evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee, that George Sealey Waggett, who is declared 
by the counsel for the Petitioners to be a most es- 
sential witness for the elucidation of their case, has 
evaded all attempts to secure his attendance before 
the Committee, that a reward has been offered for 
his discovery, both in “‘ The Times” and in “ The Hue 
and Cry” publications, and that one John Hayward 
has, in conjunction with one Henry Edwards, pre- 
vented the attendance of the said George Sealey 
Waggett, and that money has been given by the 
said John Hagward and the said Henry Edwards 
to the said George Sealey Waggett, to induce him 
to abstain from giving evidence before the Com- 
mittee; the Committee have, therefore, instructed 
him to report the circumstances to the House, in 
order that the House may take such steps as may 
seem to the House to be proper and necessary. 

Ordered, That William Lines be discharged out 
of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House, without payment of Fees. 

Resolved, That George Sealey Waggett, having 

u ? evade: 





York, New- 
castle and 


Berwick Rail- 


way (Aban- 
donment of 


Part of Bishop Bill, the Committee had amended the Preamble of 
Banach, &amp;c.) the Bill, by referring therein to the power sought 


York, New- 
castle and 


Berwick Rail- 


way (Branch 
to W, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Scottish 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


est Dur- 
ham Railway, 


148 


evaded all attempts to secure his attendance before 
the said Committee, and John Hayward and Henry 
Edwards having prevented his attendance before 
the said Committee, have been severally guilty of a 
breach of the Privileges of this House. 

Ordered, That George Sealey Waggett, John Hay- 
ward and Henry Edwards, having been guilty of a 
breach of the Privileges of this House, be for their 
said offence taken into the custody of the Serjeant- 
at-Arms attending this House; and that Mr. 
Speaker do issue his Warrants accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House be directed to make a Return to the 
said Writ that he held the body of William Lines 
by virtue of a Warrant under the hand of the Chair- 
man of the Select Committee of this House, ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Saint Alban, and that he do an- 
nex the said Warrant to this Return. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee 
on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Aban- 
donment of Part of Bishop Auckland Branch, &amp;c.) 


by the Company to raise further Capital for the 
purpose of the Railway by the Bill authorized ; and 
found the same, as so amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee 
on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch 
to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, the Com- 
mittee had amended the Preamble of the Bill, by 
striking out the recital in reference to the con- 
struction of a Branch to the West Durham Rail- 
way, and by substituting a recital in reference to 
facilitating the transmission of traffic to and from 
the Byers Green Branch of the Clarence Railway, 
and also by substituting the words “ hold certain 
shares in,” for the words ‘‘ subscribe to,” in reference 
to the shares in the West Durham Railway Com- 
pany, which the Company seek power by the Bill 
to hold ; and had further amended the Preamble, by 
inserting recitals in reference to the Acts of the 
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, and the 
Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool 
Junction Railway Company, and the purposes for 
which additional provision is made by the Bill; and 
had found the Preamble, as so amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and had added clauses in reference 
to the proposed interchange of traffic, and also for 
giving effect to the additional provision. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Scottish Central Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
therein a statement of the sums which the Com- 
pany were authorized to raise, and have actually 
raised, and of the manner in which the sums so 
raised, have been applied; and allegations to the 
effect, that the Company had completed and opened 
to the public their main Line of Railway, and certain 
other works authorized by the other Acts above 
mentioned, and had in the execution thereof incurred 
various liabilities, and that a further sum was neces- 
sary to discharge those liabilities, and to complete 


7° Aprils. 





A. 1851. 


rized by the said Acts; that the Company did not 


Amendments thereunto. 


and be printed. 


sion 1849), 


wards such Salary and Expenses. 


tion. 


Lancaster Turnpike Road (Western District) Con- 
tinuaticn of Term, &amp;c., Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


(No. 1) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
South Wales Railway (No.2) Bill, the Committee 
had amended the Preamble of the Bill, by inserting 
the words “ subject to certain provisions hereinafter 
contained” in reference to the proposed abandon- 
ment of certain powers and provisions of “The 
South Wales Railway Amendment Act, 1847,” and 
also by referring to the power sought by the Com- 
pany to raise further capital under the Bill, and 
also by limiting the power to make arrangements 
with the owners of the Bute Dock to the arrange- 
ments mentioned in the Bill: these alterations were 
made in order to disclose more fully the facts of the 
case, and make the language of the Preamble con- 
sistent with the provisions of the Bill as amended 
by the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
found the Preamble, as so amended, to be true; 
und had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon tie Table ; 





the works, and carry into effect the purposes autho- 


and be printed. 
Several 


intend to execute the Branch Railways to Crieff 
and Denny which they were authorized to construct, 
and that the powers of raising money for those pur- 
poses, so far as not already exercised, should cease 
and determine ; that the bonds granted by the Com- 
pany should be confirmed, and that the number of 
the directors should be reduced ; and that the Com- 
mittee had found the Preamble, as so amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ordnance 
Return, taken from the Data furnished by the Re- Survey 
vision of the Ordnance Survey in Jreland, showing 
the Number of Acres of Land reclaimed since the 
first Publication of the Maps of that Survey in each 
Parish, and the Number of Acres still unreclaimed 
in the same Parishes, as well as the Number of 
Acres in Cultivation : —And, similar Returns from 
Information considered Authentic by the Depart- 
ment of the Ordnance Survey of Jreland (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No, 267, of Ses- 


(Treland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 
Return of the Amount of Salary allowed to the Re- Societies. 
gistrar of Friendly Societies in England for each of 
the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, and 1850; and 
of the Amount allowed to the said Registrar by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury in the 
same years for Office Rent, Salaries of Clerks, Sta- 
tionery, and other Expenses incident to the execu- 
tion of his said Office, and of the Amount of Fees 
received by the said Registrar for the several years, 
and paid by him into the Consolidated Fund; and 
the Amount paid out of the Consolidated Fund to- 


Ordered, That Mr. Smith Child have leave of Leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of a domestic afflic- Absence. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Richmond and Richmond and 


Lancaster 


Turnpike-road 
(Western Dis- 


trict) Con- 


tinuation of 
Term, &amp;c. Bill, 


Mr. Childers reported the South Wales Railway South Wales 


way 


_ (No. 1) Bill 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on South Wales 


Railway _ 
(No. 2) Bill. 





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Pens. —Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Jews ;— 
ie Twenty- Marriages ;—Fire Insurances ;— Malt ;—Paper ;— 
Vib Report Parochial Rates (Saint Luke, Middlesex) ;—Pro- 
on Public rty Tax ; — Receipts ; — Dogs ; — Education ;— 
Petitions. Pducation (Ireland) ; — Kilmainham Hospital ;— 
Poor Law;—and School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Sunday Trading Pre- 
vention Bill, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

National Debt. . Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
No. 186 tional Debt, which were presented upon Friday last, 
‘“~" be printed. 
Railways. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
No.187.' which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
Benefices Mr. Bouverie presented,—Furthur Return to an 


Sequestered. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of 
May, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn of all the Benefices in England or Wales which 
have been sequestered for the purpose of discharg- 
ing the Debts of any Incumbent, since the passing 
of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 106 (14th day of August 
1838); stating the Names of such Benefices, 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 Popula- 
tion 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 Churches 
to each of the said Benefices, and the Annual 
Amount paid to the Curate or Curtaes to perform 
the Ecclesiastical Duties of each of the said Bene- 
fices, 

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


Sale of The Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill, was read 

—s. the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

on time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 

Army, Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their Half- 
pay since the 1st April 1850, under the provisions 
of the Act of the 13th &amp; 14th Vic. c. 107, s. 25. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ways and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 

Means, Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow : 

Property Tax; 1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 

— granted to Her Majesty, the respective Duties in 

(fteand,) Great Britain on Profits arising from Property, 
Professions, Trades and Offices, and the Stamp 
Duties in Jreland, granted by two Acts passed in 
the sixth year of Her present Majesty, and which 
have been continued and amended by several sub- 
sequent Acts, shall be further continued for a time 

oe to be limited. 

ia 2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 


ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Seventeen 
millions seven hundred and fifty-six thousand six 
hundred pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for 
the Service of the year 1851. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the first of the said Resolutions be now 
read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the opinion of this House, That the respec- 
“ tive Duties in Great Britain on Profits arising 
“ from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices, 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 


Aprilis. 149 
“ and the Stamp Duties in Jreland, granted by two 
“ Acts passed in the sixth year of Her present Ma- 
“ jesty, and which have been continued and amended 
“ by several subsequent Acts, were granted for li- 
“ mited Periods, and to meet temporary exigencies : 
That it is highly expedient to adhere to the de- 
clared intentions of Parliament when these Duties 
were granted and continued; and, in order to 
secure their speediest practicable cessation, to 
limit the renewal of any portion of them to such 
an amount as may be sufficient, in the existing 
state of the Public Revenue, to provide for the 
Expenditure sanctioned by Parliament, and for 
the due maintenance of Public Credit,” 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, {ion on _ Hill: } 27. 
Tellers for the Noes, { 


Mr. Beresford, 

Mr. Mackensie: } a0. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the said Resolution be now read 
a second time :—The said Resolution was accord- 
ingly read a second time, and agreed to. 

Then the last of the said Resolutions, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord John Rus- 
sel do prepare, and bring in the same. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


- 


“é 


“ 


The Designs Act Extension Bill was, according Designs Act 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments Extension Bill. 
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. 


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


Martis, 8° die Aprilis, 1851: 


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 Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regula- Cinclond’ Re 
tion Act Amendment Bill; gulation Act 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Amendment 
upon Friday next. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved — Soyeuntions to 
into a Committee upon the Apprentices to Sea Ser- amy 
vice (Ireland) Bill. and, after some time spent _ 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Bernai 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. 


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, To-morrow, re- 





Vou. 106. 





solve itself into the said Committee. 
v3 The 





Process and 


Gireland) Bil. mittee on the Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill ; 


Exchequer 
Chamber 
(Ireland. ) 


Saint Alban’s 


Election. 


Accounts 
and Papers. 


Newspapers. 


150 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of extending the pro- 
vision of an Act of the last Session, c. 18, autho- 
rizing the payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
of certain Compensation Allowances to the Officers 
of the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That so 
much of an Act of the last Session for the regula- 
tion of Process and Practice in the Superior Courts 
of Common Law in Jreland, as authorizes the pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of certain 


Compensation Allowances, shall be extended to the 
Officers of the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

,.. {Mr. Keogh, \ 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Mr. 0 50. 

Mr. Hayter ‘ 

Tellers for the Noes, {Tord ee } 85. 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 

} Mr. Reynolds, ‘ 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Keogh: } 35. 

; Jf Mr. Hayter } 

Tellers for the Noes, | Lord rel Hill: 77. 

Original Questionagain propose d. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again: —Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
Original Question again proposed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House in- 
formed the House, That, pursuant to their Order of 
this day, he had taken Henry Edwards into his 
custody. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms do take the 
said Henry Edwards to the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Saint Alban, when and so often as 
he shall be required by the Committee so to do. 


Ordered, That Accounts and other Papers which 
shall be required to be laid before this House by 
any Act of Parliament, or by any Order of the 
House, may be deposited in the Office of the Clerk 
of this House, and the same shall be laid on the 
Table, and a List of such Accounts and Papers read 
by the Clerk. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the present State and Operation of 
the Law relative to Newspaper Stamps ; also, into 
the Law and Regulations relative to the Trans- 
mission of Newspapers and other Publications by 
Post ; and to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House. 


7°—8° Aprilis. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Berkeley and Admiral steam Cyn, 
Bowles be added to the Select Committee on Steam “i 
ia, &amp;, 





A, 1851. 


Communications with India, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Eaoien or Extracts of any Despatches relative to 
Emigration to the Australian Colonies, in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to this House in 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. 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative to 
Emigration to the North American Colonies, in con- 
tinuation of Papers presented to this House in 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. 


April, considered the question of the proposed con- 
solidation of the said two Bills into one Bill; and 
inasmuch as the main objects of both Bills relate to 
the financial affairs of the Company, the object of 
one being merely to facilitate the conversion of loan 
into capital, and the principal — of the other 
being to enable the Company to effect arrangements 
between different classes of sharenolders to cancel 
unissued, surrendered and forfeited shares, and to 
create new shares in lieu thereof, it appeared to the 
Committee that it would be more convenient that 
the powers sought by the said two Bills should be 
embodied in one Bill; and that the Committee had 
accordingly consolidated the said two Bills into one 


of Loan into Capital, for enabling the same Com- 
pany to effect Arrangements between different 
Classes of Shareholders, for the Creation of new 
Shares, and for other Purposes ;” and that the Com- 
mittee had consolidated the Preambles of the two 
Bills, and had also inserted a recital to the effect, 
that since the passing of a Resolution of the Com- 
pany on the 28th of August 1844, that the capital 
of One million one hundred thousand pounds, au- 
thorized by the first-recited Act, should be limited 
to One million pounds, it had been found that the 
whole of the capital authorized by that Act is re- 
quired for the purposes of the undertaking; and 
that the Committee found the Preamble as so con- 
solidated and 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. 


mittee appointed to inquire what temporary Laws 
of a public and general nature are now in force; and 
what Laws of the like nature have expired since 
the last Report upon the subject; and also, what 
Laws of the like nature are about to expire at 
particular periods, or in consequence of any con- 
tingent public event ; and to report the same, with 
their Observations thereupon, to the House ; That 
they had considered the matters to them referred ; 
and directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 





and be printed. 
Mr. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Emigration, 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee South Devon 
on Group 3 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Railway 

South Devon Railway (No.1) Bill, and the South ae ded 
Devon Railway (No. 2) Bill, the Committee had, pur- Devon Rail. 


suant to the instruction from the House of the 1st of way (No.2) 


Bill, under the title of “ A Bill for facilitating the South Devon 
Conversion by the South Devon Railway Company Bailway Bill 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Com- — 


No, 189. 





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Harwich 


14 Vicroriz. 
Mr. Edmund Denison reported the Harwich Im- 


improvement, provement, Quays and Pier Bill, with Amendments. 


§ al 
on 


Poor Rates.’ 


Railway Bills 
(Group 3) 
(1850.) 


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Angerstein’s 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill, 


Commercial 
Docks Im. 


Provemen 
Bill, . 


Smit 
Market 
Yemoval Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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








Martis, 8° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was 

called in; and at the bar presented,—Return 
to an Order, dated the 21st day of February last, 
for a Return of the Annual Value of the Property 
rated to the Poor Rates, the Amount levied for Poor 
Rates, and the Rates in the Pound of the Amount 
levied on such Annual Value, in the following 
Places; viz. Bristol, Ashton-underLyne, Bolton, 
Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, 
Salford, Leicester, Birmingham and Leeds, for the 
years ended at Lady-day 1848, 1849 and 1850 :— 
And then he withdrew. 
. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on Group 3 of Railway Bills 
in the Session of 1850, comprising the Liverpool, 
Crosby and Southport Railway (Deviations, En- 
largement of Station, &amp;c.) Bill, the Liverpool, Crosby 
and Southport Railway (Sale or Lease to the Lan- 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, &amp;c.) Bill, 
and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill, be 
referred to the Committee on the East Tensile 
Railway Bill, in Group 12 of Railway Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending 
and extending the Provisions of the Act for the Im- 
provement of the Town of Saint Helen’s, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Leicester Waterworks Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill de pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Angerstein’s Branch Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

A Clause (Bookkeeper to allow inspection of Ac- 
counts at appointed Times) was twice read, and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Copies of Acts to be kept at 
principal Office, and deposited with the Clerks of 
the Peace and Town Clerks) was twice read, and 
made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


_ The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Commercial Docks Improvement Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen and Commons of the city of London, in 
Common Council assembled, which was presented 
ey + praying, that in the event of the Smith- 

OL. 106. 


7°—8° Aprilis. 





15] 


field Market Removal Bill being proceeded with, it 
may be referred to the same Committee which shall 
be appointed to consider the Smithfield Enlargement 
Bill promoted by the Petitioners, or that the House 
will otherwise permit the Petitioners to appear, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, and to be heard, 
with their witnesses, at the bar of the House against 
the second reading of the Smithfield Market Removal 
Bill, and generally in support of the allegations con- 
tained in their Petition, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Aylesbury 
before the Select Committee on the Aylesbury Elec- Election. 


tion Petition be iaid before this House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 1 of Rail- Railway Bills 
way Bills, have leave to sit this day till Five of the (GTP 1.) 


clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Henry Edwards, of Saint Alban’s, saint Alban’s 
in the county of Herts, was presented, and read ; Election. 


setting forth, That the Petitioner is a prisoner in 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms of the House ; 
that the Petitioner, being yesterday informed that 
it had been reported to the House of Commons that 
one John Hayward had, in conjunction with the Pe- 
titioner, prevented the attendance of one George 
Sealey Waggett, and that money had been given by 
the said John Hayward and the Petitioner to the 
said George Sealey Waggett to induce him to ab- 
stain from giving evidence before the Committee, 
and that the Petitioner had been guilty of a breach 
of the privileges of the House, and had been ordered 
to be taken into the custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms, did, instantly and without any delay or eva- 
sion, surrender himself to the said Serjeant-at-Arms ; 
that it is totally false and untrue that the Petitioner 
has prevented the attendance of the said George 
Sealey Waggett, or that money has been given by 
the Petitioner to the said George Sealey Waggets, 
to induce him to abstain from giving evidence be- 
foreany Committee of the House; that the said 
George Sealey Waggett is not and has not been 
in any way under the control of the Petitioner ; and 
the Petitioner craves the House to refer to the evi- 
dence given before the Committee on the Saint 
Alban’s Election Petition for proof that no such 
charge has been substantiated; that it has been 
proved before the said Committee that no warrant 
of the Speaker, nor notice of a warrant, or of any 
other requirement to appear, has ever been served 
upon the said George Sealey Waggett ; that the said 
George Sealey Waggett is charged by the Petitioners 
against the Return of Jacob Bell, Esquire, for the 
borough of Saint Alban’s, with having been bribed 
by the Petitioner; that such allegation and charge 
is totally false and untrue, and is denied by the Pe- 
titioner, who declares the charge to be entirely un- 
founded ; that the Petitioner has been in daily and 
constant attendance upon the Committee on the 
Saint Alban’s Election Petition, in obedience to the 
warrant of the Speaker, and of the notification con- 
sequent thereupon, and has always been ready to be 
examined and give his evidence when required ; that 
the Petitioner is anxious to give his evidence fully 
and without evasion, and, either at the bar of the 
House, or before the said Committee, is ready to do 
so; that the Petitioner has never, to his knowledge, 
committed a breach of the privileges of the House 
of Commons; and submits to the justice of the 
House that he ought not to be condemned unheard, 
nor punished by imprisonment without opportunity 
of defence ; and praying that he may be discharged 
from the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, and that 
he may be set at liberty, upon his undertaking to ap- 
pear when and as the House may order, and to obey 
the directions of the House in all things. 
Ordered, That the Petition be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow ; and be printed. 
u4 Mr. 











Saint Alban’s 


Election. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Branch to 
Haydon- 


square, White- 


chapel, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


‘Canada. 


Reading 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Liverpool 


and Wallascy 


Gunpowder 
Magazines. 


Idolatry 
(India.) 


Church of 
England. 


152 


Mr. Edward Ellice, from the Select Committee 

appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
etition complaining of an undue Election and Re- 

turn for the Borough of Saint Alban, informed the 
House, That the agent for the Petitioners having 
been examined before the Committee, had declared 
that the evidence of James Skegg and Thomas 
Burchmore is most material for the purpose of sub- 
stantiating distinct acts of bribery against the 
agent for the Sitting Member, and that, notwith- 
standing warrants have been issued, and the utmost 
exertions have been used to serve such warrants 
upon the said James Skegg and Thomas Burchmore, 
and to procure their attendance before the Com- 
mittee, all such attempts have hitherto failed in se- 
during that object. 

Resolved, That James Skegg and Thomas Burch- 
more, having absconded, in order to avoid being 
served with Mr.Speaker’s Warrant, have been guilty 
of a breach of the Privileges of this House. 

Ordered, That James Skegg and Thomas Burch- 
more, having committed a breach of the Privileges 
of this House, be committed for their said offence to 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House ; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants 
accordingly. 


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 Zondon and 
Blackwall Railway (Branch to Haydon-square, 
Whitechapel, &amp;c.) Bill, Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Orders Nos. 130 and 131, the said Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence relating to the 
Civil List and Military Expenditure in Canada, and 
to the projected Railway from Halifax to Quebec. 

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


Mr. Pigott reported from the Committee on 
Group 17 of opposed Private Bills ; That in the case 
of the Reading Waterworks Bill, they had amended 
the Preamble of the Bill, by reciting therein the 
intention of the Promoters to raise further Capital ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon 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 further Correspondence relating 
to the Liverpool and Wallasey Gunpowder Maga- 
zines (in continuation of former Papers). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Communications in relation to the con- 
nection of the Government of British India with 
Idolatry, or with Mahometanism (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 621, of Session 1849), 
including,—Copies of any Communication between 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company 
and the Governor General of Jndia in Council, re- 
lating to the Juggernauth Pagoda (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Sense, No. 191, of Session 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, Copy of a Letter from Secretary Sir George 





8° Aprils. 








A. 1851. 


Grey to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, 
transmitting an Address to Her Majesty from Lay 
Members of the United Church of England and 
Ireland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ordnane. 
Return, showing the Sums which have been voted Survey. 


for and expended in carrying on the Ordnance Sur- 
vey in England, in each year from the 1st day of 
April 1846 to the 31st day of March 1851; the 
Number of Officers, and of all other Parties em- 
ployed thereon, in each year from the above Date, 
and the Number so employed, or to be employed, 
during the current year :—Statement, showing the 
exact State of and the Progress made in the Survey 
up to this Date :—And, Returns containing similar 
Particulars with regard to the Surveys of Scotland 
and Jreland respectively, including Copies of all 
Memorials relative to the Survey of Scotland, which 
have been addressed to the Treasury, or to the 
Board of Ordnance, by any Public Bodies or Private 
Parties, and the Answers which have been returned 
thereto (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 423, of Session 1846). 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Collisions, &amp; 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- of Vessels 


turn, from Lloyd’s Books, of all Collisions, Acci- 
dents and Wrecks of Vessels, distinguishing, in 
Columns, the Sailing from Steam Vessels, and spe- 
cifying the Nature of each Collision, Accident or 
Wreck, and the Number of Lives lost by each, in 
each year, since the 1st day of January 1847 up to 
the 31st day of December 1850:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Steam Vessel 
Return of every Steam Vessel Accident, reported to Accidents 


the Board of Trade, by the respective Owners, 
Masters, or other Persons, since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1847, stating the Date and Nature of the Ac- 
cident, the Number of Lives lost, and the Date of 
the Report to the Board ; also, the Number of Cases 
investigated, agreeably to the Steam Navigation 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 100. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Steam Vessel 
Copy of the Reports of the Board of Trade In- “Sitius’ &amp; 


spector, under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 100, on the 
Loss of the Steamers “ Sirius,’ “ Tribune” and 
“ Fin Mac Coul,” on the Coast of Ireland; of the 
“ Orion,” on the Coast of Scotland; of the “ Dun- 
barton Castle,” on the Coast of England; and of the 
“ Royal Victoria,” in the Baltic :—Also, any Re- 
port on the necessity of “ Systematic Supervision of 
Steamers,” and of the present state of “ Denoting 
Lights ” on Board of Steamers. 


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


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from the Offi- 
cer commanding the “/Vemesis” War Steamer, and 
Officer commanding the British Forces, and also, 
from Sir Raja Brooke, of Sarawaak, respecting their 
nse: oe me sa against alleged Pirates on the 
River Moratatias and other Places in the Eastern 
Archipelago, in March and April 1849. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Civil Bill 
a Return, giving, in Tabular Form, the Number of {irelan.) 


original Civil Bill Ejectment Processes entered, and 
the Number of Copies served, in the years 1845, 


1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, in and for the 
Counties 





New: 


Outs 
(Irel 








14 Vicroriz. 


Counties of Clare, Cavan, Cork West Riding, and 
Longford, respectively: — Similar Return of the 
Number of such Processes heard and decided upon: 
—Similar Return of the Number of Civil Bill Pro- 
cesses for Redemption, of Copies served, and of such 
Processes entered, heard and decided : — Similar 
Returns in Replevin Cases, and in Legacy or Distri- 
butive Share of Assets Cases :—And, similar Return 
of all other original Civil Bills, and of the Number 
of Copies served, and the Number of such Cases 
entered, and the Number of such Cases heard and 
decided; such Returns to distinguish the Number 
of Cases in which Civil Bills were merely issued 
and served from those Cases in which the Civil Bill 
was entered, and a Decree or Dismiss was had; and 
also, to exhibit the average Number of Copies served 
in each Class of the Civil Bill Process. 


steam Vessels. Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 14th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn, in a Tabular Form, of the Registered Steam 
Vessels of the United Kingdom on the Ist day of 
January 1851; stating, in separate Columns, the 
following Particulars: 1st. Vessels’ Names; 2d. 
Port of Registry; 3d. Date of Registry; 4th. Re- 
gistered Owners; 5th. Dimensions of Vessels in 
Length and Breadth; 6th. Tonnage, exclusive of 
Engine-room, and Gross Tonnage, when practicable ; 
distinguishing Vessels built of Iron, and also Ves- 
sels having Screw Propellers (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, printed with the Report of the 
Select Committee on Steam Navy, Session 1849). 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Aggregate Number of 
Stamps issued for Newspapers in the year 1850, in 
England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respec- 
tively; distinguishing the Number at One Penny 
and at One Halfpenny :—Showing the Number of 
1 London Newspapers, the Number of Advertisements 
in them, the Rate and Amount of Advertisement 
Duty paid by them in the year 1850 :—And, similar 
Return as regards the English Provincial, the Scotch, 
and the Zrish Newspapers (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 203, of Session 1850). 
Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this 
instant April, for Returns of a Memorial from the 
Metropolitan Sanitary Association, presented to the 
First Lord of the Treasury in January last, relating 
1 to Sanitary Reform :—And, of another Memorial 
. from the same Association, relating to the control 
of the Water Supply to the Metropolis, and inclosing 
a Copy of a Correspondence with John Stuart Mill, 


Newspapers. 


Sanitary 
Reform. 


Esquire. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
— and Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
(Ireland) Act, Gress to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this in- 


stant April, for Copy of any Report from the Lord 

Lieutenant of Ireland to the Secretary of State for 

the Home Department, with reference to the late 
) proclaiming of a District in the County of Down, 
under Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 2. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March 
last, for a detailed Account of the Expenditure of 
the Sum of £.30,000 granted in the year 1845 for 
putting Maynooth College into Repair:—Copy of 
any Estimates and Plans furnished by the Architect 
employed on that occasion :—And, detailed Account 
of the Sum of £.5,718. 17s. 9d., the Total Amount 
of the Grants voted from the year 1846 to the year 
1850, inclusive of both years, for the Repairs and 
Maintenance of Maynooth College. 


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


Maynooth 
College. 


Mr. a laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills : 


That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
VoL. 106. 


8° Aprils. 


153 


vision in the London and Blackwall Railway (Branch gquare, White. 


to Haydon-square, Whitechapel, &amp;c.), Billt 


, e Stand- chapel, &amp;c.) 
ing Orders have been complied with. Bill. 


Petitions relating to Controverted Elections ;— p,});. 

Church and State ;—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesias- Petitions. 
tical Titles Assumption Bill; — Tithes ;—Canada a 
(Clergy Reserves) ;—Fire Insurances ;—Paper ;— duh Beet , 
Property Tax ;—Small Tenements Rating Act ;— on Public 
Windows ; —Copyholds ; —Education ; — Medical Petitions. 
Treatment of Disease ;—Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 
— Poor Law;—School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill ;— Smithfield Market Removal Bill ;—and, Va- 
luation (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Sunday Trading 
Prevention Bill,—were also presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That on Thursday the 1st day of May public 
next, and every alternate Thursday following, Business. 
Orders of the day have precedence of Notices of 
Motions. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed church Rates. 
to consider the Law of Church Rates, and the dif- 
ference of practice which exists in various parts of 
the country in the assessment and levy of such Rates ; 
and to report their Observations to the House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the Saint Alban’s 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House had a com- Plection. 
munication to make to the House. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms accordingly, at the Bar, 
stated, that, pursuant to the Order of the House of 
yesterday, he had this day made a Return to the 
Writ of Habeas Corpus :—And the said Return was 


delivered in, and read, as followeth :— 


“ T, Lord Charles James Fox Russell, Serjeant-at- 
Arms of the House of Commons, in the writ here- 
unto annexed named, do hereby certify and return, 
in obedience to the said writ, that before the coming 
of the said writ to me, to wit, on the fifth day of 
April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-one, I did take into custody the 
body of William Lines, in the said writ named, under 
and by virtue of a certain warrant under the hand 
of Edward Ellice, Esquire, Chairman of the Select 
Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to 
try and determine the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Saint Alban’s, which said warrant is as 


| follows : 


“ House of Commons. 
“* Saint Alban’s Election Petition Committee. 
“‘ Whereas the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the merits of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Saint Alban’s, have this day ordered, that Wiliam 
Lines, of Saint Alban’s, having been guilty of pre- 
varication and misbehaviour before the said Com- 
mittee, be committed to the custody of the Serjeant- 
at-Arms attending this House. Now these presents 
are therefore to require you to take into your custody 
the body of the said William Lines, and to keep 
him in such custody, until twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday next, April cighth, at noon, for which this 
shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given under my 
hand, this fifth day of April, One thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-one. 
“ Edward Ellice, 

Chairman of said Committee. 

“ To the Serjeant-at-Arms attending the House 
of Commons, or his Deputy or Deputies. 

“ And I do hereby further certify and return, in 
obedience to the said writ, that for the above causes 
I did take into my custody the body of the said 
William Lines, and that afterwards, on the seventh 








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day 


Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


State of 
Ireland. 


Mail Trains 
(Great Yar- 
mouth, &amp;c.) 


Clogheen 
Union. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Agricultural 
Produce 
(Ireland.) 





154 8°—9° Aprilis. A. 1851. 


day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand kets, on the 1st day of every month during the 
eight hundred and fifty-one, the said William Lines years 1848 and 1849. 
was, by an Order of the said House of Commons, | 
ordered to be discharged, and was, in pursuance of | _ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Collection o¢ 
the said Order, discharged out of my custody ac- | Return of the Number of Days on which the Select Rates (Dublin) 
cordingly. ‘Committee sat in the Session of 1849, to which the Bu &amp;. 
Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill, the Dublin Im- 
provement (No. 2) Bill, and the Municipal Corpora- 
tions (Ireland) Bill, were referred; specifying the 
Number and Dates of the Days on which each of 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, those Bills was considered by the said Committee. 
to encourage the Establishment of Lodging Houses 
for the Labouring Classes: And that Lord Ashley, 
the Marquis of Blandford and Mr. Slaney do pre- 
pare, and bring it in, 


“ Charles J. F. Russell, 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending the 
House of Commons.” 


The Small Tenements Rating Act Amendment Small Tere. 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; Pry ten, 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, ment _ 


for Tuesday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House do resolve itself into a! The Order of the day being read, for the second Audit of Rai, 
Committee, to take into consideration the state of reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) W8Y Accoum 
Ireland, with a view to relieve the distress there | Bill ; (No. 2) Bill 
existing ; | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | To-morrow. 

Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words | 

“ and more especially to consider the best means of; The Order of the day being read, for taking into Apprentices 
“ amending the Laws relating to the relationship of consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (Zre- Se Service 
“ Landlord and Tenant.” land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bil 

And the Question being put, That those wordsbe| Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. | upon Friday next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after | 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Process and 
M, = 00 die Anrilis. 1861: ' mittee on the Process and Practice (Ireland) Bill ; pee 
ee ee Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, #4) Bil 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ;/ resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Exchequer 
I : mittee to whom it was referred to consider of ex- Chamber 
Tellers for the {Sir Henry Winston ure lia, tending the provision of an Act of the last Session, #4) 

Yeas, (Mr. Reynolds : c. 18, authorizing the payment, out of the Consoli- 
Tellers for thefMr. Hayter, }iss. dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
Noes, : (Lord Marcus Hill: tain and Ireland, of certain Compensation Allow- 
So it passed in the Negative. /ances to the Officers of the Exchequer Chamber in 
| Ireland ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
inquire into and report to this House on the advan-' ‘The House was moved, That the Act 48 Geo. 3, Assessed 
tages to be derived by the establishment of a Mail | ¢, 55, for repealing the Duties of Assessed Taxes, 7% 
Train between Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, and and granting new Duties in lieu thereof, and certain 
Leicester and Rugby, to meet the Mail Trains at additional Duties to be consolidated therewith; and 
Rugby, going to and returning from Liverpool and also for repealing the Stamp Duties on Game Cer- 
Holyhead :—And the said Motion was, with leave | tificates, and granting new Duties in lieu thereof, to 
of the House, withdrawn. ‘be placed under the Management of the Commis- 
| sioners for the Affairs of Taxes, might be read ; and 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | the same a. read ; 
Copies of all Correspondence, since the 1st day of; Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
December last, between the Clogheen Board of next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
Guardians, the Poor Law Commissioners in Zreland, | said Act. 
the Poor Law Board in England, and the Lambeth | 
Board of Guardians, relative to the alleged illegal | Lord Ashley presented a Bill to encourage the Lodging: 
removal of a Pauper named Margaret M‘Carthy| Establishment of Lodging Houses for the Labour- »us* 
and her two Children, from the Lambeth to the| ing Classes: And the same was read the first time; No. 190. 
Clogheen Workhouse, last November. ‘| and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 30th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


-_ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of any Bill or Bills of Costs lodged in the, :' ’ : : al 
proper Office for Taxation in the Court of Chancery, 4 Motion being made, That this House will, To- — 
(Jreland), in any Cause in which George Mathews | ™OtTow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider (ireland) 


was a Relator, or one of the Relators, and A. J.j ot extending the Provision of an Act of the last (compensation 


Macrory, Esquire, the Solicitor for the Relators, | Session, c. 18, authorizing the payment, out of the Allowances] 
since ll see " | Consolidated Fund of the United iagdom of Great 


| Britain and Ireland, of certain Compensation Al- 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | lowances to the Officers of the Exchequer Chamber 


= saints - tea in Ireland; 
Return of the Names of the Thirty-nine rincipal |" &gt; ae” te 
Maritime and internal Markets of Trelond from | _ ae Greys by — Sage at ne 
which Mr. Griffith constructed the average Scale Soqunates he: Seat, Sa ee ae ee 
of Prices appended to his Letter to the Lord Lieu- | been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 








. i he consideration of the House. 
tenant, on the 23d day of December last ; with the | recommends it to the : 
Prices of the different Articles of Agricultural Pro-| __/t@solved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


duce mentioned in the said Scale in the several Mar- 


| solve itself into the said Committee. 


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14 Vicroriz. 


samp Duties Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue 
assimilation the Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the fifth 


and sixth years of Her present Majesty, to assimi- 
late the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and to make Regulations for collecting and manag- 
ing the same: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-mor- 
row ; and to be printed. 


No. 191 e 


property Tax Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue 
Bill the Duties on Profits arising from Property, Pro- 
No.192- fessions, Trades and Offices: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


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





8°—9° Aprilis. 





Mercurii, 9° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


Public IR Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 
itwenty-fifth Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 7th 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. 
Ministers’ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Widows and 


Orphans’ Fund Ministers’ Widows and Orphans’ Fund of the Free 
ofthe Free Church of Scotland Bill; That they had examined 
Church of the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
fetes Oe, Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting a re- 
cital showing more a the nature of the Susten- 
tation Fund, and the College Fund, and the mode 
of raising the Funds; 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. 


Exchequer Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for raising 

(£.17,756 690) # Sum by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the 

Bil ' year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next. 


Committees Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 


this day, during the sitting of the House. 


oy nl Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
stouness before the Committee on the Slamannan and Bor- 


Railway Bil 7owstouness Railway Bill, in the Session of 1846, be 
(1846.) referred to the Committee on the Monkland Rail- 
way Bill, comprised in Group No. 16. 


a The House proceeded to take into consideration 


rangements the Great Western Railway (Arrangements with re- 
on weterence ference to the Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somerset, 
chase, &amp;e, of and Weymouth, &amp;c. Railways) Bill, as amended in 


the Wilts, the Committee. 

Wonnet and Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

we. Railways) 

Dennton and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Wear Valle the Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley and 
ahr Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Companies 
‘edar he, Amalgamation (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the 


way Com. Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 106, 





155 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Uttoxeter to 
the Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Mill- Stoke, near 


wich to Sandon Turnpike-roads Bill, as amended in | — 


the Committee. to Sandon 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Fhe é 
oads Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bills of 
Return, from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of Indictment 
the Peace, of the several Counties in Jreland, of the (reheat) 
Number of Bills of Indictment sent up to the re- 
spective Grand Juries between the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary 1850 and the 5th day of April 1851, the 
Number found, and the Number ignored, and, where 
such have not been found by reason of the Non- 
attendance of Witnesses, that the Number may be 
stated in the Return. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Holyhead 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased #*rbour- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ; 
House, Returns of all Sums of Money voted by this 
House, or agreed to be paid, under the Authority of 
any Acts of Parliament, for the Works connected 
with the Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, or the 
Branch Railway or Tramway leading thereto; also 
of all Sums of Money paid for any of the above 
purposes, the Names of the Parties to whom such 
Payments have been made, the Dates of the Pay- 
ments, and of Sums still due:—Of any Money 
agreed to be paid or contributed by any Parties 
other than the Government, and of the Sums ac- 
tually paid by them, and how expended, and of any 
Sums still due by them:—Copies of all Contracts 
made for the Construction of said Harbour, or of 
the Works appertaining thereto; and of any Sche- 
dules of Prices connected with them :—And, of the 
original Estimate of the Total Expense for com- 
pleting the Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and of 
the Works connected therewith, and of any addi- 
tional Estimate since made for completing same ; 
and of the probable Sum which will be required to 
complete said Harbour and other Works connected 
with 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. 


Several Petitions relating to the School Establish- Public 
ment (Scotland) Bill ;—Smithfield Market Removal Suiiens 
Bill ;—and, Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and vide Twenty- 
Smithfield Enlargement Bill,—were presented, and sixth Report 


P ‘ on Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Saint Alban’s 
posed, That so much of the Minutes of the Evidence Election. 
taken before the Saint Alban’s Election Committee 
as constitutes the charge reported by the Committee, 
upon which Henry Edwards has been committed to 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, be laid before 
this House :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Short-hand Writer attending 
the Saint Alban’s Election Committee do attend at 
the Bar, and produce so much of the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before the said Committee as re- 
lates to the case of Henry Edwards. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Saint Alban’s 
into consideration the Petition of Henry Edwards, Election. 
a Prisoner in the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending this House, which was presented yes- 
terday, praying that he may be discharged out of 
custody ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow, at Five of the clock. 


Ordered, 


x 2 


Blackwater 
River. 


No, 194, 


Poor Rates. 
No. 195. 


Steam Vessels, 


No. 196, 


Newspapers. 
No. 197. 


Emigrant 


Ship “ Wash- 


ington.” 
No. 198. 


Lighthouse 
Guernsey.) 


No, 199. 


Metropolitan 


156 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Black- 
water River, which was presented upon the 20th 
day of March last, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Ves- 
sels, 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 the Emigrant 
Ship “‘ Washington,” which was presented upon the 
24th day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Light- 
house (Guernsey), which was presented upon the 
27th day of March last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


-— Market yeading of the Metropolitan Cattle Market Bill ; 


Smithfield 
Enlargement 
il, 


Sajnt Alban’s 
Election. 


No. 193. 


Smithfield 
Market 


Removal Bill, 


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 Smithfield Enlargement 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. 
sSir James Duke, 
UMr. Masterman : 


Tellers for the Noes, (Mr — 


}iea, 


}oae, 

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, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


The Short-hand Writer who attended the Select 
Committee on the Saint Alban’s Election Petition 
resented, pursudnt to Order,—So much of the 
inutes of the Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee as relates to the case of Henry Edwards. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Smithfield Market Removal Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, o Gry?’ }os0, 
Tellers for the Noes, om a Sidney &gt;} 65. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill do con- 
sist of Nine Members, to be nominated by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


9° Aprilis. 











A. 1851, 


The Order for reading the third time the Stroud Stroud ang 
and Gloucester Road Bill was read, and discharged, Gloucester 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Road Bill, 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on Railway Bill 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- (Group 12.) 


moting the Warrington and Altrincham Junction 
Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, that 
the evidence of James Staunton, of Thilwall, near 
Warrington, and James Allport, of Manchester, 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 intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, that the said 
ames Staunton and James Aliport do attend the 
said Committee forthwith. 
Ordered, That James Staunton and James Allport 
do attend the said Committee forthwith, 


Ordered, That leave be given to the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the borough of Saint Alban, to adjourn 
till Twelve o'clock on Monday next, for the purpose 
of giving additional time for procuring the attend- 
ance of certain witnesses whose evidence is sworn 
to be material for the prosecution of the case of the 
Petitioners. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Religious Houses Bill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
ee That the Bill be read a second time upon 

ednesday the 30th day of this instant April :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 14th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Churches and Chapels (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the United Church of England and Ire- 
land Bill; 


Saint Alban’: 
Election, 


School Esta. 
blishment 
(Scotland) 


Bill. 


Religious 
Houses Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Churches 
and Chapels 
(Ireland) Bill. 


United Church 
of England 
and Ireland 


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


upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zredand) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 6th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fee Farm Rents (Jreland) Bill; _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Expenses of Prosecutions 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill 


Fee Farm 
Rents 
(Ireland) Bill 


ses of 
Expen ene 
Bill. 

No. 200. 


























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3 





14 Vicroriz. 


A Clause (Justices to declare Gaols or Houses of 
Correction fit Prisons for Persons committed for 
Trial), 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 Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Incumbered The Order of the day being read, for the second 
zatates Leases reading of the Incumbered Estates Leases (Ireland) 


. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Prerogative The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Court aa reading of the Prerogative Court (Jreland) Bill ; 
(Ireland) Bill." Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


ompound The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Householders’ jnto consideration the Compound Householders’ Bill, 
Bill as amended in the Committee. 

No.201- = A Clause (The Liability of the Claimant to Rates 
to continue so long as he occupies the Premises, 
and remains on the Register), 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 Tuesday the 29th day of April next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Farm The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Buildings’ Bill. yeading of the Farm Buildings’ Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


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

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


Supply. 


Ways and 


\ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
cans. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Commission or Warrant for the Ap- 
= of Admiral of the Fleetand of Vice and 

ear Admirals of Great Britain, stating the Amount 
of Pay and Salary attached to each Office. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the manner in which the £.100,000, 
voted in the Session of 1850 for Head-Money, has 
been or is to be applied; stating the specific Ser- 
vices for which any Head-Money is paid, or to be 
paid; the Number of Persons for whom paid, and 
the Rate for each Class; the Number of Persons ; 
and the Amount for each Service. 


Admirals, 


Pirates’ 
Head Money, 


County 
Courts, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciuosly pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Sums received as Clerks’ Fees, by 
each Assistant Clerk of the County Courts, under 
the County Courts Bill, in each year since the Es- 
tablishment of the County Courts; and the Sum 
paid over by him to the Chief Clerk in each year : 
=i the Sums allowed to each Chief Clerk, where 
appointed to more than one District, for Rent of 
Office, and the Sum paid over by him to each As- 
sistant Clerk :—Of the Places of Residence of each 
Chief Clerk of the County Courts, the Distance of 
his Residence from the nearest Town of his District, 
and the Number of Times he has attended in that 
District, and the Number of Days he remained in 


each Place where the Courtis held in each District : 
VoL. 106, 


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157 


—And, of the Residence of each High Bailiff of 
County Courts, the Distance of his Residence from 
the nearest Town of his District, and the Number 
of Times he has attended in that District, and the 
Number of Days he remained at each Place where 
the Board is held in each District. 

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


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Bibles and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Frayer a 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, ac 
a Copy of the existing Patent granted to George 
and John Grierson, for printing Bibles and Prayer 
Books in Jreland ; also, a Return of the Number of 
Copies of the Holy Scriptures and Prayer Books 
printed by them, in each year, since the granting of 
said Patent. 

Ordered, That 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 Acts of 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Parliament. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Copies of Acts of Par- 
liament sold, and the Amount of Money received 
therefrom, out of the Stock of Acts of Parliament 
purchased from Messrs. Griersons on the Expiration 
of their Patent for printing Acts of Parliament in 
Ireland. 

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


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. Corne- 
wall Lewis and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The Order made upon the 21st day of March last, Railway 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of ©°™Panies. 
how many Orders have been made, under the Joint 
Stock Companies’ Winding-up Acts, for winding u 
Abortive Railway Companies ; and, the Date of the 
first of such Orders, and how many of such Com- 


panies have been finally wound up, was read, and 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Railway 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Companies. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of how many Orders have been 
made under the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 
Acts for winding-up Abortive Railway Companies, 
and the Date of the first of such Orders, and how 
many of such Companies have been finally wound up. 

Ordered, That 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 indem- jnaemnity 
nify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have Bill. 
omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Em- 
ployments, and to extend the Time limited for those 
Purposes respectively: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from Crown Estate 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Paving Bill. 
That in the case of the Crown Estate Paving Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


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Jovis, 10° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
Great North R. Bernal reported from the Committee on 
of Scotland the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill; 
ming SE they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill; and had made an 
Amendment in the Preamble, showing that no pre- 
ference or priority in the payment of Interest or 
dividend, or any of the shares of the Company, 
had been granted by the Company, and no power 
enabling the Company to grant such preference or 
priority was subsisting; 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 ; 
and be printed, 
a Mr. Bernal reported the Ulster Canal and Union 
; ». Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
—— Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 
Mayfield Mr. Bernal reported the Mayfield Railway 
(No. 3 Bill, (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. 


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


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
(No, 2) Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time the Saint 
Helen’s Improvement (No. 2) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads 
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. 


Shrewsbury 

and Bridg- 

north Turn- 

—_— 
ill. 


Malton and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Driffield June- the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Bill, as 
Bah Railway amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sheffield, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
Wakeficld, dersfield and Goole Railway Bill, as amended in the 


Yo Committee. 

an oo1e " o : . . 

Railway Bill. A Clause (Shares forfeited may, in certain cases, 
be cancelled) was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Regent’sCanal Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the Com- 

Company Bill. mittee on Group No. 17 of Opposed Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Regent's Canal Company 
Bill, they had amended he Deceniin more accu- 
rately to describe the objects of the Bill; and that 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Edinburgh, Mr. Vesey reported from the Committee on Group 
— and 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Edin- 
Railway py, Surgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill, they had 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had made a verbal Amendment 
therein, and had also amended the same by a re- 
cital as to the capital and loans of the Company, 
to make the same more clear; and found the alle- 
gations of the Bill, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


10° Aprilis. 








A. 1851. 


Mr. Vesey 
16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Dun- 


Bill, and had made certain verbal Amendments 
therein, and had further amended the same, by leav- 
ing out so much thereof as set forth that no con- 
tracts had been entered into for the purchase of 
lands required for the Railway and Station to be 
abandoned, the Promoters having stated that the 
same had been inserted in error; that the Committee 
had further amended the Preamble, by inserting a 
recital as to the existing capital and loans of the 
Company, and the amount thereof raised, and re- 
maining to be raised, and as to the application 
thereof; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Guano, 
which was presented upon the 31st day of March 
last, be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this in- 
stant April, for Copy of a Letter from Secretary Sir 
George Grey to his Grace the Archbishop of Can- 
terbury, transmitting an Address to Her Majesty 
from Lay Members of the United Church of £ng- 
land and Jreland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Spirits in Ireland, during each of the years ending 
the 5th day of April 1850 and 1851, and the Number 
of Gallons brought to charge, showing the Increase 
or Decrease in Duty and in Gallons :—Of the Num- 
ber of Gallons of Spirits brought to charge in Jre- 
land, and the Duty paid thereon, in the quarters 
ending the 5th day of April 1850 and 1851, show- 
ing the Increase or Decrease :—Of the Number of 
Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Quan- 
tities produced from Malt, and from a mixture of 
Malt and unmalted Grain) on which Duty was paid 
for Home Consumption in Jreland, in each quarter 
of the years ending the 5th day of April 1850 and 
1851, and in each of the years :—Of the Number 
of Detections, and of the Number of Persons pro- 
secuted for Offences in Jreland against the Laws 
for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, in each 
quarter of the years ending the 5th day of April 
1849, 1850 and 1851, distinguishing those convicted : 
—Of the Number of Cases in which the Sentences 
of Persons so convicted have been remitted in each 
of the Three last years:—And, of the Number of 
Persons confined in each Gaol in Jreland, for Offences 
against the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Dis- 
tillation, on the 5th day of January, the 5th day of 
March, and the 5th day of April, in each of the 
~_ 1849, 1850 and 1851 (in continuation of Par- 
iamentary Paper, No. 452, of Session 1850.) 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to continue and 
amend an Act for establishing an Office for the 
Benefit of the Coalwhippers of the Port of Zondon: 
And the same was me the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 2d day of 





May next; and to be printed. 
. Ordered, 


dee and Arbroath Railway Bill, they had examined a § 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Enlargemey, 


reported from the Committee on Group Dundee ang 
Arbroath 


ilway (Du. 
tation 


¢.) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 1 of Railway Bis 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (Group 1) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ennis- Ennistinon 
timon Union, which was presented upon the 10th Union. 


No, 203, 


Guano, 
No, 204. 


Church of 
England. 


No, 205. 


—_ 
Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duty on (Ireland) 


Coalwhippers 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


No. 206. 








Emi 


TA 































a Brewers, &amp;e. 


mn 
ent, 


Emigration. 


Collisions, &amp;C. 
of Vessels. 


Sattara. 


Victoria-street 


Sewer. 


Turkey and 
Persia, 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Twenty- 


14 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Persons in each of 
the several Collections in the United Kingdom li- 
censed as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises, and to sell Beer not to be 
drunk on the Premises, in each year from the year 
1832 to the year 1851. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Board of Guardians of Saint 
Pancras and the Poor Law Board relative to the 
Emigration of Children to the Bermudas :—And, of 
any Correspondence which has been transmitted by 
the Children so sent out by the Board of Guardians 
of Saint Pancras as to their Condition and Pros- 
pects in the Bermudas, and which has been for- 
warded by the aforesaid Board of Guardians to the 
Poor Law Board. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from Lloyds’ Books, of all Collisions, Ac- 
cidents and Wrecks of Vessels, distinguishing, in 
Columns, the Sailing from Steam Vessels, and spe- 
cifying the Nature of each Collision, Accident or 
Wreck, Tonnage of each Vessel, and the Number of 
Lives lost by each, in each year, since the 1st day of 
January 1847 up to the 31st day of December 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Documents furnished by the Resident 
at Sattara to the Bombay Government, showing the 
Amount of Revenue received from all Sources in 
the State of Sattara, since its Administration by 
the East India Company, and the Charges payable 
out of the said Revenue :—And, of all Correspon- 
dence 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 Jndia, from the 1st day of 
December 1849 to the present Time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, of the Estimate for the first Contract Length 
of the Victoria-street Sewer; with a Statement of 
the Contract Price, and the actual Cost for Com- 
pletion of the same, so far as the Account can be 
made up :—Copies of the Report of Joseph Smith, 
Surveyor to the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, dated on or about the 1st day of March 
last, on the State and Condition of the first Con- 
tract Length of the Victoria-street Sewer, as ascer- 
tained by his Survey of the same ; and of any Plans 
and Sections accompanying. the Report :—And, of 
the Report of the Engineer to the Commissioners, 
upon the subject-matter of the said Report of the 
said Joseph Smith. 


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 Persons employed by the 
British Government in settling, in conjunction with 
Persons employed by the Russian Government, ex- 
isting Differences between the Governments of 
Turkey and Persia, in regard to the Boundary Line 
between those two States ; together with the Date 
of their respective Appointments, and an Account 
of their Salaries, and of the other Expenses hitherto 
incurred by them in the execution of their Duties. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise 
and Vote by Ballot ;—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesi- 
astical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Ordination and 


erent Licenses to Curacies ;— Cape of Good Hope ( Kafir 


Petitions, 





War) ;—Van Diemen’s Land (Transportation) ; — 
Cee ;— Legacy Duty ;— Ministers’ Money 
OL. 106. 


10° Aprilis. 





159 


(Zreland) ;— Property Tax ;— Agriculture ;—Civil 
Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ;—Copyholds ; — Dublin 
Hospitals ;—Education ;—Education (Ireland) ;— 
Education (Scotland) ;—Fishguard Bay and Har- 
bour ;—Thomas Gray ;— Lord Lieutenancy (Ire- 
land)—Money Payment of Wages ;—Poisons ;— 
Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Prerogative Court (Ireland) 
Bill; — Public Salaries ;— School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill; —Slave Trade ;—and, Smithfield 
Market Removal Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Collection of 
the Clerk of the House :—Return to an Order, dated Rates (Dublin) . 
the 8th day of this instant April, for a Return of the queen.) ‘ 


Number of Days on which the Select Committee 
sat in the Session of 1849, to which the Collection 
of Rates (Dublin) Bill, the Dublin Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill, and the Municipal Corporations (Ire- 
land) Bill, were referred; specifying the Number 
and Dates of the Days on which each of those Bills 
was considered by the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Saint Alban’s 
consideration the Petition of Henry Edwards, a pri- Election. 


soner in the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms at- 
tending this House, which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, praying that he may be discharged 
out of custody :—The House proceeded to take the 
said Petition into consideration ; and the same was 
again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Henry Edwards be discharged out of 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House, without payment of fees:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
so much of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the 
Select Committee on the Saint Alban’s Election 
Petition as relates to the Adjournments on Monday 
the 31st day of March last, and Wednesday the 
9th day of this instant April. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Henry Edwards, on the seventh day of April 
instant, was declared to have been guilty of a breach 
of the Privileges of this House, and was ordered for 
his said offence to be taken into the custody of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, and, in pur- 
suance of such Order, now remains in the custody 
of the said Serjeant-at-Arms ; and the said Henry 
Edwards having presented his humble Petition to 
the House, denying the truth of the evidence taken 
before the Committee upon the Saint Alban’s Elec- 
tion Petition, upon which evidence the Report of 
the said Committee, that the said Henry Edwards 
had conducted himself in the manner which this 
House declared to be a breach ofits Privileges, was 
founded, and praying that he might be set at liberty, 
upon his undertaking to appear when and as this 

ouse should order, and to obey the directions of 
this House in all things, this House doth order, that 
Henry Edwards be discharged from the custody of 
the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, without 
payment of fees :—It passed in the Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphery : 
Mr. Speaker, 


out any Amendment: And also, 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


without any Amendment: And also, 


to William Monsell, Esquire, a Memberof this House, 
to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in order to 
his being examined as a witness before the Lords’ 








x4 Committees 


The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, with- Mutiny Bim, 


The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny Marine 


The Lords have agreed to the Mills and Factories Mills and 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Designs Act 
by this House to the Designs Act Extension Bill, Extension Bill. 


The Lords request That this House will give leave Lords’ Com- 














































160 


Committees for Privileges, to whom the Petition of 
Edwin Richard Wyndham, Earl of Dunraven and 
Mountearl, Viscount Mountearl, and Adare and 
Baron Adare, of Adare, in the County of Limerick, 

raying their Lordships, that his right to vote at the 
Blestion of Peers of Ireland, to sit in the Parliament 
of the United Kingdom, may be ee their 
Lordships, stands referred :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message. 

And Mr. Monsell being present in his place, de- 
clared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That William Monsell, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Colonies. A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That it is the opinion of this House, that 
steps should be taken to relieve this country, as 
speedily as possible, from its present Civil and Mili- 
tary Expenditure on account of the Colonies, with 
the exception of its Expenditure on account of 
Military Stations or Convict Settlements :—That it 
is expedient at the same time to give to the inhabi- 
tants of the Colonies which are neither Military 
Stations nor Convict Settlements ample powers for 
their local self-government, and to free them from 
that imperial interference with their affairs which is 
inseparable from their present military occupation ; 

And the previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


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


Veneris, 11° die Aprilis, 1851: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 


day next. 


Universities A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


of Scotland. posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate admission to the Lay or Secular Chairs of 
the Universities of Scotland :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Court of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Chancery. Return of the Nature and Amount of each Fee 


authorized to be received by the several Officers of 
the Court of Chancery, and paid by them into the 
Bank of England to the Credit of the Suitors’ Fee 
Fund ; distinguishing, so far as may be possible, 
the Amount paid into the Fee Fund in respect of 
each Fee, from the 24th day of November 1849 to 
the 24th day of November 1850, according to the 
following Form :— 





Total Amount 








; Under what ip 
Name and Description Amount Order paid into the 
. or Authority | . Fee Fund 
of each Fee. | received. levied. | in respect of 
i each Fee. 





| | 


| 


| | 
Kitchen and = Ordered, That Mr. 
Refreshment the Select Committee po a ue antan on 
Rooms (House “¢ on the Kitchen and Refresh- 


of Commons.) Ment Rooms (House of Commons). 








Orduance The House was moved, That the Order made 
(eevee ay) Upon Friday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 


pointed to inquire into and report on the present 
state of the Ordnance Survey of Scotland, and on 
the works which will be required for its completion, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Charteris, 


10°—11° Apriiis. 











A. 1851. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War, Colonel Anson, Colonel 

Mure, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Smollett, Mr. Cowan, 

Sir William Morison, the Earl of March, Sir Henry 

Davie, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Mackenzie, Sir Phili 

Egerton, Viscount Melgund and Mr. Locke, wit 

Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Audit of 
reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No, 2) Railway 
Bill; ack 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “ae 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Process any 
mittee on Process and Practice (Ireland) [Compen- Practice 
sation Allowances] ; {Comm P 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Allowances.) 
the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill was, ac- Stamp Duties 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Assimilation 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Property Tax 
reading of the Property Tax Bill ; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; of Health Bil. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid hefore this House, a Police 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before (Limerick.) 
Charles Hunt, Esquire, R. M., and Gonne Bell, Es- 

uire, R. M., at the Investigation held by them at 
New Paltas (Limerick), into the Charges preferred 
by the Reverend J. O’ Dwyer, against the Police, 
in the months of August, September and October 
last, together with their Report, and the Decision of 
Her Majesty’s Government thereon. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- Holyhead 
terday for presenting to Her Majesty an humbie Ad- Harbour. 
dres, that She would be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Returns 
of all Sums of Money voted by this House, or agreed 
to be paid, under the Authority of any Acts of Par- 
liament, for the Works connected with the Harbour 
of Refuge at Holyhead, or the Branch Railway or 
Tramway leading thereto; also of all Sums of 
Money paid for any of the above Purposes, the 
Names of the Parties to whom such Payments have 
been made, the Dates of the Payments, and of Sums 
still due :—Of any Money agreed to be paid or con- 
tributed by any Parties other than the Government, 
and of the Sums actually paid by them, and how 
expended, and of any Sums still due by them :— 
Copies of all Contracts made for the Construction 
of said Harbour, or of the Works ma | 
thereto ; and of any Schedules of Prices connecte 
with them :—And, of the original Estimate of the 
Total Expense for completing the Harbour of 
Refuge at Holyhead, and of the Works connected 
therewith, and of any additional Estimate since 
made for completing same; and of the probable 
Sum which will be required to complete said Har- 
bour and other Works connected with it, was read, 
and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Holyhead 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased aru 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Sums of Money voted by this 
House, or agreed to be paid, under the Authority of 
any Acts of Parliament, for the Works connected 
with the Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, or the 
Branch Railway or Tramway leading thereto ; also 
of all Sums of Money paid for any of the above 
Purposes, 










































14 Vicroriz. 


Purposes, the Names of the Parties to whom such 
Payments have been made, the Dates of the Pay- 
ments, and of Sums still due:—Of any Money 
agreed to be paid or contributed by any Parties other 
than the Government, and of the Sums actually 
aid by them, and how expended, and of any Sums 
still due by them :—Copies of all Contracts made 
for the Construction of said Harbour, or of the 
Works appertaining thereto :—And, of the original 
Estimate of the Total Expense for completing the 
Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and of the Works 
connected therewith, and of any additional Estimate 
since made for completing same ; and of the probable 
Sum which will be required to complete said Har- 
bour, and other Works connected with it. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Hainault Forest Bill be read 


Hainault “ 

Forest Bill. gq second time upon Monday next. 

Grain, Flour, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
&amp; Return, in continuation, for the year 1850, of Par- | 


liamentary Paper, No. 7, of the present Session, 
converting Cwts. into Quarters, and stating the 
Weight per Quarter allowed for each kind of Meal ; 
prefixing thereto a Column showing the Value of 
Imports from the same Countries (if no Value of 
Imports other than the Official Value can be given, 
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 Im- 
ports from the same Countries ; the last Column to 
be placed in juxta Position 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. 


Mr. Dew, one of the Clerks attending Committees 
of this House, presented, pursuant to Order,—So 


Saint Alban’s 
Election. 


No. 202. much of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the | 


Select Committee on the Saint Alban’s Election 
Petition as relates to the Adjournments on Monday 


the 31st day of March last, and Wednesday the | 


9th day of this instant April. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be taken into 
consideration this day, at Five of the clock ; and 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, 11° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS, 
Improvement ORDER ED, That the Committee on the Im- 
died be, provement of ‘l'owns (Jreland) Bill have leave 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


rirningham Ordered, That the Committee on the Birmingham 
tL "* “Improvement Bill have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Chating Cross Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
idge Bill, Charing Cross Bridge Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by correcting 
some verbal inaccuracies in the financial Statement 
of the Company ; 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. 
sal Raval Mr. Bernal reported the Royal Navy School Bill, 


with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 106. 


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161 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Saint Andrew's 
Saint Andrew’s Railway Bill; That they had exa- Railway Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out a recital, that it was necessary to alter and 
amend, extend and enlarge, and in part to repeal, 
the powers and provisions ot the several Acts of the 
Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, 
as therein specified, seeing that it was not necessary 
to do so for the purposes of the Bill; and found the 
same as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Biil, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 8th and 9th days of Goeh Report.) 
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. . 





|  Angerstein’s Branch Railway Bill was read the angerstein’s 
Branch 


| third time. 
x Railway Bill. 


| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

| Title be, An Act to authorize the Construction of a 
| Bridge across the lower Turnpike-road leading from 
| — to Woolwich, and the crossing of a Foot- 

| path. 

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


The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill was read Bristol and 
the third time. ele een 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ete aaaee 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| _ The Wiveliscombe Turnpike-road Bill was read Wiveliscombe 
i the third time. oe 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Moody do carry the Bill to 

| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aberdeen 
ithe Aberdeen Public Records Bill, as amended in Public _ 
the Committee. Records Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Duffield and 

ithe Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike-road Bill, as Sheffield 

| amended in the Committee. Turnpike-road 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Mr. Plumptre reported from the Committee on Briton Ferry 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of the Docks and 
Briton Ferry, Docks and Railway Bill, they had ®4!¥ay Bill 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by insert- 
ing a proviso to enable the Vale of Meath Railway 
Company to subscribe to the Undertaking, as it ap- 
peared expedient to the Committee to allow such 
an arrangement ; 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 ; 
|and be printed. 





| e 
Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Derby ana 


‘on Group 1 of Private Bills; That, in the case of Ashborne 
the Derby and Ashborne Road Bill, they had exa- 80d Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
a recital as to two toll-houses, and a piece of land 
annexed thereto, rendered necessary on account of 
powers given in the Bill to purchase toll-gates, &amp;c. ; 
and found the allegations of the Bill, as amended, 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Antendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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imi Ordered, That the Farm Buildings Bill be read a 
Buildings Bill. ..-ond time upon Wednesday the 30th day of this 
instant April. 


London and Mr. Sidney Herbert reported the London and 
— Blackwall Railway (Branch to Haydon-square, 
(Branch to Whitechapel, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 

a. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
square, White- . 

head, &amp;e.) and be printed. 

Bill. 

Liverpool Mr. William Brown reported the Liverpool Docks 
Docks (Alte- (Alteration of Management, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- 
ration of ments 

Management, Se 

&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Royal Assent 


4 A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
0 . 


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 Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had de- 
clared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which 
Bills are as follow : 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : 

An Act to amend an Act of the Parliament of 
Ireland, of the twenty-fifth year of King George 
the Third, for explaining and amending several 
Laws for the Encouragement of Agriculture, so far 
as relates to Leases for the Erection of Mills: 
Designs Act An Act to extend the Provisions of the Designs 
Extension Bill. Act, 1850, and to give Protection from Piracy to 
Persons exhibiting New Inventions in the Exhibi- 
tion of the Works of Industry of all Nations in One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, giving, in Tabular Form, the Number of 
original Civil Bill Ejectment Processes entered, and 
the Number of Copies served in each of the years 
1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, in 
and for the several Counties in Jreland, respectively, 
and distinguishing the Number in each Riding of 
the County of Cork :—Similar Return of the Num- 
ber of such Processes heard and decided upon :— 
Similar Return of the Number of Civil Bill Pro-| 
cesses for Redemption, of Copies served, and of such 
Processes entered, heard and decided : — Similar 
Return in Replevin Cases, and in Legacy or Dis- 
tributive Share of Assets Cases :—And, similar Re- 
turn of all other original Civil Bills, and of the 
Number of Copies served, and the Number of such 
Cases entered, aud the Number of such Cases heard 
and decided ; such Returns to distinguish the Num- 
ber of Cases in which Civil Bills were merely issued 
and served from those Cases in which the Civil Bill 
was entered, and a Decree or Dismiss was had, and 
also to exhibit the Average Number of Copies served 
in each Class of Civil Bill Process. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Mills and 


Factories 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Civil Bill 
Processes 
(Treland.) 


Extra-mural 
Sepulture. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—General Board of Health: Copy of a 
Report on a General Scheme of Extra-mural Sepul- 
ture for Country Towns. 

Museum of Practical Geology: Copy of Third 
Report on the Coals suited to the Steam Navy, by 


Coals (Steam 
Navy.) 


11° Aprilis. 


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A. 1851. 


Sir Henry De la Beche,C.B., F.RS., and Dr. Lyon 
Playfair, F.R.S. 


Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this 
instant April, for Copies of further Correspondence 
relating to the Liverpool and Wallasey Gunpowder 
Magazines (in continuation of former Papers). 

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


Ordered, That Captain Pelham have leave of ab- 
sence for six weeks, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns relating to the Waterford, Wexford, Wick- 
low and Dublin Railway Company, which are re- 
quired by the Sessional Resolutions of 1846 relative 
to Railway Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts showing the Amount of Customs Duties 
collected in each of the Ports of Scotland, in each 
of the Ten years ending the 5th day of January 
1850 :—Of the Number and Tonnage of the Ves- 
sels entering and clearing outwards of the several 
Ports of Scotland, distinguishing the Foreign from 
the British and Coasting Shipping :—And, of the 
Number and Tonnage of the Vessels registered in 
the several Ports of Scotland, for the five years com- 
mencing the 5th day of January 1840, and ending 
the 5th day of Janvary 1845; and also for the five 
years commencing the 5th day of January 1845, 
and ending the 5th day of January 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Deaths in the Ki/rush and Ennisty- 
mon Workhouses, Hospitals, Infirmaries and Aux- 
iliaries, from the 25th day of March 1850 until the 
25th day of March 1851, with the Name, Age, Sex, 
Cause of Death, Date of Death, Date of Admission, 
with tne Observation of Medical Officer on each 
Case :—Copy of the Dietary ordered or sanctioned 
by the Commissioners of Poor Laws for all Classes 
in the Kilrush and Ennistymon Workhouses during 
the above Period; specifying the Kind of Food 
used, and showing what Deviation there may have 
been (and under what Authority) from such prescribed 
Dietary within the same Period, particularly as re- 
gards the Diminution of Milk :—Copy of any Corres- 
pondence between the Commissioners of Poor Laws, 
their Inspectors, and the Guardians of the Kilrush 
and Ennistymon Unions, with reference to the Mor- 
tality ovcurring within the respective Workhouses, 
and of their general Management, within the 25th 
day of March 1850 and the 25th day of March 
1851:—And, Return of the Name, Rank, Salary 
and Duty of each Officer and Servant at present em- 
ployed in the Workhouses of Kilrush and Ennis- 


tymon. 


Liverpool wy: 

Wallasey 
un 

Ma powder 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
icklow anj 
Dublin Rail. 
way Company, 


Customs, 
Duties, &amp;e, 
(Seotland.) 


Kilrush and 
Ennistymon 
ions, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Valuation 
Return of the several Counties, Counties of Cities (Ireland) 


and Towns, in Jreland, in which the General Valua- 
tion of Ireland, under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vice. c. 110, 
has been commenced, or in which it hes been com- 
pleted ; specifying, in detail (both of Acres and 
Value) the Progress which has been made in each 
County, &amp;c., and whether the Valuation is made ac- 
cording to the Boundaries of Unions or of Baro- 
nies :—(The Return is to show the Valuation by 
the Acre and by the £.100 of the Valuation). 


Several Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Public 
of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical ‘Titles Assumption Bill ;— Pett 
Jews ;—Religious Houses Bill ;—County Rates and yjae Twenty: 
Expenditure ; —Malt ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ;— seventh Repo 
Windows ;—Agriculture ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) 0» Public 


Bill ;—Copyholds ; —Education (Ireland); —Mer- 
cantile Marine Act ;—Poor Law ;-—Prisons (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ; 
—and, Smoke, &amp;c.,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 


Petitions. 


Navy: 


Cuff-st 
(Dubli 
Savin 


Adjot 


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(Gro 
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Loca 


Sain 
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Navy: 


Cuf-street 
(Dublin) 
savings Bank. 


Adjournment. 


Railway Bills 
(Groups 7 
and 16.) 


Local Acts. 
No.63, 


Saint Alban’s 
Election, 


Assessed 
Taxes, 


tye 
yort 


Distress of 
Prete and 
Ncupiers of 
Land, 





14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition relative to the Sunday Trading Pre- 
vention Bill, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Sums paid for Articles purchased 
for the Victualling of the Navy, during the year 
1850-51, distinguishing what has been paid for 
British and Colonial and Foreign Produce, so far 
as the same can be made out. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing how the Sum of £.30,000, voted 
by this House on the 2d day of August 1850, for 
the Relief of the Depositors in the late Savings 
Bank, Cuff-street, Dublin, has been disposed of, 
stating the Name and Rank of each Depositor, the 
Gross Sum due, and the Amount paid to each :— 
And, of the Name, Rank and Amount claimed by 
each Depositor, whose claim has been rejected by 
the Commissioners, and the Grounds upon which 
they refused Payment in each case. 


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


Ordered, That the Committees on Greups Nos. 7 
and 16 of Railway Bills, have leave to sit To-morrow, 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive tv 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 taking into 
consideration so much of the Minutes of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Select Committee on the Saint 
Alban’s Election Petition as relates to the Adjourn- 
ments on Monday the 31st day of March last, and 
Wednesday the 9th day of this instant April, which 
was presented yesterday :—The House proceeded 
to take the said Minutes into consideration; and 
the same were again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Henry Edwards be discharged out of 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House without payment of Fees ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “be” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“now brought to the Bar of this House, to be heard 
“ on the prayer of his Petition,” 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 Mon- 

day next, at Five of the Clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred, to consider the 
Act 48 Geo. 3, c. 55, for repealing the Duties of 
Assessed Taxes, and granting new Duties in lieu 
thereof, and certain additional Duties to be conso- 
lidated therewith ; and also for repealing the Stamp 
Duties on Game Certificates, and granting new 
Duties in lieu thereof, to be placed under the Ma- 
nagement of the Commissioners for the Affairs of 
Taxes; 

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 any relief to be granted by the remission or ad- 
“ justment of taxation, due regard should be paid 
“ to the distressed condition of the owners and oc- 


“ cupiers of land in the United Kingdom,” instead 
thereof. 


Vou. 106. 


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163 


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


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


Sabbati, 12° die Aprilis, 1851: 


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. 

j Mr. Hayter, 


» Bic Teas. ; 1 96: 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Lord Marcus Hill : | 263. 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 a _ } 250. 


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 
Duties granted by the Act 48 Geo. 3, c. 55, and 
now payable in England, Wales and Berwick-upon- 
Tweed, aud in Scotland, respectively, upon Dwelling- 
houses, and levied and assessed according to the 
number of Windows or Lights therein, as set forth 
in the Schedule marked (A.) to the said Act annexed, 
shall be levied and assessed upon inhabited Dwel- 
ling-houses in and throughout Great Britain, ac- 
cording to the annual value thereof, in the manner 
following ; (that is to say) 

For every inhabited Dwelling-house, which, with 
the household and other offices, yards and gar- 
dens therewith occupied and charged, is or shall be 
worth the rent of Twenty pounds or upwards by the 
year ; 

Where any such Dwelling-house shall be occu- 
pied by any person in trade, who shall expose 
to sale, and sell any goods, wares or merchan- 
dise in any shop or warehouse, being part of 
the same Dweiling-house, and in the front, 
and on the ground or basement story thereof; 

And also, where any such Dwelling-house shall 
be occupied by any person who shall be duly 
licensed by the laws in force to sell therein by 
retail, beer, ale, wine or other liquors, although 
the room or rooms thereof, in which any such 
liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk 
or consumed, shall not be such shop or ware- 
house as aforesaid ; 

And also, where any such Dwelling-house shall 
be a Farm-house occupied by a tenant, and 
bond fide used for the purposes of husbandry 
only,— 

There shall be charged for every Twenty 
shillings of the annual value of any such 
Dwelling-house, the sum of Sixpence. 

And where any such Dwelling-house shall 
not be occupied and used for any such 
purpose and in manner aforesaid, there 
shall be charged for every Twenty shil- 
lings of the annual value thereof, the sum 
of Nine-pence. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

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





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164, 11°—12° 
The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Butldings Bill. »eading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 


Ordered, Tiat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Acts of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
yaw 
bbreviation . 
Repeal Bill ; 
Act Repeal ? , , 
Bill. ™ teed That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


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

Abjuration = reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; 

aya Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 1st day of May next. 


Sale of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
oto a reading of the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill; _ 
eee Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 





Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(ireland reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regu- 
Regulation lation Act Amendment Bill ; 

Act Amend- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
ment Dill, 


upon Monday the 5th day of May next. 


Apprenticesto The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(ireland) Bil consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (Jre- 
. ’ land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Processand § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





Aprilis. A. 1851. 


A Committee was nominated of Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. Rich, 
Mr. Stafford, Mr. Cobden, Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Sir Thomas Frank- 
land Lewis, Mr. Chichester Foriescue, Colone! Mure, 
Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Sotheron and 


reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act | Sir William Molesworth; with Power to send for 


persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. Timber anj 
c. 23, to alter certain Duties of Customs, might be Coffee Dutie, 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 8 &amp;9 
Vic. c. 90, for granting Duties on Customs, might 
be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 12 &amp; 

13 Vic. c.90, to amend the Laws relating to the 
Customs, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider so 
much of the said Acts as relates to the Duties on 
Timber and Coffee. 


Ordered, That there be-laid before this House, a Distillers, 

Return of Licensed Distillers in England, Scotland 
and Ireland; specifying the Situation and Excise 
Collection in which such Distilleries are situate; 
whether entered to use Stills pursuant to the Acts 
4 Geo. 4, c. 94, and 6 Geo. 4, c. 80; whether using 
Stills not sanctioned by any Act of Parliament ; if 
so, the Date of Licence for using such Stills :— 























‘Ireland Bill mittee on the Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill ; - — 
‘ * — Resclved, That this House will, upon Monday the ENGLAND. 
jth day of May next, resolve itself into the said Descriptionnef! Stile, called Po- | Date of Ls 
Committee. Stills con- tent, not con-| cense for) Using 
‘ si structed pur-| structed pursu- | using Stills | legal Sti 
Exchequer The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, ome Situation,  suant to 4 ant to Acts of | not sano | p ng 
— — read a second time; and committed to a Committee | lection. no cog ag ee ye ed [celled Patent, 
= &gt; of the whole House, for Monday next. c.80. | of Distilleries, | liament, | alternately 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | | 
mittee of Supply ; | | | | 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday eee | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. . - . 
, Ordered, That the Committee on the Birmingham Birmingham 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement Bill have leave to sit this day, not- — 


Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


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


withstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Select Improvement 
Committee on the Improvement of ‘owns (Zreland) ° Tov" | 

a. (Ireland) Bill 
Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and No, 207 
made Amendments thereunto. — 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 





Law of _ Ordered, That Mr, Anderson be discharged from 
Partnership» further attendance on the Select Committee on the 
Law of Partnership. 
Ordered, That Kir. Pilkington be added to the 
Committee, 


Enfranchise- The Select Committee on the Enfranchisement 

ment of of Copyholds Bill was nominated of Mr. Aglionby, 

Bi COM. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Bouverie, the Earl of 
Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Head- 
lam, Mr. Henley, Mr. Mullings, Mr. John Abel 
Smith, Mr. Tufnell, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. 
Armstrong, Mr. Sotheron, Sir Edward Buxton and 
Mr. Miles ; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Monday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed to inquire mto the present state and ope- 
ration of the Law relative to Newspaper Stamps ; 
also, into the Law and Regulations relative to the 
transmission of Newspapersand other Publications by 
Post; and to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House, might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Newspapers, 


mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 1st 
| day of May next, 


| 

| The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Constabulary 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table (Ireland.) 
by the Clerk of the House:—A Statement of the 
Amount of Constabulary Force in each County, 

| County of a City and County of a Town in Ireland, 

on the 1st day of January 1851. 

The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was also Jury Pane 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House ;— (Mayo) 
Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Jury Panel in the Criminal 

Court at the last Assizes for the County of Mayo, 
| stating the Names of the Jurors empanneled and 
sworn in the case of The Queen versus Thadeus 
Derrig and others; the Order in which the Persons 
on said Panel were called ; the Names of those or- 
| dered on the part of the Crown to stand by, and the 
, Names of the Counsel engaged in said Prosecution. 





| And then the House, having continued to sit 
| tilla quarter of an hour after Two of the 

clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
| Monday next. 













































and 
Duties, 


ity 





14 VicToriz. 


Luna, 14° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


Pablic M&amp; Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
eae examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th and 
part.) 11th 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. 
Bast Lanca- Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on 


shire Railway Group 12 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of 
- the Kast Lancashire Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contamed in the Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction ; that Petitions were referred 
to the Committee from the Liverpool, Crosby and 
Southport Railway Company, and from the Zan- 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, complain- 
ing of the powers sought to be obtained by the pro- 
visions of the Bill as unjust and prejudicial to their 
interests : the Committee concurred in the view of 


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the Petitioners, and rejected the Preamble of the Bill. 

Mr. Bramston further reported from the Com-'| 
mittee, That it was stated by the opponents to the 
Bill that their objections only extended to the powers 
sought to be obtained to interfere with and alter the 
existing arrangements with other Companies ; but 
that the powers sought to increase capital, and to 
impose additional Tolls, with the clauses connected 
therewith, were unopposed ; and the Committee re- 
commend to the House to re-commit the Bill, with an 
Instruction to omit all clauses interfering with exist- 
ing arrangements with other Companies, and restrict- 
ing the Promoters to the remaining objects of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to strike out of the said Bill all powers of 
interference with other Companies, and restrict the 
Promoters to the remaining objects of the Bill. 


A Petition of the Zancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
way Company, for leave to deposit a Petition for 
leave to bring in a Bill for declaring the rights of 
the holders of the preference stock in the said Com- 
pany, and of the holders of shares denominated re- 
spectively “ fifths” and “extension” shares, upon 
tne basis agreed upon by the shareholders, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway (Ar- 
Trangements as 
to Preference 
Stock, &amp;c.) 


Birmingham 


Mr. Sotheron reported the Birmingham Im- 
me 


provement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Commercial 
Docks 
Improvement 
Bill, 


The Commercial Docks Improvement Bill was 
read the third time. 

A Clause (Present Bye-laws to cease within six 
Months), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Great Western The Great Western Railway (Arrangements with 


reference to the Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somer- 
with reference Set and Weymouth, &amp;c. Railways) Bill was read the 
— ae , third time. 

dy Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


the Wilts, 
= Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
0 





Somerset and 
uth, to tl : _ 
as Railways) o the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 
i 


The Saint Patrich’s Cathedral (Dublin) Bill was | 


Faint Patrick's 
thedral 


(Dublin) Biy, *€@¢ the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 106, 





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| 





165 


Ordered, That Mr. French do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Sheffield, 
Huddersfield and Goole Railway Bill was read the Rotherham, 
third time. Wakefield, 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill Huddersfield 
(Saving Rights under subsisting Contracts.) ne er 

And a Motion being made, and the Question “™*Y *" 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now brought 
up :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley and Stockton and 
Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Companies Bill Wear Valley 
was read the third time. end ible. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the brough and 
Title be, An Act for empowering the Stockton and Redcar Rail- 
Darlington Railway Company, and their Lessors, ules Bill. 
the Wear Valley Railway Company, and the Mid- 
dlesbrough and Redcar Railway Company, to raise 
more Money, and for other Purposes. 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Harwich 
the Harwich Improvement, Quays and Pier Bill, as i i i 
amended in the Committee. Vier Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Richmond and 
the Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike-road ( Weston ——— 
aire: : 7 pot &gt; urnpike-road 
District), Continuation of Term, &amp;c, Bill, as amended (Western Dis- 
in the Committee. trict) Con- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, _tinuation of. 
erm, &amp;c, Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Hainault 
reading of the Hainault Forest Bill; Forest Bill. 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second time 5 
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 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 a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Huddersfield and Huddersfield 
New Hey District Turnpike-road Bill, with Amend- #4 New Hey 
ments. — District Turn- 


. pike-road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Manchester and Manchester 


Ashton-under- Lyne Turnpike-road Bill, with Amend- #4 Ashton- 
ments under-Lyne 


Turnpike-road 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill. 


Mr. William Williams reported from the Select Sunday 
Committee on the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; mre! 
That. they had gone through the Bill, and made ‘)"" "= 
Amendments thereunto. No. 208, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 30th 
day of this instant April. 

Ordered, ‘That the Minutes of Proceedings of the 
said Committee be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Customs 
to inquire into the Constitution and Management (First Report.} 
of the Board of Customs have Power to report the No. 209. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time. 

Mr. Mitchell reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had examined a Witness, whose 
evidence they had agreed to report to the House. 

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

x¥3 Mr. 



















































te UN SE 






Ne Se 













Monkland 


Railways Bill. mittee on the Monkland Railways Bill; That they 


Agricultural 
Produce 
(Treland. ) 


Agricultural 
Produce 
(Ireland. ) 


Lunatics 
(Scotland. } 


Museum of 


Irish Industry 


in Dublin. 


Court of 
Chancery 
Regulation 


(Ireland) Act 


(1850.) 


Offices in the 


Colonies. 


Saint Alban’s 


Election. 


166 
Mr. Wyndham Goold reported from the Com- 


had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had made verbal Amendments 
therein; 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 ; 
and be printed. 





The Order raade upon Tuesday last, That there be 
laid before this House, a Return of the Names of the | 
Thirty-nine principal Maritime and Internal Markets 
of Ireland from which Mr. Griffith constructed the | 
Average Scale of Prices appended to his Letter to’ 
the Lord Lieutenant, on the 23d day of December | 
last; with the Prices of the different Articles of| 
Agricultural Produce mentioned in the said Seale in | 
the several Markets, on the first day of every Month | 
during the years 1848 and 1849, was read, and dis-' 
charged. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Names of the Thirty-nine principal 
Maritime and Internal Markets of Jreland, from | 
which Mr. Griffith constructed the Average Scale | 
of Prices appended to his Letter to the Lord Lieu- | 
tenant, on the 23d day of December last; with the | 
Prices of the different Articles of Agricultural Pro- 
duce mentioned in the said Scale in the several 
Markets, during the years 1848 and 1849. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
‘dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of March 
last, for a Return showing the Number of Insane 
and Fatuous Paupers in each County in Scotland, | 
with the Cost of their Maintenance; distinguishing 
those in Public or Private Asylums, those in Poor- 
houses, and those resident with Relations or other 
Persons. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March | 
last, fora Return of Expenditure incurred to the 
Ist day of January 1851, for the Museum of Jrish 
Industry in Dublin, divided into the Heads of Cost 
of Building, and Expenses incurred for other Pur-' 
poses ; the Amount paid in Annual Salaries ; stat- 
ing, at the same time, whether the Persons employed | 
in the Museum receive any other Salaries or Emo- 
luments, and the Time given up to other Public 
Duties, where any are performed. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this, 
instant April, for Returns of the Draft General Or- 
ders submitted by the Lord Chancellor of Jreland 
to the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, for his Ap-| 
proval, under the Court of Chancery Regulation 
(Jreland) Act 1850:—And also, the Draft General 
Orders prepared by the Master of the Rolls in Jre- 
land, under the said Act. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Mr, Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions 
ofan Act of Parliament,—A Return of all Persons | 
holding Offices in the Colonies, who have been ap- 
pointed thereto subsequent to the passing of an | 
Act of Parliament of the 54th year of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the ‘Ihird, c.61, and who are | 


not at present im the execution of the Duties of | 


their respective Offices. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Edward Ellice, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Saint Alban, informed 
the House, that the Committee had determined, 


That Jacob Bell, Esquire, is duly elected a Bur- | 


gess to serve in this present Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Saint Alban. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


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A. 1851. 


Mr. Edward Ellice, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That the Com- 
inittee had come to the following Resolutions : 

That, notwithstanding successive special Adjourn- 
ments of the Committee, for the purpose of procuring 
the attendance of persons whose evidence was 
proved to be most material to the prosecution of the 
case of the Petitioners, such evidence has not been 
produced ; and that although all diligence has been 
used for the purpose of securing the attendance of 
the parties required, such endeavours have been un- 
successful: 

Thatit has, therefore, been impossible for the Com- 
mittee to investigate thoroughly the aliegations of 
the Petition referred to them : 

That it has been distinctly stated by some Wit- 
nesses, and the general tenor of the evidence given 
leads the Committee to believe, that a system of 
gross corruption prevailed at the last Election for 
the Borough of Saint Alban, and also on former 
similar occasions : 

That it is the opinion of the Committee, that fur- 
ther inquiry, by means of a Commission under legis- 
lative authority, should be made into the corrupt 
practices alleged to be customary at Elections for 


ithe Borough of Saint Alban, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the said Committee be laid before this House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee 


Group 19 of Private Bills the Bann Navigation Bill. 
Ordered That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


| of Selection; That, under the Powers granted to them Selection 
_ by the Standing Order No. 82, they had added to the 


Sixth 
Report.) 


No. 210, 


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the Committee London and 
on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of Blackwall 


the London and Blackwall Railway (from London 


Railway (from 
London and 


and Blackwall Extension Railway to Tilbury, Blackwall 
&amp;c.) Bill, the Order of the House of the 13th Extension 


day of February last had been complied with; and 


Railway to 
Tilbury, &amp;c.) 


that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, Bill. 


‘and found the same to be true; and had gone 


through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented Rome. 


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 British Government and any Embassies or 
Agents of the British Government Abroad, and be- 
tween the British Government and any Foreign 
Governments, concerning the Affairs of Rome, during 
the year 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 Majesty’s Estimates of ; 
Command,—Estimates, &amp;c., Civil Services ; for the “ivi Se 


year ending 31st March 1852; viz. 


Pus.tic Works AND BuILpinGs. 


Class I. 


No. 211. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1851-52, compared Comparative 


Palaces and Public Buildings; for providing the 
necessary Supply of Water for the same; for Rents 
of Houses taken for the occasional and temporary 
Accommodation of the Public Service ; for the Pur- 
chase and Repair of Furniture required in the various 
Public Departments; and for Services connected 
with the Lighting and Watching, and General Pro- 
tection of the Public Offices; for one year, from 





the ist April 1851 to the 31st March 1852. ‘ 
n 


| with the Estimates for the like Services in 1849 and 5ttem® 

| 1850. 
An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be Pu 

required for the Maintenance and Repair of Royal ® 


blic 
uildings, &amp;¢ 


Q ia 


eS Pl 




















14 VicToriz. 


poyal Parks, © An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be 
Pleasure required for maintaining and keeping in Repair the 
Gardens, “e- -Walls, Lodges and other Buildings, Fences, Roads, 
Rides, Drives, Parades, Footpaths, &amp;c., in the se- 
veral Royal Parks, Pleasure Gardens, &amp;c., for one 
year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852. 
Houses of An Estimate of the Sum that will be required 
Parliament to defray the Expenses of providing Temporary 
vom se Accommodation for the Houses of Parliament, 
tion.) Committee Rooms, Offices and Temporary Official 


. Residences for the Speaker of the House of Com- 
mons, and other Officers of the House, &amp;c., for the 
ear ending 31st March 1852. 


New Houses of An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 


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167 


Paymaster- 
eneral’s 
Office. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses 0 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Paymaster-Ge- 
neral, from the 1st April 1851 to the 31st March 
1852. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Comptroller 
to pay the Salaries of the several Persons under the ° the Exche- 
direction of the Comptroller-General of the Exche- 
quer, for one year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st 
March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to State Paper 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Expenses ~™°® 
of the State Paper Office, for one year, from Ist 
April 1851 to 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be re 








Parliament. defray the Expense of Works, at the New Houses 
of Parliament, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

General Repo- An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in’ 

sitory for the year 1851, towards defraying the Expense of the | 

—., Erection of'a General Repository for Public Records. | 

Holyhead An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to | 

Harbour, &amp;e. he voted on account of the Works at the New Packet 
Harbour and Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and to | 
defray the Expense of the present Harbour Esta- 
blishment at Holyhead, &amp;c., to the 31st March 1852. | 

Harbours of An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 

Refuge. the year 1851, on account of the Expense of pind 
structing Harbours of Refuge. 

Port Patrick An Estimate of the Sum required in the year | 

Harbour. = ending 31st March 1852, for Pay of Establishment | 
and necessary Works at Port Patrick Harbour. 

Public An Estimate of the probable Expense of repair- 

ial an ing and maintaining the several Public Buildings 
in the Department of the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland; also the Expense of Inland Na- 
vigation, and other Services, under the Direction of 
the Commissioners, from 1st April 1851 to 31st 
March 1852. 

Kingstown Estimate of the Sum that will be required for the 

Harbour. = Expenditure on the. Works at Kingstown Harbour, 
and to provide for the Harbour Establishment, for 
One year, from Ist April 1851 to 31st March 1852. 

Class IT. SaLaries AND Expenses oF PuBLic 
No, 211. DEPARTMENTS. 

Comparative Statement of the Estimates for 1851, compared 

Statement. with the Estimates for the like Services for 1849 
and 1850. 

Houses of An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 

Parliament. the year 1851 to defray the Charge of Salaries and 
Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and 
of Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, 
for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

Treasury. An etiennte of the Sum that may be required in 
the year, from ist April 1851 to 31st March 1852, 
to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses 
in the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

Home Office. An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department. 

Foreign Office. An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
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 3ist March 1852. | ; 

Coloaiene An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to | 


pay the Salaries and other Expenses, in the Depart- | 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for War 
and Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in 
the year from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- | 
ment of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council, and the Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, &amp;e. &amp;e. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, for One 
year, from Ist April 1851 to 31st March 1852. 
VoL. 106, 


Privy Council 
Office, 


Lord Pr} 
Seal, &gt; 





uired Ecclesiastical 
to defray a portion of the Expenses of the Becle- Commission. 
siastical Commissioners for England, for the year 
ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Poor Law. 
defray Expenses connected with the Administration 
of the Laws relating to the Poor, from 1st April 
1851 to 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Mint. 
to defray the Expenditure of the Mint, for the year 
ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Railway 
defray the Charge of the Office of the Commis- Commission. 
sioners of Railways, appointed under the Act 9 &amp; 10 

ict. c. 105, for the year, from 1st April 1851 to 
31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Public 
pay the Salaries of Persons employed in the Care Records. 
and Arrangement of the Public Records, and Ex- 
penses connected therewith, for the year, from 1st 
April 1851 to 31st March 1852; also to pay Com- 
pensation to Keepers of Records, and others whose 
Offices have been abolished. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Factories, 
defray the Expenses of the Inspectors and Sub-In- Mines, &amp;c. 
spectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., appointed under 
the Acts 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 103, 6 Vict. c. 99, and 
7 &amp; 8 Vict. c. 15. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Officers 
pay the Salaries of certain Officers in Scotland, and (Scotland.) 
other Charges, formerly paid from the Hereditary 
Revenue, for the year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st 
March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Household of 
Charge of Salaries for the Officers and Attendants Lord Lieu- 
of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Zre/and, —- 
for one year, to 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to pay the Sa- Chief Secre- 
laries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the 'rY, ‘0 the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in Dublin and London, aan és 
and the Privy Council in Jreland, for one year, to 
31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Paymaster of 
Charge of Salaries of the Paymaster of Civil Ser- a 
vices Office, for the year ending 31st March 1852. _ 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required Board of 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of oe _ 
Public Works in Ireland, for one year, from the ist Cran) 
April 1851 to the 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Secret 
the year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852, Services. 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 


| other Secret Services. 


An Estimate of the Expense of providing Sta- Stationery, 
tionery, Printing and Binding, for the several De- *«- 
partments of Government in England, Scotland, 

Freland and the Colonies, and for providing Sta- 
tionery, Binding, Printing and a for the Two 
Houses of Parliament, and including also the Ex- 
pense of the Establishment of the Stationery Office, 


from the Ist April 1851 to the 31st March 1852. 
Class IIT. 


Law AND JUSTICE. No. 211. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1851, compared Comparative 
with the Estimates for the like Services in 1849 and Statement, 
1850. 


y4 An 








Law Charges. 


Mint Prose- 
cutions. 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, &amp;c, 


Insolvent 
Debtors’ 
Court. 


Law Charges 
(Scotland.) 


Law Charges 
(Treland.) 


Dublin Police. 


County Rates. 


Prisons and 
Convict 
Services, 


Class [V. 

No. 211. 
Comparative 
Statement. 


Education. 


Education 
«ireland.) 


168 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances 
and Incidental Expenses,in the Office of the Solicitor 
for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, for the 
year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- 
secution of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
Gold and Silver Coin, between the 1st of April 1851 
and the 31st of March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852, 
to defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies; also, of the Amount 
required to make good the Deficiency of the Fees 
in the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer in the 
Exchequer, and to pay the Salaries and Ancient 
Allowances to certain Officers of the Court of Ex- 
chequer. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required 


to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Com- | 


missioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, of 
the Clerks and Officers, and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Courts and Offices, for one year, 
ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, trom 
ist April 1851 to 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Jreland, for one year, ending 
31st March 1852. 

Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, 
including the District of Blackrock and Kingstown, 
and of the Sum which will be required from Par- 
liament in aid of these Departments, for the year 
commencing 1st April 1851 and ending 31st March 
1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1851, to defray certain Charges formerly 
paid out of the County Rates, for one year, from 
Ist April 1851 to 81st March 1852. 

Abstract of the Estimates for the Expenses of 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons in the 
United Kingdom ; of Government Prisons and Con- 
vict 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, for the 
year ending 21st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray the Charge of Inspection and General Super- 
intendence over all the Prisons in the United King- 
dom, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray the Charge of the Government Prisons and 
Convict Establishments at Home, for one year, 
ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required tu be voted to 
defray the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners 
in County Gaols, Philanthropic Institution, and 
Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of the Removal of 
Convicis, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray Expenses connected with the Transportation 


of Convicts, &amp;c.,for the year ending 31st March 1852. | 


An Estimate of the Sum required to he voted to 


detray the Expense of the Convict Establishments in | 


the Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 


Epvucation, ScieENCcE AND ArT. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1851; compared 
with the Estimates for the like Services for 1849 
and 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in the 
year 1851 for Public Education in Great Britain. 


Estimate of the Expenses of the Commissioners | fraying the Charges of Prince Edward’s Island,*™ 


of National Education, Jreland, for the year ending 
31st March 1852. 


14° Aprils. 


A. 1851. 


Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Schools of 
Expenses of the School of Design for the year end- Design, 
ing 31st March 1852, and for Aid to Provincial 
Schools. 

An Estimate of the Sum required in the year, Professors 
from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852, to defray (Oxford ana 
the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances granted ©*™tidge.) 
to certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge. 

Estimate of the Expenses of the University of University 
London, from 1st April 1851 to 81st March 1852, gf London, 
An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Scottish 
pay Grants to Scottish Universities, formerly de- Universities, 
frayed from the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown, 
and not provided for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, 
nor on the Consolidated Fund, from 1st April 1851 

to 31st March 1552. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income, Royal Irish 
and Sum required for.the Royal /rish Academy, for Acadeuy. 
the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the probable Income, Expendi- Royal 
ture, and Sum required for the Royal Hibernian Hibernian 
Academy, for the year ending 31st March 1852, cmv. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required for Royal Dublis 
defraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin So- Society. 
ciety, for the year commencing 1st April 1851 and 
ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the Salaries Royal Belfast 
of Theological Professors at Belfast, and for the Academical 
Retired Allowances to the Professors of the Belfast tio. 
Academical Institution, for one year ending 31st 
March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Queen's 
required to defray the Expenses of the Queen’s University 
University: in Ireland, from the 1st day of April “™#*4) 
1851 to the 31st day of March 1852. 

Estimate of the Amount that will be required for British 
the British Museum (exclusive of the ordinary and Museum, 
necessary Works for the Maintenance of the Build- 
ing, provided for in the Estimate for Public Build- 
ings, &amp;e.), for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1851 to enable the Trustees of the British 
Museum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring 
Antiquities for the Museum. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in National 
the year 1851, for the Expenses of the National Gallery. 
Gallery. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Geological 
required to defray the Expenses of the Geological Survey, &amp; 
Survey of Great Britain and Ireland; the Museum 
of Practical Geology, London; and the Museum 
of Irish Industry, Dublin, for the year ending 31st 
March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will probably Magnetic _ 
be required in the year ending 31st March 1852, Observatons 
to defray the Expense of Magnetic Observations 
Abroad, including the Superintendent’s Establish- 
ment at Woolwich; also for Observations and Ser- 
vices carrying on under the direction of the Astro- 
nomer Royal. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in om 
the year 1851, towards the Expense of erecting, on (Edinburgh.) 
the Earthen Mound in the City of Edinburgh, 
Buildings for a National Gallery, and other Pur- 
poses connected therewith, and with the Promotion 
of Fine Arts in Scotland. 





Claas V- 


CoLoniaL, CONSULAR, AND OTHER FOREIGN 
No. 211. 


SERVICES. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1851, compared Comparative 
with the Estimates for the like Services in 1849 and 5@tme™ 
| 1850. 
| Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- Bermudas. 
fraying the Charge of the Bermudas, trom the 1st of 
April 1851 to the 31st of March 1852. ile 

Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- Prince . 
from the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of 
March 1852. . 

Estimate 











Foclesiastical 

Rstablishment 
(North Ame- 

rica.) 


Indian 
Department 


(Cana 


Bahamas. 


Governors, &amp;c. 
(West India 
Colonies.) 


Stipendiary 
Justices (West 
Indies, &amp;c.) 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Saint Helena. 


Western 
Australia, 


Port 
Essington. 


New Zealand. 
Religoland, 


Falkland 
Islands. 


Hong Kong. 
Labuan, 


Emigration. 


Captured 
Negroes, &amp;e. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions, 


Consular 
Establish. 
ments, 


Missions 
Abroad, 


14 VicTorRiz. 


Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Ecclesiastical Establish- 
ment of the British North American Provinces, 
from the ist day of April 1851 to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

Estimate of the Expenses of the Zndian Depart- 
ment in Canada, from the 1st April 1851 to the 
31st March 1852. 

Estimate of the Amount required to defray the 
Charge hitherto provided for by Parliament for the 
Bahamas. 

Estimate of the Amount required to defray the 
Salaries of the Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, 
and others, in the West India Colonies, from the 1st 
of April 1851 to the 31st of March 1852. 


Estimate of the Sum required from the 1st April 
1851 to the 31st March 1852, to defray the Salaries, 
Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 
Justices in the West India Colonies and the Mau- 
ritius. 

Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to de- 
fray the Charges of the Civil Establishments on the 
Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st of April 1851 
to the 31st of March 1852. 

Estimate of the Amount which will be required to 
defray Charges connected with the Island of Saint 
Helena, from the 1st of April 1851 to the 31st of 
March 1852. 

Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to de- 
fray the Charge of Western Australia, from Ist 
April 18512 to 31st March 1852. 


Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in the 
year 1851 to repay Expenses defrayed by the Naval 
Department for the Settlement at Port Essington. 


Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to de- 
fray the Charge of New Zealand, from 1st April 
1851 to 31st March 1852, 

Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to defray 
the Charge of Heligoland, from 1st April 1851 to 
31st March 1852. 

Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to de- 
fray the Charge of the Falkland Islands, from the 
Ist April 1851 to the 31st March 1852. 


Estimate of the Amount required to defray the 
Charge of Hong Kong, for the year ending 31st 
March 1852. 

Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- 
fraying the Charge of Labuan, from the 1st of April 
1851 to the 31st of March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 
Charge of the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, 
and of the Emigration Officers at the different Ports 
of this Kingdom ; also, to defray certain Expenses 
in the Colonies connected with Emigration from this 
Country, for the year from the 1st of April 1851 to 
the 31st of March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year from Jst April 1851 to 31st March 1852, 
to defray the Expenses incurred for the Support of 
Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 
Charges, under Acts for the Abolition of the Slave 
Trade, including Conveyance to the West Indies. 


Estimate of the Sum which may be required for 
Payment of the Salaries and Contingent Expenses 
of the Mixed Commissions established under the 
Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the 
Traffic in Slaves, and in pursuance of Acts of the 
Legislature for carrying those Treaties into effect, 
or the year ending 31st March 1852. 


An Estimate of the Sum which will be required to 
provide for the Expense of the Consular Establish- 
ments Abroad, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 


Estimate of the Sum which may be required for 
Payment of the Extraordinary Disbursements of 
Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, including the Sa- 
laries and Allowances of the Establishment of Dra- 


gomans at Constantinople, for the year ending 31st 
March 1852, _ y 


Vou. 106, 


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169 


SUPERANNUATION AND RETIRED ALLOWANCES 
AND GRATUITIES FOR CHARITABLE AND OTHER Class VI. 
Purposes. No. 211. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1851, compared Comparative 
with the Estimates for the like Services in 1849 and Statement. 
1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Superannua- 
defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations "2s 
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, c. 113, 

4 &amp; 5 Wiil. 4, c. 24, &amp;c., for the year, from 1st April 
1851 to 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Toulonese 

the year from ist April 1851 to 31st March 1852, on 
to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese ge. , 
and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, 
American Loyalists, and others who have heretofore 
received Allowances from Her Majesty, and who, 
for Services performed or Losses sustained in the 
British Service, have special Claims on Her Ma- 
jesty’s Justice and Liberality. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Vaccine Esta- 
Expense of the National Vaccine Establishment, in lishment. 
the year 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum to be voted in Aid of the Refuge for the 
Institution called “ The Refuge for the Destitute,” Destitute. 
for the year 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required for Polish Re- 
the Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish Re- fusees, &amp;c. 
fugees, and Allowances to Distressed Spaniards, 
for the year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 
1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Miscellaneous 
the year, from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852, Allowances. 
to pay Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., 
for which no permanent Provision has been made 
by Parliament. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of the Found- Foundling 
ling Hospital Department, House of Industry, om 
Dublin, for the year commencing 1st April 1951 (Pablin-) 
and ending 31st March 1852. 


Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House House of 
of Industry, Dublin, including the Island Bridge tDubliz) 
Lunatic Asylum and the Talbot Dispensary, for : 
one year, from the Ist day of April 1851 to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

Estimate of the Expense of the Female Or- Female 
phan House, Circular-road, Dublin, for one year, (Deblin — 
from the 1st of April 1851 to the 31st of March ; 
1852, for 120 Children. 

Estimate of the Sum required for the Support of Westmorland 
the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for one year, to Lock Hospital. 
31st March 1852. 

Estimate of the Governors and Guardians of the Lying-in Hos- 
Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, for one year, ending 31st Pital (Dublin. ) 
March 1852. 

Estimate of the probable Income and Expen- Dr. Steevens’ 
diture of Doctor Steevens’ Hospital ( Dublin), for year too 
ending 31st March 1852. ‘ 

Estimate of the probable Expense of the House Fever 
of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dub- (Dabtia.) 
lin, for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the probable Expenses of sup- Hospital for 
porting 78 Patients in the Hospital for Incurables, &lt;urables. 
for one year, from the 1st of April 1851 to the 31st 
March 1852. 

Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Ex- Protestant 
pense of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant aren A 
Dissenting Ministers in Ireland, for one year, ending (freland.) 
31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to - voted to Charitable 

ay Charitable Allowances charged on the Concor- f/owances, 
Mn Fund in Jreland, and rm Allowances and *“ ‘#land.) 
Bounties formerly defrayed from the Grants for the 
Lord Lieutenant's Household, Civil Contingencies, 
&amp;c., for the year ending 31st March 1852. 





Zz MISCELLANEOUS, 








Class VII. 
No. 211. 


Comparative 
Statement. 


General Board 


of Health. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Lighthouses 
Abroad. 


Census of the 
Population. 


Inverness 
Bridge. 


Cholera in 
Jamaica. 


Hunterian 
Collection, 
Royal College 
of Surgeons, 


Babylonian 
and Assyrian 
Inscriptions. 


Excavations 
at Susa. 


Works at 
Spurn Point 
(River 
Humber.) 


General 
Abstract. 


Commissariat. 


No. 212. 


Ports of 

Shieids and 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, 





170 


MiscELLANEOUS, SPECIAL AND TEMPORARY 
OBJECTS. | 


Statement of the Estimates for 1851, compared | 
with the Estimates for the like Sevices in 1849 and | 
1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to | 
defray the Expense of the General Board of Health, 
for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably be 
required to defray the Charge of the Salaries and | 
Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commission, 
Ireland (appointed pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 
Vic. c. 77), for the year ending 31st March 1852. 

An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in 
the year 1851 to defray the Cost of erecting and 
maintaining Lighthouses Abroad. ae 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year ending 31st March 1852, to defray the Ex- 
pense incurred in taking the Census of the Popu- 
lation of the United Kingdom. 

Estimate of the Sum proposed to be advanced 
in 1851 towards the Erection of a New Bridge at 
Inverness. 

Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in the 
year 1851 for the Pay and Expenses of Medical 





14° Aprils. 





A. 1851. 


Cargoes within the Limits of that Port, for the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1849, the 5th day of 
January 1850, and the 5th day of January 1851, re- 
spectively ; also, the Total Amount of Duties paid 
at the Custom House at Newcastle upon Goods so 
discharged within the Port of Shields, during the 
same years :—And, of the Number of Ships and the 
Amount of Tonnage registered in the Ports of Shields 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne respectively, on the 5th 
day of Junuary 1849, the 5th day of January 1850, 
and the 5th day of January 1851. 


Copies or Extracts of any Despatches received at 
the Colonial Office from any of the Governors of the 
Australian Colonies and New Zealand, on the Sub- 
ject of Steam Communication, between the years 
1846 and 1851; also, Copies or Extracts of any 


| Despatches addressed by the Secretary of State for 


the Colonies, during the same Period, to any of the 
Governors of the Australian Colonies and New 
Zealand. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 





Men sent out from this Country for the purpose of 
advising the Local Authorities at Jamaica as to the 
best Measures to be adopted for checking the 
Spread of Cholera, and for the Relief of urgent 
Distress arising from the Death of large Numbers 
of Persons by that Disease. 

Estimate of the Sum ag? ae to be granted in 
the year 1851 towards the Erection of an additional 
Museum, and for enlarging the Theatre at the 
Royal College of Surgeons for the Delivery of the 
Huaterian Lectures. 

Estimate of the Sum proposed to be granted in 
the year 1851 to the Royal Asiatic Society towards 
defraying the Expenses of the Publication of the 
Inscriptions in Cuneiform Character, copied and 
edited by Lieutenant-Colonel Rawlinson. 

Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in the 
year 1851 towards defraying the Expense of Exca- 
vations at the Mound of Susa, with a view to the 
Discovery of ancient Monuments known to be de- 
posited there. 

An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be granted 
in the year 1851 for the Construction of Works at 
Spurn Point to resist the Inroads of the Sea, and 
protect the Channel of Navigation at the Humber. 

General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed 
for Civil Services for 1851, compared with similar 
Charges for 1849 and 1850. 

Commissariat Estimate for the year 1851-52. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns giving a Copy of the Official Regulations 
of the Board of Customs, with reference to the 
Entry and Clearance of Vessels, which have been 
in force upon the River Tyne since the separation 
of the Port of Shields from that of Newcastle, in 
April 1848; and stating also all Cases in the 
United Kingdom where two or more independent 
Ports exist upon one River or Estuary, where the 
same Customs Regulations as those of the Tyne 
have been introduced :—Of the Number of Vessels, 
British and Foreign, which, under the present Cus- 
toms’ Regulations, have entered Inwards or cleared 
Outwards at the Custom House at Wewcastle, as 
loading or discharging their Cargoes within the 
Port of Newcast/e-upon- Tyne, and which have trans- 
acted the Business of their Cargoes at that Custom 
House, but which actually never entered within the 
Limits of the Port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but re- 
mained at Anchor or at their Moorings within the 
Port of Shields, and loaded and discharged their 





Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Townland Valuation in each County in Jreland, 
and of the Final Meeting of the Committee of Revi- 
sion :—Of the Expense of the Valuation in each 





County in which it is completed and in use :—Of 
the Date of the Commencement of the Townland 
and Tenement Valuation of the County of Tippe- 
‘rary; Date at which the Valuation of each Barony 
was sent in by the Valuators to the Centrai Office in 
| Dublin; Date of the Issue of the Primary Valuation ; 
| Date of the first Meeting of each Committee of Ap- 
| peal, and of the final Meeting of the Committee of 
| Revision; Cost of the Valuation of the County of 
| Tipperary, up to the Spring Assizes 1851 :—Of the 
_Number of Persons employed in the Valuation of 
Ireland, during the years 1845 and 1850, classified 
according to their Salaries, and distinguishing those 
employed in the Country from the Persons employed 
in the Central Office in Dublin :—An Enumeration 
| of the Classes of Property not heretofore included 
in the Valuation for the epee of County Taxa- 
| tion, which will be liable to County Rates if the 
Bill “ for the Amendment of the Valuation Acts,” 
/now before the House, shall become an Act; and 
also whether Houses of a lower Value than £.5 
have been heretofore exempted, but will be made 
liable to County Rates by the Bill :—Returns of 
| the Counties in which (if the Bill passes) the Towns 
| will be subjected to County Rates assessed on the 
full Letting Value of the Houses, and in which 
Houses under £. 5 in value will be assessed, and of 
Counties in which the Houses in Towns are as- 
sessed on a Valuation calculated at Two-thirds of 
their Value, and in which Houses under the Value 
of £.5 are exempted :—Of the Number of Years 
which must elapse before all Rateable Property in 
Ireland will be subjected to County Taxation ac- 
cording to one uniform System ; supposing the Bill 
to pass, and that the Re-valuation of Counties shall 
not be made before the Periods of Re-valuation 
specified by the existing Act, and by the Bill now 
in Progress through the House :—Of the Total Cost 
of the Uniform Valuation of Ireland, from its Com- 
mencement to the Spring Assizes 1851 :—And, of 
the Total Number of Acres of the several Counties 
in which the Valuation has been completed, and of 
the Counties in which it is in Progress. 





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


Copies of the Correspondence of the Poor Law 
|Commissioners of Jreland with Captain ae 
ate 


Wor 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Steam Com, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™unication 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, (™s*aliaai 


ew Zealand.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Valuation 
Returns of the Date of the Commencement of the (Zeland) 


house. 


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14° Aprilis. 171 


late Temporary Poor Law Inspector, Mr. Richard; And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
Bourke, Poor Law Inspector, and the Honourable | put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


14 Vicroriz. 





and Reverend S. G. Osborne, in reference to a} The House divided. 
Statement made by the latter, in a Work intituled,} |The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
“Gleanings in the West of Jreland,” as to the} The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Punishment of Women in the Gort Workhouse. Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, ios 
Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the Yeas, | Lord Edward Howard: Jo” 
said Paper. Tellers for they Mr. Roundell Palmer, 87 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Noes, Sir Frederic Thesiger: Jf ~" 
Table. So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
Poor Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | till To-morrow, at Five of the clock. 
ms (uelan.) = Copies of the Correspondence between the Poor 
a Law Commissioners of Jreland and their Inspectors,} A M essage from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley: Message from 
an) relative to the Statements contained in an Extract Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
from a Book intituled, “ Gleanings in the West of} The Lords have agreed to the Ouseburn Bridge Ouseburn 
Ireland. = , , and Approaches in Vewcastle-upon-Tyne Bill ; — _ 
Poe on Somerville accordingly presented the | without any Amendment: And also, inne i 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the aL 
Table. The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act County ‘Courts 
; iet} urther ixten- 
Patents, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to peteamtn: a a — ee sion Bill. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to| concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
give directions that there be laid before this House, } senoer withdrew 
a Copy of recent Order made by the Lord Chan- - ; 
cellor, respecting affixing the Great Seal to Patents , ‘ ‘ 
of whieh i Deonigtiens have not heen d eposited. The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Foon 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to} ® Committee, to consider the Act 48 Geo.3, c.53, for 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are repealing the Duties of Assessed Taxes, and granting 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | "®W Duties in lieu thereof, and certain additional Du- 
ties to be consolidated therewith; and also for repeal- 
Public Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; ib _ fs dg sag yr eet Rag ta me Par o 
*eutons — —Chureh Rates ; — Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- the Management of the Commissioners for the Af- 
Vide Twenty. tion Bill ;—Marriages Act ;—Religious Houses Bill; | ¢.-.. of Taxes, 
cighth Report —Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;—Coffee ;—Fire 
— Insurances — Newspapers ; — Paper ; — Property (In the Committee.) 
"Tax ;—Timber ;—Windows ; — Education; —Edu-| Question again proposed, That the Duties granted 
cation (Ireland) ;—Expenses of Prosecutions Bill ; by the Act 48 Geo.3, c.55, and now payable in 
——General Board of Health Bill; —Intoxicating | Bnejand, Wales and Berwich-upon- Tweed and in 
Liquors ;—Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ;—Me- Scotland, respectively, upon Dwelling-houses, and 
tropolis Buildings Bill ;—Patents for Inventions ; | jeyied and assessed according to the Number of 
~Poisons ;—Poor Law ;—Post-office Money Or-| Windows or Lights therein, as set forth in the Sche- 
ders ;— Prerogative Court (Ireland) Bill ;—Prisons dule marked (A) to the said Act annexed, shall be 
(Scotland) Bill;—Public Salaries ;—School Esta-| jevied and assessed upon Inhabited Dwelling-houses 
blishment (Scotland) Bill ;-and, Smithfield Market | i, and throughout Great Britain, according to the 
Removal Bill,—were presented, and read; and or-| annual value thereof, in the manner following ; that 
dered to lie upon the Table. is to say 
_A Petition relating to County Rates and Expen- For ae a ne ee 
diture, was also presented, and read; and referred woe = = ‘Mh 8 ¥g q di Dein 
to the Select Committee on the County Rates and the household and other offices, 5 des Pll Qe 
Expenditure Bill. therewith occupied and charged, is or shall be 
worth the rent of twenty pounds or upwards by the 
Live : « ear: 
Waley wy ox pd Rang nr ge Name as a 4 Where any such Dwelling-house shall be occu- 
Gunpowder , oe a pied by any person in trade, who shall expose 
Magazines presented upon Friday last, be printed. to sale, and sell any goods, wares or merchan- 
No. 78.-I, dize in any shop or warehouse, being part of 
ce Ordered, That the Return relative to Maynooth —— mice, st peor p whan and 
=a College, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be A - 8 h h Dw tn x aha gee 
id printed. nd also, where any suc elling 
C be occupied by any person who shall be duly 
(land) Ordered, That the Paper relativeto Constabulary licensed by the laws in force to sell therein by 
No. 214 (Ireland), which was presented upon Friday last, retail beer, ale, wine or other liquors, although 
“'*+ be printed. the room or rooms thereof in which any such 
Sa liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk or 
oa The Order of the day being read, for resuming the consumed, shall not be such shop or ware- 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, upon house as aforesaid ; 
Friday last, was proposed to be made to the Ques- And also, where any such Dwelling-house shall 
tion, “ That Henry Edwards be discharged out of be a farm-house occupied by a tenant, and 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this bond fide used for the purposes of husbandry 
House, without payment of Fees;” and which only,— ; 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “be” to There shall be charged for every twenty shil- 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words lings of the annuat value of any such Dwel- 
y now brought to the Bar of this House, to be heard ling-house, the sum of sixpence. 
“on the prayer of his Petition,” instead thereof. And where any such Dwelling-house shall not 
And the Question being again proposed, That the be prt and used for any such purpose 
. words proposed to be left out stand part of the and in manner aforesaid, there shall be 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned charged for every twenty shillings of the an- 
Debate. nual value thereof, the sum of nine-pence. 
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Timber and 
Coffee Duties. 


172 


Amendment proposed in the second paragraph : 
To leave out the words “and gardens.” 

Question proposed, That the words “and gar- 
dens ” stand part of the Question :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed in the third para- 
graph : After the words “ person in” to insert the 
words “ manufacture or. ” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed in the third para- 
graph: To leave out all the words after the words 
“ same dwelling-house” to the end of the Ques- 
tion. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Question :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put,and agreed to. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider so much of the Act 
9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 23, to alter certain Duties of Customs ; 
also so much of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 90, for grant- 
ing Duties on Customs; and, also so much of the 
Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 90, to amend the Laws relating 
to the Customs, as relates to the Duties on Timber 
and Coffee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now chargeable on the Articles under-men- 
tioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the 
following Duties shall be charged ; viz. 

$s. d. 
Coffee, the lb. - - - - - - - 3 
- Kiln-dried, roasted or ground, the Ib. - - 6 

2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now chargeable upon the Foreign Goods 
under-mentioned, imported into the United King- 
dom, the following Duties shall be charged ; viz. 





Upon Timber and Wood Goods not otherwise | 
charged with Duty : | £ed. 

Timber or Wood not being Deals, Battens, 
Boards, Staves, Hand-spikes, Oars, Lathwood, | 
or other Timber or Wood sawn, split or other- 
wise dressed, except hewn, a not being 
Timber or Wood otherwise charged with 
Duty, the load of 50 cubic feet - - - - 
Deals, Battens, Boards or other Timber or 
Wood sawn or split, and not otherwise charged 
with Duty, the load of 50 cubic feet - = - -10 - 
Staves, if exceeding 7 


wT 
=r) 


72 inches in length, 7 inches 
in breadth, or 3} inches in thickness, the load 








of 50 cubic feet - . - - - - 9 - 
Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length, the 

ne eee eee ee ae 

exceeding 7 feet in length, the 120 | -12 - 

Knees, under 5 inches square, the 120 - - - 3 - 
5 inches and under 8 inches square, the 

120 - - - - ~ - - - -12 - 

Lathwood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet - - -12 - 

Oars, the 120 - . - - - - 265 - 
Spars or Poles, under 22 feet in length, and un- 

der 4 inches in diameter, the 120 - - - 6 - 
22 feet in length and upwards, 

and under 4 inches in diameter, the 120 - -12 - 
——_——_—- of all lengths, 4 inches and under 

6 inches in diameter, the 120 - - - 14- 


Wood planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared 
for use, and not particularly enumerated or 
otherwise charged with Duty, per foot of cubic 
contents = - - - - - - o « § 

And further, for every £.100 value- -| 10 - - 





Or, in lieu of the Duties imposed upon Wood by 
the load, according to the cubic content, the im- 
porter may have the option, at the time of passing 
the first entry, of entering Battens, Batten Ends, 
Boards, Deals, Deal Ends and Plank, by tale, if of 


14° Aprilis. 





A. 1851. 


or from Foreign Countries, according to the follow- 
ing dimensions, videlicet : 





























| Pie 
| Not above 7 Not ae 9g uF ae Tneh, 
| Inches in Width. in Thickness. Thicknen-* 
Battens and Batten Ends : — £. s. d. £. "~ a 
Not above 6 feet in length, the 120 - - - - 9 3 -18 ¢ 
Above 6 feet, and not above 9 feet 
in length, the 120 - - «|e - - - 1311 179 
Above 9 feet, and not above 12 feet 
in length, the 120 - - -|- - - - 18 6 1 161) 
Above 12 feet, and not above 15 feet 
in length, the 120 - - -\- - - 1 3 2 2 6 3 
Above 15 feet, and not above 18 fee 
in le igth, the 120 - - -|- - - 37 8 215 4 
Above 18 feet, and not above 21 fee 
in length, the 120 - - e|e - . 28 8 3646 
| 
Not abovegy | Not H ~‘ 1} | Above 14 inch, 
Inches in Width. in Thickness. +; Thickwes: 
| —— — 
Boards, Deals, Deal Ends and Plank :— 
Not above 6 feet in length, the 120 |- - . -41411 1 910 
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in | 
length, the 120 ~ - -|- - - | : 8 &amp; 245 
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in | 
length, the120 - - -{- - -| 197 219 2 
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in 
length, the 120 - . -|- - - a 314 2 
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 2 4 6 4 81 
Above 18 and not above 2] feet in 
length, the 120 - - -l|- - - 21110 5 3 8 
Above 94 Inches, 
and not above 
113 in Width. 
Not above 6 feet in length, the 120 | - - - -17 11 115 10 
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in 
length, the 120 - - ele os ° 1 610 213 8 
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 1 15 10 3117 
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - . 2 410 497 
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -l- - - 2138 9 § 76 
Above 18 and not above 21 feet in 
length, the 120 - - ej. - - 3 210 6 5 8 





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-mor- 
row. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


granted to Her Majesty, 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 Ser- 
jeants as Rewards for distinguished or meritorious 
Service, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 


for defraying the Charge of the Pay of General Of- 
ficers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1851 
to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fiftty-F 
two thousand five hundred pounds, be 


for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Majesty's 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 





hundred and seventy-seven thousand pounds, be 

granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 

of Half Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced 
an 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


a0 
ranted to Redes 


Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Full Pay Offcers. 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- Rewards for 


teen thousand six hundred and six pounds, be no ae 


vices. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Pay of Gene 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, ™ 


for 
an 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Half Pay 











—=s 


reo 


ant font Oe 








ae 


flalf Pay to 
Foreign 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassionate 
List, 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals, 


Out-Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Expenses of 


Bill ‘utions 


14 VicTorRIZ. 


and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which will come in course of Payment from the 1st 
day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
eight thousand nine hundred and _ninety-three 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced Allowances to 
Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions 
to wounded Foreign Officers, and of the Allowances 
to the Widows and Children cf deceased Foreign 
Officers, which will come in course of payment from 
the ist day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred 
and seventeen pounds, 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 1st day of April 
1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Wighty- 
eight thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances 
onthe 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 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclu- 
sive. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand four hundred and thirteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, 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 1851 to the 31st 
day of March 1852, inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million two hundred and thirty-three thousand and 
fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Out-Pensioners of Chel- 
sea 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 payment from the 1st day of April 
1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the na- 
ture 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 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Martis, 15° die Aprilis, 1851: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernai 
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 Monday the 
28th day of this instant April, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


_ The Expenses of Prosecutions Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

VoL. 106. 


14°—15° Aprils. 


'into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill 





173 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ay of —_ 
i , dl way Accounts 
ae of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) (N)'9) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties 
into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Assimi- }*timilation 
lation 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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Property Tax 
reading of the Property Tax Bill ; = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 28th day of this instant April resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis — 
reading of the Metropolis Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant April. 


The Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill was, accord- Sale of Arsenic 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Regulation 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Apprentices to 
consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (Ire- Ciselend) Bill 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday the 28th day of this instant 
April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself aa 

. Buls 

- - - ? (£.17,756,600 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ty daetates 


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 Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 28th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indemnity 
into a Committee upon the Indemnity Bill; and, PZ 
afier 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure #74 Expendi~ 
of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the “™™ 
5th day of January 1849, 1850 and 1851; dis- 
tinguishing the Actual Payments for the Expenses 
incurred in the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue ; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
Terminable Annuities being also valued by Esti- 
mate); for the Expenses of the Civil Government ; 
the Allowances to the Royal Family, and to his Ma- 
jesty the King of the Belgians ; the Establishment 
of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland; the Expenses 
of the two Houses of Parliament and the Civil De- 
partments; the other Pensions on the Consolidated 
Fund on the Gross Revenue and the Civil List :— 

z3 Also, 





























SAE IEEE 





he TEE 








Ports of New- 


castle-upon- 
Tyne and 
Shields, 


Barrel Organs, 


&amp;c. (Metro- 
polis). 


Castlebar 
Union. 


Distillers 
(Ireland). 


Saint Alban's 
Election. 






174 


Also, the Payments for the Administration of Jus- 
tice, Diplomatic Expenses, and on Account of the 
Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and 
Miscellaneous Services ; also, Public Works, Boun- 
ties, Post-office, the Quarantine and Warehousing 
Establishments, and all other Payments not coming 
under any of the foregoing Heads; with an Ap- 
pendix, showing the several Items composing each 
Head of the Account (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No, 665, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Ships cleared Outwards 
from the Port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from the 5th 
day of January 1848 to the 5th day of January 
1849, distinguishing the Number cleared for Foreign 
Parts, and the Number cleared Coastwise : —Of 
the Number of Ships entered Inwards in the Port 
of Newcastle, from the 5th day of January 1848 to 
the 5th day of January 1849, distinguishing the 
Number entered from Foreign Parts, and the Num- 
ber entered Coastwise :—Of the Date of the Sepa- 
ration of the present Ports of Newcastle and Shields : 
—Like Returns of the Number of Ships cleared 
Outwards and entered Inwards, in the Ports of Vew- 
castle and Shields, in the years ending the 5th day 
of January 1850 and 1851, respectively :—Returns 
of the Total Amount of Duty received in the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1849, the 5th day of 
January 1850, and the 5th day of January 1851, in 
the Ports of Newcastle and Shields, respectively :— 
Of the Total Amount of the Salaries of all the Offi- 
cers employed in the Collection of Customs in the | 
Port of Newcastle in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1849 :—And, of the Total Amount of the 
Salaries of all the Officers employed in the Collec- 
tion of Customs in the Ports of Newcastle and Shields 
in the years ending the 5th day of January 1850 
and the 5th day of January 1851, respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Instructions given by the Commis- 
sioners of the Police to the Police Officers, relative 
to the preventing Obstructions and other Nuisances 
caused by the large Travelling Barrel-Organs and | 
Advertising Vans in and about the Metropolis. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Sums due for Poor Rate, up to and 
for the 1st day of April last,in the Union of Caséle- 
bar ; distinguishing the Names of the Parties owing 
the same, and the Amount due by each, not only of 
the Rate last struck, but also of the Arrears. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Licensed Distillers in 
Ireland, in each year from the year 1835 to 1850 
inclusive, specifying the different Places where their 
Distilleries were situate. 


14°—15° Aprils. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County of 








A Petition of Henry Edwards, of Saint Alban’s, 
Hertfordshire, farmer, was presented, and read ; | 
setting forth, That the Petitioner is now, and has | 
been since the seventh day of this present month of | 
April, a prisoner in the custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms of this House; that the Petitioner has been | 
found by the House to have been guilty of a breach | 
of the Privileges of the House of Commons, and | 
begs to yon gone his deep contrition for his conduct, | 
and to ask pardon; that the Petitioner submits | 


himself to the mercy of the House; and, having en- | 


dured imprisonment whilst those nearest and dearest | 








A. 1851. 


Copy of Report of Robert Weale, Esquire, Inspector 
of Poor Laws, on transmitting a Table exhibiting 
the Names of the Parishes, the Population in 1831 
and 1841, the Area, the Area to the Population, the 
Value on which the Assessments are made for the 
Property Tax, the County Rate, and the Poor’s 
Rate ; the Expenditure for the Relief of the Poor 
for several Periods, and the state of Cottage Ac- 
commodation, arranged according to the several 
Unions in which the Parishes are situate in the 
County of Huntingdon. 


Ordered, That there be laid vefore this House, 
an Account of the Quantity of Refined Sugar and 
Sugar Candy imported into the United Kingdom 
in the years 1848, 1849 and 1850, respectively (in 
addition to Return ordered 24th February 1851); 
stating the Quantity retained for Home Consump- 
tion, the Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity 
Exported. 



















Huntingdon, 


Sugar, &amp;¢, 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Trigonomety. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Cindiay? 


the 12th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for Returns of full and detailed Reports of 
the Extentand Nature of the Operations and of the 
Expenditure connected with the Grand Trigonome- 
trical Survey of Jndia, 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 pro- 
gress, specifying 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 Portions of the Atlas are in :—Of the 
Nature uf the Information collected in connexion 
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 Districts or Departments thereof, into which 
India within the Line of the Jndus is divided, for 
Political, Civil, Revenue, Judicial and Military Pur- 
poses, exhibiting the Areas, Population and Nature 
of Productions thereof; and showing the Relation 
and the Authority under which they stand in to the 
East India Company, whether immediately sub- 
ordinate to and under the direct Rule, or ure tri- 
butary, protected, subsidiary or independent. 


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








Martis, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno, 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


; &gt; House being informed, That the Sheriffs per 
. of the city of London attended at the door, ene Bill. 


they were called in; and at the bar presented,— 
A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Com- 
mons of the city of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Smith- 


to him have been and now are dangerously ill, prays | field Market Removal Bill may not pass into a law ; 


that he may be deemed to have suffered for his fault, 
and set at liberty ; and praying that the House will, 


in mercy to the Petitioner, order him to be discharged | 


from custody, upon this his full submission. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration this day at Five of the clock; and be 
printed. 





and that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, before the Committee on the 
said Bill, against the Preamble, and such of 
the clauses of the said Bill as affect the rights, 
interests and privileges of the Petitioners, was 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 

Ordered, 













































= B- Ae 

















































14 VicrorizZz. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Butchers, Sules- 
men and others frequenting the Markets of Smith- 
field and Newgate, within the city of London, and 
Owners of slaughter-houses within the metropolitan 
districts, which was presented upon the 21st day of 
February last, praying the House not to allow the 
Smithfield Market Removal Bill to pass into a law, 
but that they may be heard, by counsel, at the bar 
of the House, or before any Committee to which 
such Bill may be referred, against that measure, 
be referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Butchers and Sales- 
men of the metropolitan districts, which was pre- 
sented upon the 10th day of March last, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, be re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 12 of 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 14th day of this 
instant April; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the General Terminus and Glasgow 


15° Aprilis. 


175 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hereford, Ross, 
the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Bill, #04 Gloucester 
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 Killarney and 
the Killarney and Valencia Railway Bill, as amended Valencia 
in the Committee. os 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds and 
the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Bill, as amended in Thirsk Rail- 
the Committee. —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and Blackwall Railway (Extension of — 
Time for the Widening, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the (extension of 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Time for the 
Widening, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 
the North British 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 North and 
the North and South Western Junction Railway South Western 


ill. ¢ . “ Junction 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill, 


as Harbour Railway Company, praying the House to 
gow, sar suspend the Standing Orders Nos. 105 and 166 in 
bridge, Polloc the case of the Petition presented by them, praying 
and Govan, to be heard by counsel against the Caledonian 
tame oe Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Pol- 
and Continua- Joc and Govan, &amp;c. Railways) (Amendment and 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill. Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill, in so far as under the same 










Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Reading 
the Reading Waterworks Bill, as amended in the Waterworks 
Committee. —= 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


the said Petition does not stand referred to the 
Committee on the said Bill, and the Petitioners are 
precluded from being heard thereon ; to order that 
the said Petition do stand referred, and that the 
Petitioners, subject to the rules and orders of the 
House, have leave to be heard thereon, in terms of 
the prayer of their Petition, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Regent’s Canal 
the Regent’s Canal Company Bill, as amended in Company Bill. 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Scottish 
the Scottish Central Railway Bill, as amended in Central Rail- 
the Committee. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 











Sheffield, Ro- | The Order of the day being read, for resuming ; ; ; 
therham, the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed The House proceeded to take into consideration South Devon 
rey, yesterday, That the Clause (Saving Rights under | the South Devon Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Huddersfield, subsisting Contracts), which was offered to be added Committee. ’ Aso 
- Geeta a, Upon the third reading of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

— Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rail- 


way Bill, be now brought up ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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

The said Clause was accordingly brought up, and 
read a first and second time, and amended. 

And the said Clause, as amended, was read the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Wales 
the South Wales Railway (No. 1) Bill, as amended ae Bu 
in the Committee. , A 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Wales 
the South Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended Keilway 
in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


third time, and added to the Bill. 




















Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , ; ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| , The House proceeded to take into consideration York, New- 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Aban- pot Rail. 
. F donment of Part of Bishop Auckland Branch, &amp;c.) way ¢Aban- 
ee and The Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Bill | Bill, as amended in the Committee. donment of 
tion — was read the third time. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ae 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branch, &amp;c.) 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. The House proceeded to take into consideration York, New- 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch ee 
pend ay The House proceeded to take into consideration | to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in we (Branch 
Road Bil, the Derby and Ashborne Road Bill, as amended in | the Committee. to West Dur- 
the Committee. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. a laa 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. a 
G The Select. Committee on the Hainault Forest Hainault 
oe The House proceeded to take into consideration | Bill was nominated of Lord Seymour, Mr. Cornewaill Forest Bill. 
Amendmeny the Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1)| Lewis, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Henry Drummond, 


(No.1) Bi, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 106. 


Sir Edward Buxton, Mr. Bramston, and five Mem- 
bers to be added by the Committee of wigs” 
z4 r. 








Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Boston Writ. 


Cork Writ. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Local Acts. 
No. 63, 


Lunatics 
(Scotland). 


No. 215. 


Museum of 


Trish Industry 


in Dublin. 
No, 216, 


Gort Work- 
house. 


No. 217. 


Poor Law 
(Lreland). 


Ne, 218. 


Trigonometri- 


cal Survey 
cindia). 
No, 219, 


Saint Alban's 


Election. 
No. 220, 


Sunday 


Trading Pre- 


vention Bill. 


No. 221, 


Lights, &amp;c. 
(Hull). 





176 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the pene Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Saint Helen’s 
Improvement (No. 2) Bill. 

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


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 Boston, in the room of 
Dudley Anderson Pelham, Esquire, commonly called 
the Honourable Dudley Anderson Pelham, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ fur the electing of a Citizen to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of Cork, in the 
room of William Fagan, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said City, hath accepted the office 
of Sieward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chil- 
tern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, 
in the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That the Marquis of Kildare have 
leave of absence till the 2d day of May next, on 
urgent business. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,~—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for pam Acts. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics 
(Scotland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Museum 
of Irish Industry in Dublin, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Gort Work- 
house, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trigono- 
metrical Survey (India), which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Order, were 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Saint Alban’s Election Petition. 

Minutes of Proceedings of the Select Committee 
on the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill. 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Lights for the 
use of Shipping maintained by the Trinity House 
at Hull, in the year 1850; stating what kind of 
Lights, and where placed ; also, under what Autho- 
rity erected, and at whose Expense; stating, also, 
the Number of Buoys and Beacons maintained in 
the same year, and where placed; also, the Rate 
o/ Charges on Shipping for the Lights, Buoys and 
Beacons, and distinguishing severally the Cheng 
on British and Foreign Vessels, viz. for Vessels 
below the Buoy of the Cleaness ; above the Buoy of 
the Cleaness to the Buoy of the Burcombe; above 
the Buoy of the Burcombe to Grimsby, or to White- 
booth, and to the Port of Hull :—And, of the Gross 
Amount of Revenue received by the Trinity House 
of Hull for the same year, showing the several 
Sources of that Revenue, and the Amount of each 
Source ; and, further, an Account, under separate 


15° Aprils. 


A. 1851. 


Heads, of the manner in which the year’s Revenue 
was expended (in continuation of the Return in 
Appendix, No. 65, of the Report on Lighthouses, 
No. 607, of 1845). 





Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this Piratey Hogg 
instant April, for a Return of the Number of Officers Money 


and Men of every Rank, who (as advertised in the ‘ 


Gazette of the 1st day of April 1851) are to receive 
Head-money for the Natives of Borneo destroyed 
ty Her Majesty’s and the East India Company’s 

aval Forces, on the Night of the 31st July 1849; 
distinguishing the Number of each Rank in each 
Service, and stating the Amount or Share payable 
to the Admiral and to each Captain, and every other 
Grade or Class in the Service mentioned ; and also, 
stating the Number of Persons for whom Head- 
money is to be paid, the Rate per Head, and the 
Total Amount of Money that is to be distributed as 
Head-money under the said Notice. 


reo), 
N Oo. 229. 


seq 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Friendly 
instant April, for a Return of the Amount of Salary Societies. 


allowed to the Registrar of Friendly Societies in 


England, for each of the years 1846, 1847, 1848, © 


1849 and 1850; and of the Amount allowed to the 
said Registrar by the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury in the same years, for Office Rent, 
Salaries of Clerks, Stationery, and other Expenses 
incident to the execution of his said Office, and of 
the Amount of Fees received by the said Registrar 
for the several years, and paid by him into the 
Consolidated Fund; and the Amount paid out of 
the Consolidated Fund towards such Salary and 
Expenses. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Saint Alban’s 
Election; Sunday Trading Preveution Bill; and, 
Pirates’ Head Money (Borneo), be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of an Address presented to Her Majesty 
from Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects in 
England, disclaiming any intention of trenching upon 
the Royal Prerogative, in the recent Appointment of 
a Roman Catholic Hierarchy, with the Number of 
Signatures attached. 

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


Roman 
Catholic 
Hierarchy... 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs 
a Return of the Total Gross Amount of Duties of Duties. 


Customs received at each Custom-house of the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1851; distinguishing the Amount re- 
ceived, 1. On Goods Duty paid on original Impor- 
tation at first landing from the importing Ship ; 
2. On Goods warehoused direct, at the Port of 
original Importation; and, 3. OnGoodswarehoused, 
having been removed under Bond from other ware- 
housing Ports. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased #**""™ 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of an Address to Her Majesty, of Prelates, 
Lords of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council, and others, Members of the United Church 
of England and Ireland, on Church Extension, pre- 
sented to Her Majesty by his Grace the Archbishop 
of Canterbury. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her np ag Prisons. 
n 


Command,—Copy of Sixteenth Report of the 
spectors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5&amp;6 Will. 4, ¢. 38, to visit the different Prisons 
of Great Britain,—II. Northern and Eastern 





District. 
Sir 













































































































Church 
Preferments. 


Benefices 
sequestered. 


Holyhead 
and Kingstown 
Packets. 


Emigration. 


Emigrants, 





14 Vicroriz. 
Sir George Grey also presented,—Further Return 


to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day 
of May, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn, showing the several Pieces of Preferment held 
by every Archbishop, Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon, 
Chancellor, Precentor, Succentor, Prebendary or 
Canon, together with the Value of each such Pieces 
of Preferment, and the Number of Houses attached 
to each of such Pieces of Preferment. 


Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
dated the 17th day of May, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of all the Benefices in 
England or Wales which have been sequestered for 
the purpose of discharging the Debts of any In- 
cumbent, since the passing of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. 
c. 106 (14th day of August 1838); stating the 
Naines of such Benefices, the Date of the Seques- 
tration, 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 Population 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 Churches 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. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
3d day of this instant April, for a Return of the 
Average Length of Passages made between Holy- 
head and Kingstown by the Steamers “‘ Fire Queen,” 
“ Caradoc,” “ Llewelyn” and “ Banshee,” during 
the Month of March 1850; with a Statement of 
the Time occupied by each of them in making the 
Longest and the Shortest Passage during the same 
Month :—Similar Return of the Passages made by 
the Steamers employed in carrying Her Majesty’s 
Mails between Holyhead and Kingstown, during 
the Month of March 1851 :— And, Return of the 
Number and the Names of the Steamers actually 
employed by the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company, in the Carriage of Her Majesty’s Mails 
between Holyhead and Kingstown, from the 1st 
day of November 1850 to the 1st day of April 1851, 
and the Number of Trips made by each Vessel. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns exhibiting the Emigration from the 
United Kingdom, between the years 1846 and 1850, 
melusive, and the Expenses incident thereto :— 
Of the Total Number of Persons who emigrated, 
at their own Cost, to British Possessions or to Fo- 
reign Countries :—Of the Number of Government 
Emigrants embarked from England, Ireland and 
Scotland, at Deptford and Plymouth respectively, 
showing the Number at each Port :—Of the Coun- 
ties whence Government Emigrants selected, showing 
the Number from each :—And, of the Expense of 
Conveyance to Ports of Departure, distinguishing 
the Number sent for Embarkation from London to 
Plymouth. 

Ordered, That 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 of the Advertisement issued by the Colonial 
Land and Emigration Commissioners in March 
1851, for Tenders for the Board and Lodging of 
Emigrants in Depdts to be provided at London or 
Plymouth, or London and Southampton :—Of any 
Correspondence relative thereto between the Com- 
missioners and the Parties tendering:—Of the 

VoL. 106. 





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177 


Report of Lieutenant Lean, or other Officer: of the 
Commissioners upon the proposed Depéts :—Of any 
recent Correspondence relating to the proposed De- 
pots at Plymouth or elsewhere, between the Com- 
missioners and other Government Departments :-— 
And, of the Tenders delivered in pursuance of the 
aforesaid Advertisement, and of any special Stipula- 
tions entered into on the part of the Commissioners 
with Persons whose Tenders have been accepted ; 
stating their Names, the Period for which such 
Tenders have been accepted, the Terms of the Par- 
ties, and whether they had held previous Contracts, 
and during what Period. 

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


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 28th 
day of this instant April. 


Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, Public 
&amp;c. ;—Church Establishments ;—Church of Rome ; Petitions. 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Religious y;4. Twenty- 


Houses Bill; and Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption ninth Report 
ica on Public 


Bill ;—Canada (Clergy Reserves) ;—South 4 
(Kafir Wars) ;—Houses ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ; 
—Sinall Tenements Rating Act ;—Agriculture ;— 
Sir James Caleb Anderson, Baronet ;—Bankruptcy ; 
—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill ;—Coal Contracts ; 
—County Courts ;—Education ;—Education (Jre- 
land) ;—Finance ;—General Board of Health Bill ; 
—Improvement.of Towns (Ireland) Bill ;—Insol- 
vent Debtors’ Act ;— Medical Charities (Ireland) 
Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) ;—Poor Law ; 
— Port of Shields ;— Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;— 
and, School Establishment (Scotland) Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relative to Copyholds was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill. 

Several Petitions relating to the Smithfield Market 
Removal Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Sardinia, 


Command,—Uopy of Treaty of Commerce and Na- 
vigation between Her Majesty and the King of Sar- 
dinia, signed at London, February 27, 1851. 


Viscount Palmerston also preseuted,—Return to Protestants. 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of (Turkey.) 


March last, for Copy or Extract of any Despatch 
from Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary at 
Constantinople, containing any Ordinance of the 
Sultan for giving Protection to Protestants in the 
Turkish Empire. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Turkey, 


1st day of this instant April, for Copy or Extract of 
any Despatch from the Right honourable Sir Strat- 
ford Canning, G.C. B., Her Majesty’s Ambassador 
Extraordinary at Constantinople, communicating to 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Fo- 


reign Affairs any Tariff issued by the Porte in re- 


ference to the Commerce of Turkey with the Queen’s 
Dominions, or with any other Countries. 

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


The Order of the day being read, fur resuming the Saint Alban’s. 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, Ele 


upon Friday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, “ That Henry Edwards be discharged 
out of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House, without payment of Fees;” and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “ be” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ now brought to the bar of this House, to be 
“ heard on the prayer of his Petition,” instead 
thereof. 


AA And 








Saint Alban’s 


Election. 


Kafir Tribes. 


178 15°—1 


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 said proposed Amendment and | 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, | 


withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of Henry Edwards, a pri- 
soner in the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending this House, which was presented yester- 
day, submitting himself to the mercy of the House ; 
and praying that he may be discharged from cus- 
tody :—The House proceeded to take the said Pe- 
tition into consideration ; and the same was again 
read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

roposed, That Henry Edwards, having submitted 
Fimeelt to the mercy of the House, be called to 
the Bar of the House, and be reprimanded by Mr. 
Speaker, and discharged, on payment of his fees ; 


The House was moved, That the Sessional Reso- | 


lution of the House relating to Witnesses, might be 
read; and the same was read, as followeth : 

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

The House was also moved, That the Resolution 
and Order of the House of the 7th day of this in- 
stant April, relating to the Saint Alban’s Election, 


might be read ; and the same were read, as follow: | 


“ Resolved, That George Sealey Waggett, hav- 
ing evaded all attempts to secure his attendance 
before the said Committee, and John Hayward 
and Henry Edwards having prevented his at- 
tendance before the said Committee, have been 
severally guilty of a breach of the Privileges of 
this House. 


“ Ordered, That George Sealey Waggett, John | 


Hayward and Henry Edwards, having been 
guilty of a breach of the Privileges of this 
House, be for their said offence taken into the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrants accordingly.” 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ having” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ been guilty of a breach of the Privileges of 
“ this House, be committed to Her Majesty’s Gaol 
“ of Newgate; and that Mr. Speaker do issue -his 
“ Warrants accordingly,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 


osed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— | 


t passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words’ 


“ been guilty of a breach of the Privileges of this 
“ House, be committed to Her Majesty’s Gaol of 
“ Newgate; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
“« rants accordingly,” be added instead thereof :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Henry Edwards, having been guilty 
of a breach of the Privileges of this House, be com- 
mitted to Her Majesty’s Gaol of Newgate; and that 
Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants accordingly. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
sed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to appoint one or more Commissioners with instruc- 
tions to proceed to South Africa, to inquire and re- 
ort as to the best mode of adjusting the relations 
Eceween this country and the Kafir Tribes; and 
also, of determining the engagements entered into 








6° Aprilis. A. 1851, 


| by Her Majesty’s High Commissioner in his settle- 
| ment of the extended territory ; 
| 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 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the relations between this country and the Kafir 
“ and other Tribes on our South African Frontier,” 
instead thereof. 

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


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

| Mercuri, 16° die Aprilis, 1851: 
And the Question being put ; 

| The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Adderley, , 
Yeas, Sir William Molesworth : } - 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter } 128 
| Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill : ean 


| So it passed in the Negative. 
| And the Question being put, That the words 
'“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
|“ the relations between this country and the Kafir 
'“ and other Tribes on our South African Frontier,” 
| be added instead thereof :—It was resolved in the 
| Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the relations between this country and the Kafir 
and other Tribes on our South African Frontier ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
| Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 





‘ 
i 


} 128: 


| Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: 
| Tellers for the f Mr. Adderley, ee 
Noes, Sir William Molesworth : } F 


| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


to consider the policy of extending the Law of Mort- 
main, so as to include personal estate, and generally 
to consider whether any alteration should be made 
in the Law as it affects testamentary or other dis- 
pensations in favour of religious, charitable or per- 
manent objects, 





‘the Town of Znverness, and improving the Ap- 
| proaches thereto: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis 
| and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
| and bring it in. 


| for abolishing the Fees paid to Coroners, and pro- 
viding for the Payment of Coroners by Salaries : 
And that Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Sotheron do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


land, under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 89, &amp;c. &amp;e., dis 
tinguishing, first, those finished, showing the Name 
of District or Work, the County in which situated, 
the Quantity of Land originally estimated to be 
benefited, the Quantity of Land found to be be- 
nefited on Revision and detailed Survey, the Sum 
originally estimated for the Work in the printed 
Reports sanctioned by the Board of Works, the 
Total Cost of the Works, the Date of the Completion 
of the Works, the Sum levied in each year since the 
Completion of the Work ; distinguishing the Part 
thereof paid in Interest, and the Part paid in Dimi- 
nution of the Debt, and stating further whether any 
Interest or Instalment of Principal be due, and 
whether 








Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Mortmain. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Inverness 
for rebuilding the Bridge over the River Wess, at Bridge Bill. 





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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ prainage 
Return of the different Works of Drainage in Jre- (Ireland) 





_—- e- e 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Act Amend- 
ment 


No, 223, 


Acts of 

Parliament 

i 
ct 

Bill - 


Assessed 
Taxes, 


14 VicTorizZ. 


whether any Advance (and, if so, from what Funds) 
has been made in Payment of Interest or Instal- 
ment; secondly, those unfinished, showing the 
Name of District or Work, the County in which 
situated, the Quantity of Land originally estimated 
to be benefited, the Quantity of Land found to be 
benefited, on revision and detailed Survey, the Sum 
originally estimated for the Work in the printed Re- 

ort sanctioned by the Board of Works, the Sum 

itherto expended on each Work, to the 31st day 
of December 1850, including Interest on borrowed 
Money, the Engineer’s Approximate Estimate of 
further Sums necessary for the Completion, from the 
ist day of January 1851; and further stating each 
Case in which further Advances and Surveys were 
abandoned. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself| 


into a Committee upon the Small Tenements Rat- 
ing Act Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; tobe read 2°, paragraph by paragraph, 
Preamble postponed. 


CLAusE agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (That where the owner of any tenement 
shall be rated to the relief of the poor, by virtue of 
any local Act, instead of the occupier thereof, such 
occupier shall be entitled to all such and the same 
municipal privileges and franchises as he would 
have been entitled to, in case the owner had been 
rated by virtue of the said recited Act of the last 
Session of Parliament, subject only to the same 
conditions and provisions as in such last-mentioned 
Act is contained in respect of occupiers claiming to 
exercise such privileges and franchises),—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. 4. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
the 29th day of this instant April ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation 
Act Repeal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday the 30th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider the Act 48 Geo. 3, c. 55, 
for repealing the Duties of Assessed Taxes, and 
granting new Duties in lieu thereof, and certain ad- 
ditional Duties to be consolidated therewith; and 
also for repealing the Stamp Duties on Game Cer- 
tificates, and granting new Duties in lieu thereof, to 
be placed under the Management of the Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of Taxes, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Duties granted by the Act 
48 Geo. 3, c. 55, and now payable in England, 
Wales and Berwich-upon-Tweed and in Scotland, 
respectively, upon Dwelling-houses, and levied and 
assessed according to the Number of Windows or 
Lights therein, as set forth in the Schedule marked 
(A) to the said Act annexed, shall be levied and as- 
sessed upon inhabited Dwelling-houses in and 
throughout Great Britain, according to the annual 
value thereof, in the manner following ; that is to say, 

For every inhabited Dwelling-house, which, with 
the household and other offices, yards and gardens 
therewith occupied and charged, is or shall be worth 
the rent of twenty pounds or upwards by the year : 

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179 


Where any such Dwelling-house shall be occu- 
pied by any person in trade, who shall expose 
to sale, and sell any goods, wares or merchan- 
dize in any shop or warehouse, being part of the 

| same Dwelling-house, and in the front, and on 
the ground or basement story thereof ; 

And also, where any such Dwelling-house shall 
be occupied by any person who shall be duly 
licensed by the laws in force to sell therein b 
retail beer, ale, wine or other liquors, although 
the room or rooms thereof, in which any such 
liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk or 
consumed, shall not be such shop or warehouse 
as aforesaid ; 

And also, where any such Dwelling-house shall 
be a farm-house, occupied by a tenant, and bond 
Jide used for the purposes of husbandry only,— 
There shall be charged for every twenty shil- 

| lings of the annual value of any such Dwel- 

ling-house, the sum of Sixpence ; 

And where any such Dwelling-house shall not 
be occupied and used for any such purpose 
and in manner aforesaid, there shall be 

| charged for every twenty shillings of the 

annual value thereof, the sum of Nine-pence. 

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. Cornewall Lewis do pre- 
| pare, and bring it in. 


| 


’ 


| 


| 


9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 23, to alter certain Duties of Customs ; 
also so much of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 90, for grant- 
ing Duties on Customs; and also so much of the 
| Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 90, to amend the Laws relating 
to the Customs, as relates to the Duties on Timber 
and Coffee, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, the following 
Duties shall be charged ; viz. 


8s. d. 
Coffee, the lb. - - - « - « = § 
Kiln-dried, roasted or ground, the Ib. - - 6 





2. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable upon the Foreign Goods under- 
mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the 
following Duties shall be charged ; viz. 


Upon Timber and Wood Goods not otherwise | ¢ » yg. 

charged with Duty: 
| Timber or Wood, not being Deals, Battens, 
Boards, Staves, Hand-spikes, Oars, Lathwood, 
or other Timber or W ood sawn, split or other- 

wise dressed, except hewn, and not bein 

Timber or Wood otherwise charged with 
Duty, the load of 50 cubic feet - - -|] - 
Deals, Battens, Boards, or other Timber or 
Wood sawn or split, and not otherwise charged 
with Duty, the load of 50 cubic feet - - -10 - 

| Staves, if exceeding 72 inches in length, 7 inches 
in breadth, or 34 inches in thickness, the load 
of 50 cubic feet - - - - - . 
Hand-spikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length, the 


~T 
a 

















120 - - - - - - - 6 - 
—— exceeding 7 feet inlength, the 120| -12 - 
, Knees, under 5 inches square, the 120 - -| - 3 - 
5 inches and under 8 inches square, the 
| 120 - - . - - - - - -12 - 

Lathwood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet - - -12 - 

Oars, the 120 - - - - - + 265 - 
Spars or Poles, under 22 feet in length and un- 

| der 4 inches in diameter, the 120 - - - 6 - 
22 feet in length and upwards, 

and under 4 inches in diameter, the 120 - -12 - 

of all lengths, 4 inches and under 

6 inches in diameter, the 120 - - = ; 2 = 


Wood planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared 
for use, and not particularly enumerated or 
otherwise mal with Duty, per foot of cubic 
contents - - zs ° - - _ = 

And further, for every £.100value- -j{ 10 - 


AA2 








| Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Timber and 
it was referred to consider so much of the Act Coffee Duties. 








180 15°—16° 


Or, in lieu of the Duties imposed upon Wood by 
the load, according to the cubic content, the im- 
porter may have the option, at the time of passing 
the first entry, of entering Battens, Batten Ends, 
Boards, Deals, Deal Ends and Plank, by tale, if of 
or from Foreign Countries, according to the follow- 
ing dimensions ; videlicet : 





Set ehove Not above 1} Above 1 Inch, 
Inches in With. in hth, [OMe ase, 
Battens and Batten Ends : Z. «a d. Za @ 
Not above 6 feet in length, the 120 |" - . - 9 3 - 18 6 
Above 6 feet, and not above 9 feet 
in length, the120 - = -|- . ° -11 17 9 
Above 9 feet, and not above 12 fect 
in length, the 120 - ~- as « - 18 6 116 11 
Above 12 feet, and not above 15 feet 
in length, the 120 - ° ej - - 13 2 2 6 3 
Above 15 feet, and not above 18 fee “ 
in length, the 120 - - o}* . . ae 215 4 | 
Above 18 feet, and not above 21 feet 
in length, the 120 - - "2 tee . . 112 3 | 3.4 6 
: -_ Not above 1} Above 14 Inch, 
Inches in Width in Thickness. = ‘Thickmess’* 
Boards, Deals, Deal Ends and Plank : — — 
Not above 6 feet in length, the 120 | - - . - 1411 1 910 
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 12 3 245 
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 1yv 7 219 2 
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 117 #1 314 2 
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in 
length, the 120 - ° -|- - - 2 4 6 4 811 
Above 18 and not above 2] feet in 
length, the 120 - - ei° - . 211 10 5 3 8 
Above 93 Inches, 1 
and not above 
114 in Width, 
Not above 6 feet in length, the 120 -| - - - - 17 11 115 10 
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in 
length, the 120 - . -|- . ° 1 610 213 8 
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in 
length, the 120 - - ele ° 115 10 Shi 7 
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in 
length, the 120 - . -|- - - 2 410 49 7 
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 213 9 5 7 6 
Above 18 and not above 21 feet in 
length, the 120 - - -|- - - 3 210 6 5 8 






































Supply. 


Rewards for 
Distinguished 
Services. 


Pay of General 


Officers. 


Full Pay for 
Reduced and 
Retired 
Officers. 


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. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
thousand six hundred and six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Al- 
lowances as Rewards for distinguished Services, of 
Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons 
at Home and Abroad; and of Allowances to Ser- 
jeants as Rewards for distinguished or Meritorious 
Service, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majest , 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 1851 to the 
31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-two 
thousand five hundred pounds, 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 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 





A. 1851. 


Aprilis. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Half Pay for 


hundred and seventy-seven thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty for defraying the Charge of 
Half-pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Half Pay to 
eight thousand nine hundred and_ninety-three Foreign 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying Officers, &amp;e, 


the Charge of Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances 
to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions 
to wounded Foreign Officers, and of the Allowances 
to the Widows and Children of deceased Foreign 


| Officers, which will come in course of payment from 


the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 
1852, inclusive. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Widows 
hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred Pensions, 


and seventeen pounds, 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 1st day of April 
1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, inclusive. 


Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, 
Gratuities, and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 


of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- 
Pensioners thereof, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1851 to the 31st 
day of March 1852, inclusive. 


lion two hundred and thirty-three thousand and fifty 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hos- 
pital, of Pensions granted to discharged Negro 
Soldiers, of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps, 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794 
and 1795, and of the Military Organization of Out- 
Pensioners in the United Kingdom, which will come 
in course of payment from the Istday of April 1851 
to the 31st day March 1852, inclusive. 


seven thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, tor defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances, 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 1851 to the 31st day of March 1852, 
inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ll. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for Wednesday the 
30th day of this instant April. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 








The 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Compassionate 
eight thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to “st 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Chelsea and 
five thousand four hundred and thirteen pounds, be Kilmainham 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge ® 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One mil- Out-Pension- 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Superannua- 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Stamp Duties 
into consideration the Stamp Duties Assimilation a. -_ 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved inself Se 
into a Committee upon the Sale of Arsenic Regu- pi 
lation Bill; and, after some time time spent therein, jo, 224. 


Excl 


Core 


Inve 
Bric 
N 


Publ 
Peti 
(Tw 


Hea 
Dive 





Exchequer? 
Bills 
Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Coroners’ Bill. 
No, 225. 


Inverness 
Bridge Bill. 
No. 226. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Twenty-ninth 


Report. ) 


Harwich 
Improvement, 
Quays and 
Pier Bill. 


Heathcote’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Richmond and 


rT 


Tunpike-road 
(Western 


District) Con. 
Unuation of 


Tem, &amp;e. Bill, 


Charing Cross 


Bridge Bill, 


Royal Naval 








14 VicToRiz. 15°—16°—28° Aprils. 181 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant April. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Indemnity Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant April. 


Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for abolishing 
the Fees paid to Coroners, and providing for the 
Payment of Coroners by Salaries: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 28th day of this in- 
stant April ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for re- 
building the Bridge over the River Ness, at the 
Town of Znverness, and improving the Approaches 
thereto: 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 the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till Monday the 28th day of 
this instant April 











Lune, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Zhornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Harwich Im- 
provement, Quays and Pier Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Heathcote’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike-road 
(Western District) Continuation of Term, &amp;c. Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to |J 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Charing Cross Bridge Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Royal Naval School Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

VoL. 106. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Buckingham’s 
reading of Buckingham’s Compensation Bill ; ee 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty's Kaffir War. 
Command,—aAn Estimate of the Sum required to No, 227. 
be voted towards defraying the Expenses of the 
Kaffir War beyond the ordinary Grants for Army, 

Navy, Ordnance and Commissariat Services for the 
years 1850-51 and 1851-52, 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of Grahame, Weems &amp; Grahame, of Caledonian 
Great George-street, Westminster, Parliamentary ‘ory on 
Agents, praying that the Standing Order, No. 131, — 
may be dispensed with in the case of the Caledonian tension and 
Railway (Motherwell Branch Extension and Les- el 

— ¢es ranches 
mahagow Branches Lease) Bill, if it should be con- Leasey Bun, 
sidered applicable to the present case, on condition” 
of it being now proved, to the satisfaction of the 
Commissioners of Railways, that the Caledonian 
Railway Company had, previously to the application 
to Parliament for the said Bill, paid up the propor- 
tion of their share capital required by the said 
Standing Order, and expended, for the purposes of 
their Acts, a sum equal thereto, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
praying that the Standing Orders, Numbers 105 and Railway 
166, may not be suspended in reference to the Peti- me - 
tion of the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Coatbridge, . 
Railway Company, against the Caledonian Railway Polloc and 
(Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and oe &amp;e. 
Govan, &amp;c. Railways) Amendment and Continuation, , an 
&amp;c.) Bill, and that the said Company may not be and Continua- 
allowed to be heard before the Committee on the *™, &amp;c.) Bill. 
said Bill, in opposition thereto, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Thomas Bradford, of Aylesbury, in Aylesbury 
the county of Buckingham, saddler, who voted, and Election. 
claims to have and had a right to vote at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said borough and hundreds of 
Aylesbury, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner was at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said borough and hundreds of Aylesbury an elector 
of the said borough and hundreds, and was regis- 
tered as such elector, and had a right to vote for a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said borough 
and hundreds, at the said Election, and did vote 
thereat; that at the said last Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said borough and hun- 
dreds, in the month of April, one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-one, William Busfield Ferrand, 
Esquire, and Richard Bethell, Esquire, were candi- 
dates to represent the said borough and hundreds in 
Parliament; that a poll having been demanded, was 
taken by the Returning Officer on the eleventh day 
of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one ; 
that the said Richard Bethell, Esquire, was, by the 
said Returning Officer, declared to have had a ma- 
jority of votes at the said Election, and to have been 
duly elected, and was returned as the Member duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
borough and hundreds of Aylesbury; that the Peti- 
tioners show that, before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Richard Bethell was, by himself and his 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers acts of 
bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and pro- 
cure, and did by his agents, managers and friends, 
and by many other persons employed in his behalf, 
by gifts, presents, money, rewards and by promises 
and agreements, and securities for money, gifts, em- 

AAS ployments 


























































































































182 28° Aprilis. A. 1851. 


ployments and rewards, and by threats, intimida- 
tions, promises, undue influence, and other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having, or claiming to have, 
votes at the said Election to give their votes in 
favour of him the said Richard Bethell, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said William 
Busfield Ferrand ; that the said Richard Bethell, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected 
and to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
borough and hundred ; that after the teste of the 
writ for holding the said Election, and before, at 
and during the said Election the said Richard 
Bethell did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by divers ways and means in his behalf 
or at his charge, directly or indirectly give, present 
and allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertamment and 
provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainment, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, to and for the use, benefit 
and advantage, employment, profit and preferment 
of such persons, to vote at the said Election for the 
said Richard Bethell, or to forbear to vote at the 
said Election for the said William Busfield Ferrand, 
or in order that he the said Richard Bethell might 
be elected or for being elected to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said borough and hundred ; that 
by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices the said Richard Bethell was and 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected 
and to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
borough and hundred ; that before, during and after 
the said Election, the said Richard Bethell did, by 
himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or by 
or with divers persons, or in divers ways and manners, 
directly or indirectly, give or provide, or did cause 
or did knowingly allow to be given or provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly 
or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat and 


" provision to and for divers persons, for the purpose 


of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or 
divers other persons, to give their votes in the said 
Election for the said Richard Bethell, or to refrain 
from giving their votes in the said Election for the 
said William Busfield Ferrand, or for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding divers of such persons, or divers 
other persons, for having given their votes at the 
said Election for the said Richard Bethell; that by 
reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 

ractices the said Richard Bethell was and is wholly 
incapacitated and ineligible to be elected and to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said borough and 
hundreds ; that gross, extensive and systematic, and 
open and notorious bribery, treating and corruption 
were practised and carried on at the said Election 
by divers persons being friends, —— and par- 
tisans of the said Richard Bethell, with a view to 
the election of the said Richard Bethell; that in- 
timidation and duress were, by the agents, friends and 
managers, and by other persons on behalf of the 
said Richard Bethell, practised upon divers persons 
having votes at the said Election, by means whereof 
many persons who but for such illegal practices 
would have voted in favour of the said William 
Busfield Ferrand were induced and compelled to vote 
in favour of the said Richard Bethell, or to forbear 
to give their votes in the said Election for the said 
William Busfield Ferrand; and the Petitioners fur- 
ther present and show to the House, that before the 
election of the said Richard Bethell for the said bo- 
rough and hundreds, as above mentioned, one Frede- 
rick Calvert, Esquire, had been a candidate, and 
was returned to the House as a Member for the said 
borough and hundreds, and thereupon, after such 
Election, a Petition was duly presented to the House, 


in which it was alleged, among other things, that 
the said Frederick Calvert, Esquire, had himself, 
and by his agents and friends, been guilty of treating 
at the then said Election, and that the Return of 
the said Frederick Calvert, Esquire, was illegal and 
void, and that such proceedings were thereupon 
then had; that the said Petition was referred to a 
Select Committee duly appointed by the House to 
try the merits of the said Petition, and that, after 
hearing evidence adduced on behalf of the said Pe- 
titioners, and evidence adduced on behalf of the 
said Frederick Calvert, the said Select Committee 
represented to the House the following Resolutions : 
“ That Frederick Calvert, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the borough and hundreds of Aylesbury ; 
that the last Election for the said borough and hun- 
dreds is a void Election; that Frederic Calvert 
was, by his agents, guilty of treating at the last 
Election for the said borough and hundreds; that 
it was not proved to the Committee that these acts 
of treating were committed with the knowledge and 
consent of the said Frederick Calvert ; that the Com- 
mittee also find that a practice prevailed in the said 
borough, at the last Election, of issuing printed 
tickets for refreshments to the extent of five shillings 
each to voters both before and after polling; the 
Committee believe that this practice has obtained 
very extensively in the said borough, and they con- 
sider it their duty to report it to the House ;” and 
tne Petitioners further present and showto the House, 
that after the said Return of the said Frederick Cal- 





vert had been declared void, and after a new writ had 


issued for the said borough and hundreds, and after 
the said Richard Bethell, Esquire, had become a 


candidate, the said Frederick Calvert, Esquire, be- 
came an agent, friend, manager and partisan for the 
said Richard Bethell, Esquire, at the said Election, 
and that Acton Tindal, Richard Benson, George 
Defraine, James James, Joseph Jones, Edward 
Prickett, John Ward, Jesse Ward, Robert Ward, 
William Ward, Henry Watson, Charles Wheeler, 
John Oliff, and a certain individual called or known 
by the name of “ the Man in the Moon,” otherwise 
Crouch, and other parties and individuals who had 
severally and respectively been agents, friends, ma- 
nagers and partisans of the said Frederick Calvert, 
Esquire, at the said Ejection, and who had been 
guilty of treating at his said Election, became and 
were agents, friends, managers and partisans of the 
said Richard Bethell, Esquire, at the Election at 
which he the said Richard Bethell, Esquire, was a 
candidate ; and the Petitioners further present and 
show to the House, that the said Richard Bethell 
did, by such persons, and in such manner, directly 
and indirectly, before such Election, give and 
provide meat, drink, entertainment and _ provision 
to persons having votes at the said Election, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing them to give 
their votes for the said Richard Bethell, and re- 
frain from giving the votes at the said Election of 
the said Richard Bethell for the said William Bus- 
field Ferrand ; and the Petitions further show that 
the votes of divers persons were accepted and re- 
corded on the poll in favour of the said Ricaard 
Bethell who were not legally entitled and had no 
legal right to vote at the said Election, and that the 
real majority of good and legal votes polled at the _ 
said Election was in favour of the said William 
Busfield Ferrand over the said Richard Bethell ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Richard Bethell 
who were not entitled by law to vote in the Election 
for the said borough and hundreds, or to have had 
their names inserted in the list of voters, or upon 
the register of voters for the said borough and hun- 
dreds, by reason of their not having had any quali- 
fication in respect of property, occupation or value, 














or residence, or rating, or payment of rates, or whose 
qualification was for other and various causes insuf- 





ficient, 






























14 Vicroriz. 


ficient, or who were respectively subject to legal 
incapacities, and whose names had been and were 
anduly and improperly retained or inserted in the 
said register in consequence of the decision of the 
barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for 
the said borough and hundreds, and were and are 
upon the register in force at the time of the said 
Election ; that divers persons duly qualified to vote 
at the said Election were at the registration of the 
list of persons entitled to vote in and for the election 
of a Member for the said borough and hundreds 
improperly expunged or omitted from the said re- 
gister of voters in force at the said Election in con- 
sequence of the decision of the barrister who revised 
the list of voters from which the said register was 
formed; that such persons, being duly qualified to 
vote at the said Election, duly tendered their votes 
at the said Election for the said William Busfield 
Ferrand, and the votes of such persons were entered 
as tendered votes only, and were not allowed and 
admitted or reckoned on the poll as good votes for 
the said William Busfield Ferrand, and ought now 
to be put upon the poll in favour of the said William 
Busfield Ferrand ; that at the said Election divers 
persons voted for the said Richard Bethell who 
were or had been, either during such Election, or 
within six calendar months previous thereto, or 
within fourteen days after it was completed, em- 
ployed at such Election as agents, attornies, poll- 
clerks or flagmen, or in some other capacity for the 
purposes of such Election, and had, either before, 
during or after such Election accepted, received or 
taken from the said Richard Bethell, or from some 
other person, for or in consideration of or with re- 
ference to such retainer or employment, a sum or 
sums of money, or retaining fee, offices, places or 
employments, or promises or securities for a sum or 
sums of money, retaining fees, office, places or em- 
ployment, and that such votes were admitted and 
entered on the poll-book as good votes for the said 
Richard Bethell, who were registered as electors for 
the said borough and hundreds, but had become 
disqualified as electors for the said borough and 
hundreds, and were incapable of voting at the said 
.Election, on the ground of their having received 
alms or parochial relief, or on the ground of their 
not being of full age, and being subject to legal in- 
capacity, or on the ground of their not having re- 
sided ever since the thirty-first July one thousand 
eight hundred and fifty, to the time of their voting 
at such Election within the said borough, or the 
place for which they were registered, or within the 
distance thereof required by the Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales,” to entitle such persons to be registered, or 
on the ground of their having ceased to reside within 
the said borough, or within such distance so re- 
quired as aforesaid, during some part of the period 
between the thirty-first July, one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty, and the time of their voting at 
such Election, and that such votes were admitted 
and entered on the poll-book as good votes for the 
said Richard Bethell, and ought now to be struck 
off from the poll; that at the said Election many 
persons were bribed, entertained, treated and cor- 
ruptly influenced to give their votes for the said 
Richard Bethell, or to forbear to give their votes for 
the said William Busfield Ferrand ; that at the said 
Election many persons were compelled, by violence, 
threats, intimidation and force, practised by friends, 
agents, partisans, managers, committee-men and 
supporters of the said Richard Bethell, to vote for 
the said Richard Bethell, or to forbear to vote for 
the said William Busfield Ferrand ; that at the said 
Election many persons were, otherwise than above 
stated, improperly and illegally admitted and _reck- 
oned upon the poll in favour of the said Richard 


Bethell, and omitted or éxcluded.from the number 
VoL, 106. 





28° Aprilis. 





183 


of votes polled in favour of the said William Bus- 
field Ferrand; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Richard Bethell who had asked, received or taken 
money, gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or 
promises or agreements and securities for money, 
gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or who were 
otherwise bribed in order to give their votes at the 
said Election, and the votes so admitted ought to 
be struck off the poll; that many persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote ai the said Election, 
in favour of the said Richard Bethell, who had 
asked, received or taken money, gifts, employments, 
offices or rewards, or promises, or agreements and 
securities for money, gifts, employments, offices or 
rewards, or who were otherwise bribed and corruptly 
influenced to vote at the said Election in favour of 
the said Richard Bethell, or to forbear to vote at the 
said Election in favour of the said William Busfield 
Ferrand, whose votes ought to be struck from the 
poll; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
Richard Bethell, who did, by themselves, or by per- 
sons employed by them, by gifts and rewards, and 
by promises, agreements and securities for gifts and 
rewards, and by divers illegal practices, corrupt and 
procure, or did offer by gifts and rewards, or by 
promises, agreements and securities for gifts and 
rewards, and by divers illegal practices, to corrupt 
and procure divers persons having votes at the said 
Election to give their votes in favour of the said 
Richard Bethell, or to forbear to give their votes in 
favour of the said William Busfield Ferrand, and 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
poll ; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election for the said Richard 
Bethell who, before and after the teste of the writ 
for the said Election, and before, at and during the 
said Election, had corruptly received money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provisions, presents, gifts and 
rewards given, presented and allowed, and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements of and 
for money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
visions, to be given, presented and allowed by the 
said Richard Bethell, and by his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by divers ways and means in his be- 
half, or at his charge, to and for such persons and 
to and for the use, benefit and advantage, employ- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
to vote at the said Election for the said Richard 
Bethell, or in order to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the said William Busfield Ferrand, or 
in order that he, the said Richard Bethell, might be 
elected or for his being elected to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said borough, and who were 
thereby disqualified and incapacitated from voting 
at the said Election, and the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll; that many persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote at the said Election 
who, before and after the teste of the said writ, and 
before, during, at and after the said Election, had 
corruptly received meat, drink, entertainment, or 
provision, or promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements of and for meat, drink, entertainment 
or provision, to give their votes at the said Election 
for the said Richard Bethell, or to forbear to give 
their votes at the said Election for the said William 
Busfield Ferrand, or in order that he, the said 
Richard Bethell, might be elected or for his being 
elected a Member in this present Parliament for 
the said borough ; that many persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote at the said Election for the 
said Richard Bethell who had been corruptly in- 
fluenced to give their votes at the said Election for 
the said Richard Bethell, or to refrain from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said William 
Busfield Ferrand, or who had been corruptly re- 
warded for having given their votes at the said 
Election for the said Richard Bethell, or for having 
refrained from having given their votes at the said 

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184 28° Aprils. A. 1851. 


Election for the said William Busfield Ferrand, by 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, which the 
said Richard Bethell had himself, or by his agents 
and divers persons on his behalf, before, during and 
after such Election, or by or with divers persons, 
or in divers manners, directly or indirectly given and 
provided, or caused or knowingly allowed to be 
given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
before, at and after the said Election, or the expenses | 
incurred for which he did pay, or has paid to and 
for such voters, or to and for divers other persons, 
forthe purpose of corruptly influencing such voters 
to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Richard Bethell, or to refrain from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the said William Busfield 
Ferrand, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
such voters for having given their votes at the said 
Election for the said Richard Bethell, or for having 
refrained from having given their votes at the said 
Election for the said William Busfield Ferrand, and 
who were thereby disqualified and incapacitated 


and praying the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare that the said Election 
and Return of the said Richard Bethell is wholly 
null and void, and that Richard Busfield Ferrand 
was duly elected and ought to have been returned 
to serve in Parliament for the said borough and 
hundreds of Aylesbury ; or that the House will afford 
the Petitioner such further and other relief in the 
premises as to the House may seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referted 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. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons 
Command,—Copy of Sixteenth Report of the In- Gcotland) 


spectors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain —IV. Scotland. 


from voting at the said Election, and the votes so Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Roman 
admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that many seen + Majesty oe 15th day “Tr Hierarchy. 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the | MStant pri), for Vopy of an ress presented to 


said Election in favour of the said Richard Bethell, 
who before and during the said Election and after 
the teste of the writ for the said Election, and before, 
during, atand after the said Election, gave to per- 
sons having votes at the said Election, money, meat, 





drink, entertainment or provision, or pen agree- 
ments, engagements or obligations for money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision, present or reward | 
to or for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, in order to 





procure such persons to vote at the said Election 

for the said Richard Bethell, or to forbear to vote | 
at the said Election for the said William Busfield | 
Ferrand, or in order that the said Richard Bethell | 
might be elected, or for his being elected, to serve | 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, | 


and the votes of the persons so admitted to vote | 


were admitted to vote and did vote at the said | 
Election for the said Richard Bethell, who before, | 
during, at and after the said Election gave and | 
provided or caused or knowingly allowed to be pro- 
vided meat, drink, entertainment or provision to 
divers persons, for the vurpose of corruptly influ- 
encing such persons, or divers other persons, to 

ive their votes at the said Election for the said | 


ichard Bethell, or to refrain from voting at the | 





said Election for the said William Busfield Ferrand, | 


or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such per- | 
sons, or divers other persons, for having voted at 
the said Election for the said Richard Bethell, or 
from having refrained from voting at the said Elec- | 
tion for the said William Busfield Ferrand, and that 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
poll ; that many persons were admitted to vote and | 
did vote at the said Election for the said Richard | 
Bethell, who before and after the teste of the writ | 
for the said Election, and before, during, at and | 
after the said Election, were guilty of corruptly | 
treating, aud of being corruptly treated in order to 
procure the Election of the said Richard Bethell,| 
and who were by such last-mentioned corrupt | 
practices disqualified and incapacitated from voting 
at the said Election, and the votes so admitted 
ought to be struck off the poll; that by the ways 
and means aforesaid, the said Richard Bethell 
had not a majority of legal votes over the said 
William Busfield Ferrand, and was not duly 
elected nor entitled to be returned, but was 
and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be | 
elected and to serve as a Member in this Parliament 
for the said borough and hundreds of Aylesbury, 
but that he the said William Busfield Ferrand had | 
a majority of legal votes at the said Election, and | 
was duly elected and returned as a Member to serve | 
in Parliament for the said borough and hundreds; | 








| 


Her Majesty from Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic 
Subjects in England, disclaiming any Intention of 
trenching upon the Royal Prerogative, in the recent 
Appointment of a Roman Catholic Hierarchy, with 
the Number of Signatures attached. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated tire Sewers, 


25th day of March last, for Copies of all Fees and 
Charges, and by whom and by what Statute or 


| Authority made, demanded and received, on the 


issuing of a Commission of Sewers. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upun, the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lights, &amp;c., Lights, &amp;. 
(Hull), which was presented upon the 15th day of (Hull) 


this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Friendly Friendly 
ought to be struck off the poll; that many persons | Societies, which was presented upon the 15th day Societies 


of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery Regulation (Ireland) Act (1850), which Chao 


was presented upon the 14th day of this instant 
April, be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 


mand,—A further Report trom the Admiralty, re- 
lative to an Application for a Local Act. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was Aylesbury 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— #ect™. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select No.2). 


Committee on the Aylesbury Election Petition. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Public 
of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— seaguene 
Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill;—Sunday Trading vide Thirties 

Bill ;—County Rates and Expenditure ; Report 0 


Prevention 
—Hops;—Property Tax ;—Railways ;—Small Tene- 
ments Rating Act ;—Agriculture ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill; —Coroners’ Bill ; —Education (Jre- 
land) ;—General Board of Health Bill ;—Navigation 
Laws ; — Ordnance Survey (Scotland) ; — Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, School Establishment (Scot- 
land) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to County Rates and Expendi- 
ture was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the County Rates and Ex- 
penditure Bill. ' 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Mujesty’s Netherlands 


Command,—Copy of Convention of Navigation be- 


tween Her Majesty and the King of the Wetherlands, 


additional 


Sup 


u&gt; a 


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Pirates 
(Borneo. ) 


Property Tax 
Bill 


Supply. 


14 VicrorizZz. 


additional to the Treaty of October 27, 1837. | 


Signed at London, March 27, 1851. 


Additional Papers respecting the Operations | 
against the Pirates on the North West Coast of | 


Borneo. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
| the Select Committee on Customs :—And the said 


Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Property Tax Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question bein | , 
ri That the Bill be pn read a second times | read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 


proposed, 

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 a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


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

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


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


of Health Bill. 


Metropolis 


Buildings Bill. 


Apprentices to 


Sea Service 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Stamp Duties 
Assimilation 
Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills ™ 
el 7,756,600) 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Steam Com- 
Munication 

(New South 
Wales, &amp;,) 


mittee on the General Board of Health 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 Metropolis Buildings Bill ; 

Ordered, YVhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (Jre- , 


land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill 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. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Seventeen 
Millions Seven Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand Six 
Hundred Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Ser- 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-one. 

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


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


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 Reports of 1846, 1848 and 
1850, of Committees of the Legislative Councils of 
New South Wales, New Zealand and the Mauritius, 
on the Subject of Steam Communication with Eu- 
rope; and of any Resolutions passed with reference 
to these Reports by the said Councils. 


28° Aprilis. 














Vo. 106. 





185 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


| Her ety by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Customs. 


posed, That Mr. John Lewis Ricardo be added to 


Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to alter Customs Bill. 


certain Duties of Customs: And the same was 


cond time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


No. 232. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to repeal Inhabited 


the Number of Windows or Lights, and to grant in 
lieu thereof other Duties on Inhabited Houses ac- 
cording to their Annual Value: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


, | the Duties payable on Dwelling-houses according to —" Duty 


No. 233. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kilrush Union. 


Copy of a Report made to the Poor Law Com- 
missioners by Mr. Lucas, Temporary Inspector in 
charge of Kilrush Union, in reference to certain 
Statements regarding the Management of Kilrush 
Union, contained in a Letter signed “ S. Godolphin 
Osborne,” which appeared in The Times Newspaper 
of the 31st day of March 1851. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


No. 234. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Spirits. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 24th 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 1851:—Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the Sorts), on which Duty was paid for Home 
Consumption in each of the three Kingdoms, with 
the Rate per Gallon, and the Amount of such Duty ; 
also, the Total Number of Gallons and Duty in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1851 :—Showing, under separate Heads, 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguish- 
ing the Materials from which made, imported into 
each Kingdom frum each of the others respectively ; 
stating also the Rate per Gallon, and the Total 
Amount thereof in each case, and what Portion of 
such Duty was paid on Removal of the Spirits from 
Bond, and what after their Arrival in England; 
also, what Portion was actually wharehoused under 
Excise Lock, distinguishing Malt from Grain Spirits, 
in England, for the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1851 :—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 1851 :—Of 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilledin England, Scotland and Ireland; distinguish- 
ing the Quantities in each Country delivered Duty 
paid direct from Distillers’ Stocks from the Quanti- 
ties put into Bond, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, Nv. 219, of Session 1849) :—Of the Total 
Number of Proof Gallons of British Compounds 

BB and 











Stockton-on- 
Tees Navi- 
gation and 
Commerce. 


Pirates’ 
Head-money. 


Agricultural 
Produce 
(Ireland.) 


Barrel Organs, 
&amp;c. (Metro- 
polis. ) 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland. ) 





Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 





186 


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 1851 :—And, of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores, in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively on the 5th day of January 1851 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 514, of Session 
1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Vessels, and the 
Tonnage thereof, which have been entered Inwards 
and Outwards, at the Custom-house of Stockton-on- 
Tees, in each year, since 1834; a the 
Foreign and Colonial from the Coasting or Home 
Trade : —Of the Number of Vessels, and Tonnage 
thereof, registered in and belonging to the same 
Port, in the same years:—And, of the Amount re- 
ceived as Customs; also the Sums received and 
expended by the Tees Navigation Company as Con- 
servators of the River Zees; distinguishing the 
Amounts received as Light Dues, and the Expenses 
incurred in maintaining the same, from the Ordinary 
and General Receipts, and Ordinary and General 
Expenditure, for the same years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant April, for an Account of the Manner in 
which the £. 100,000, voted in the Session of 1850 for 
Head-money, has been or is to be applied ; stating 
the specific Services for which any Head-money is 
paid, or to be paid; the Number of Persons for 
whom paid, and the Rate for each Class ; the Num- 
ber of Persons ; and the Amount for each Service. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant April, for a Return of the Names of the 
Thirty-nine principal Maritime and Internal Mar- 
kets of Ireland, from which Mr. Griffith constructed 
the Average Scale of Prices appended to his Letter 
to the Lord Lieutenant, on the 23d day of December 
last; with the Prices of the different Articles of 
Agricultural Produce mentioned in the said Scale 
in the several Markets, during the years 1848 and 
1849, 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant April, for Copy of the Instructions given by 
the Commissioners of the Police to the Police Of- 
ficers, relative to the preventing Obstructions and 
other Nuisances caused by the large travelling Bar- 
rel Organs and Advertising Vans in and about the 
Metropolis. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid on the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—(Jreland): An Account, 
in Charge and Discharge, of Fees received by the 
Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts and Receiver of 
Fee Fund, from the 25th of March 1850 to the 25th 
of March 1851. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Mayor, Aldermen and 


. Burgesses of the borough of Manchester, pray- 
ing that provision may be made in the Manchester 
improvement Bill for the prevention of Gambling in 
the said borough, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 

A Petition of John Eustace Grubbe, praying that 
provision may be made in the said Bill for the pre- 
vention of Gambling in the said borough, for re- 
moving doubts as to the restoration of property 
unlawfully pawned, and for other purposes, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


28°—29° Aprilis. 











A. 1851. 


A Petition of the Brighton Extra-mural Cemetery Brighton 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Con- Extra-Mury 
secration of a Portion of the Brighton Extra-mural °™**v. 
Cemetery, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Brighton 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Extta-Murg 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Brighton 
Extra-mural Cemetery Bill. 

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


The Order for referring the King’s College Hos- King’s Collog 
pital Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, Hospital Bil, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave King’s ¢ 
to bring in the King’s College Hospital Bill, which ey ; 
was presented upon the 10th day of February last, (N° 2) Bil 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Council of King’s College, 
London, and the President, Vice-Presidents, Trea- 
surer and Governors of King’s College Hospital, 
and for connecting the said Hospital as a Medical 
School with the said College, and for better enab- 
ling the Corporation to carry on their charitable 
and useful Designs: And that Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 
Alderman Copeland and Sir George Staunton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Great North. 


Bill was read the third time. yt | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 1) Bill. 


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


The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Bill Hereford, Ross 
was read the third time. eg 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 7 

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


The Killarney and Valencia Railway Bill was Killarney and 


read the third time. Valencia 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seit 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The Leeds and Thirsk Railway Bill was read the Leeds and 

third time. —— 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London and Blackwall Railway (Extension London 
of Time for the Widening, &amp;c.) Bill was read the poitway 
third time. (Extension of 

A Clause (Incorporating certain Provisions of _—— 
Companies Clauses Act) was thrice read ; and added g..) pill. 


to the Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Biil 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North British Railway Bill was read the North British 
third time. : Railway Bil 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the North British 
Railway Company to enlarge their Station at Edin- 
burgh, and to make certain short Railways there, 
and at Dalkeith, and for other Purposes. ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 7" 
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orth and 


14 Vicroriz. 
The North and South Western Junction Railway 


Meath Western Bill was read the third time. 


Junction 
Railway B 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Scottish 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Briton Ferry 
Docks and 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool 
Docks (Alte- 
ration of 
Management, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Branch to 
Haydon- 
square, White- 
chapel, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Manchester 
and Ashton- 
under-Lyne 


New Road Bill. 


Mayfield 
Railway 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Monkland 
Railways Bill, 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Wales Railway (No. 1) 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. 


The South Wales Railway (No. 2 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. 


The Scottish Central Railway 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Briton Ferry Docks and Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Management, 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the London and Blackwall Railway (Branch to 
Haydon-square, Whitechapel, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne New Road 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Mayfield Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Monkland Railways Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Coroners’ Bill. Ordered, That the Coroners’ Bill be read a second 


Jury Panel 
(Mayo.) 


No. 235. 
Roman 


Catholic 
Hierarchy. 


No. 236. 
Sewers, 

No, 237, 
Spirits. 

No. 238, 
Pirates’ 
Head Money, 

No, 239. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
first Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 


time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jury Panel 
(Mayo), which was presented upon the 11th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Roman 
Catholic Hierarchy, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


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


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates’ 
Head Money, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Several Petitions relating to Church and State ; 
—Church of Rome ;—Ecciesiastical Titles Assump- 
tion Bill ;—Nunneries ;—Religious Houses Bill ;— 
South Africa (Kafir Wars) ;— Attornies Certifi- 
cates ;—Hops ;—Inhabited House Duty Bill ;—In- 

VoL. 106. 





29° Aprilis. 











187 


habited House Duty Bill and Windows ;—News- 
papers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;—Property Tax ;— Railways ; 
—County Constabulary ;—General Board of Health 
Bill; — Ordnance Survey (Scotland); — Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill;—Public Houses (Scotland) ;—and, 
School Establishment (Scotland) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to the Enfranchisement of 
Copyholds Bill was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Navigation Laws, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Petition be printed :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 


Command,—Copy of Sixteenth Report of the In- 
spectors appointed under the Provisions of the 
Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Pri- 
sons of Great Britain: III. Southern and Western 
District. 


Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Church 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this Extension. 


instant April, for Copy of an Address to Her Ma- 
jesty, of Prelates, Lords of Her Majesty’s Most 
honourable Privy Council, and others, Members of 
the United Church of England and Ireland, on 
Church Extension, presented to Her Majesty by his 
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. 

. eo That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table clogheen 
Union. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of this instant April, for Copies 
of all Correspondence, since the 1st day of Decem- 
ber last, between the Clogheen Board of Guardians, 
the Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland, the Poor 
Law Board in England, and the Lambeth Board of 
Guardians, relative to the alleged illegal Removal of 
a Pauper named Margaret M‘Carthy and her two 
Children, from the Lambeth to the Clogheen Work- 
house, last November. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Emigration. 


instant April, for Copies of the Correspondence 
which has taken place between the Board of Guar- 
dians of Saint Pancras and the Poor Law Board 
relative to the Emigration of Children to the Ber 
mudas :—And, of any Correspondence which has 
been transmitted by the Children so sent out by the 
Board of Guardians of Saint Pancras as to their 
Condition and Prospects in the Bermudas, and which 
has been forwarded by the aforesaid Board of Guar- 
dians to the Poor Law Board. 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this County of 
Huntingdon. 


instant — for Copy of Report of Robert Weale, 
Esquire, Inspector of Poor Laws, on transmitting 
a Table exhibiting the Names of the Parishes, the 
Population in 1831 and 1841, the Area, the Area to 
the Population, the Value on which the Assessments 
are made for the Property Tax, the County Rate, 
and the Poor’s Rate; the Expenditure for the Re- 
lief of the Poor for several Periods, and the State 
of Cottage Accommodation, arranged according to 
the several Unions in which the Parishes are situate 
in the County of Huntingdon. 


Return toan Order, dated the 11th day of March Quit and 
last, for a Return of all Estates in Jreland on which Crow” Rents 


the Quit and Crown Rents were purchased by the ‘ 
Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates, 
specifying the Rate of Purchase, and also the Num- 
ber of Years’ Purchase at which such Estates were 
sold. 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of March Incumbered 
Estates 
(Treland.), 


last, for Returns of the several Petitions presented 
to the Incumbered Estates’ Commissioners in Jre- 
land: 


BRB2 








Merchant 
Seamen. 


Saint Alban’s 
Election. 


Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


188 29°—30° 


land; distinguishing those which have been dis- | 
missed, and those upon which conditional and ab- | 
solute Orders for Sale have been made :—Of the | 
Date of Sale, and Number and Tenure of Lots sold 
in each Matter; whether Fee-simple, Fee Farm 
Lease of Lives renewable for ever, or Term for Years ; | 
and whether subject to Quit, Crown or other Rent: | 
—Of the Date of Deed of Conveyance in each Case: | 
—Of the County in which each of the Lots sold is | 
situate :—Of the Number of Statute Acres in each | 
Lot sold :—Of the Annual Rent at which each Lot | 
had formerly been let (or estimated Value where | 
not let), according to printed Rental under which 
Sale took place :—Of the Mortgages, Judgments and | 
other Charges affecting each Estate, as appearing 
on the Schedule of Incumbrances lodged with the | 
Petition :—Of the Jointures and Annuities subject | 
to which each Lot has been sold :—Of the Amount 
of Purchase-money for each Lot :—Of the Amount 
of Purchase-money paid out by the Commissioners 
in each matter, including Sums allowed to Incum-_ 
brancers who became Purchasers : —And, of the | 
Name and Residence of Purchaser in each Case. 
The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, were also laid upon the | 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—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, 









A. 1851. 


Mercurii, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


Aprils. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Secretary-at-War reported from the Ge- Harwich 
2 neral Committee of Elections, the names of Election, 
the Members of the Select Committee appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
—— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Harwich, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating to 
such Election and Return, and the Lists of Voters 
delivered in by either party :— 

John Tollemache, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Robert Vernon Smith, Joseph Randolph Mullings, 
Esquire, Charles Lennox Grenville Berkeley, Esquire, 
Chairman, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely —— from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 28th day yy 
of this instant April; and had directed him tomake 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on vameron’s 


at the Port of London, and the various Outports | Group 4 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of Ca- Coalbrook 
under their Management, from Ist January 1850 to | meron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Stam Coil 


31st December 1850 inclusive. 
An Account of the Income and Expenditure of 


Swansea 


| Loughor Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- — Loughor 


gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and Railway Bil 


the Trustees for the Relief of Seamen in the| had amended the same, by inserting a provision to 


Merchant Service, their Widows and Children, a 


the effect that it was expedient to change the name 


—- at the therein-mentioned Outports of the | of the Company, inasmuch as a Provision to that 
nited Kingdom, from 1st January to 31st De- effect was contained in the Bill; and had found the 


cember 1850. 


| allegations of the Bill, as amended, to be true; and 


The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, being | had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
called upon to give an account of what had been | thereunto. m 


done in execution of the Orders of the House, of | 


the 7th day of this instant April, for taking into his 
custody George Sealey Waggett and John Hayward ; 
and of the 8th day of this instant April, for taking 
into his custody James Skegg and Thomas Burch- 
more; stated, that he had done all in his power to 
execute the Orders of the House, for the apprehen- 
sion of George Sealey Waggett, John Bound, 
James Skegg and Thomas Burchmore, and that he 
had directed the Inspector of Police to search for 
the above-mentioned persons in every quarter where 
they were likely to be found, and that ro efforts 
had been spared to apprehend them, but he had 
entirely failed in every attempt he had made to 
discover them. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of an 
humble Address to Her Majesty, that She will be 
graciously pleased immediately to issue Her Royal 
Proclamation, with such reward as Her Majesty 
shall think proper, for discovering, apprehending 
and detaining George Sealey Waggett, John Hay- 
ward, James Skegg and Thomas Burchmore. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Supply of Water to the Metropolis : 
And that Sir George Grey, Lord Seymour and Mr. 


Bouverie 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. 





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


The Derby and Ashborne Road Bill was read Derby and 
the third time. ery 
A Clause (Act not to revive lapsed Powers of Act _ 
of 9 Geo. 4) was thrice read; and added to the 

Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike-road Bill Duffield and 
was read the third time. nae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the oa 
Title be, An Act for repairing and managing the 
Roads from the North End of the Town of Derby, 
in the ——_ of Derby, to Sheffield, in the County 
of York, and from Duffield to Wirksworth, in the 


County of Derby. 


| 


| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


third time. Company B 
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 Ministers’ 


‘the Ministers’ Widows and Orphans’ Fund of the Widows 


'Free Church of Scotland Bill, as amended in the Orne vee 
: Committee. Church of f. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.  Seotla" 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Navy. 
‘mand,—An Estimate of the Sum required to be No, 240. 
|voted to defray the Charge of the Retirement of an 
‘additional Number of Admirals, Captains, Com- 


| manders 












The Regent’s Canal Company Bill was read the Regent's os 





Pablic 
Petit 


Vide’ 
first } 


Petiti 




































Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
first Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Church 
Extension. 
No. 241. 


Merchant 
Seamen. 


No. 242. 


Emigration. 
No. 243. 
County of 
Huntingdon. 
No, 244. 
Quit and 
Crown Rents 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 245. 


Adjournment, 


Harwich 
Election, 


Saint Alban’s 
tion, 





14 Vicroriz. 


manders and Lieutenants of the Royal Navy, in the 
year ending 31st March 1851. 

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


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill;—Regium 
Donum ; — Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; — 
County Constabulary ;—Education ; — Poisons; — 
and, School Establishment (Scotland) Bill,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Enfranchisement 
of Copyholds Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Ex- 
tension, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Mer- 
chant Seamen, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the County 
of Huntingdon, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quit and 
Crown Rents (Jreland), which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till six of the clock To- 
morrow ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ six of the clock 
To-morrow,” in order to add the words “Friday 
next,” 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 f Mr. Hayter, - 

Yeas, {Mr Cornewall Lewis : } = 

Tellers for the) Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } ie 

Noes, LMr. Repton: a 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Six of the clock 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Members appointed to serve 
upon the Select Committee on the Harwich Elec- 
tion Petition do attend in their places To-morrow, 
at Six of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of an humble Address 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
immediately to issue Her Royal Proclamation, with 
such Reward as Her Majesty shall think proper, for 
discovering, apprehending and detaining George 
Sealey Waggett, John Hayward, James Skhegg and 
Thomas Burchmore. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
immediately to issue Her Royal Proclamation, with 
such Reward as Her Majesty shall think proper, 
for discovering, apprehending and detaining George 
Sealey Waggett, aoe Hayward, James Shegg and 
Thomas Burchmore. 


Resolution to be reported. 


\ 





Vou. 106. 


30° Aprelis. 


189 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 


be read the third time To-morrow. 





Ordered, That the Compound Householders Bill Compound 
Householders” 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Small Tenements’ Rating Act small Tene- 
Amendment Bili, as amended in the Committee, be ments’ Rating 


taken into consideration To-morrow. 


ct Amend- 


ment Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways 
mittee on the Highways (South Wales) Bill ; (South Wales) 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to extend the Provisions of 
the Bill to England generally :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ 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 :—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- 


—_ 
reamble pestponed. 


Cxavuss, N° 1 (County Roads Board to divide 
County into Districts for separate management of 
the Roads.) 

Amendment proposed: In p. 1, 1. 13, to leave out 
the words “each county in South Wales,” in order 
to insert the words “ the Counties of Pembroke, Car- 
“ marthen and Cardigan,” instead thereof. 

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

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Viscount Emlyn, ‘ 
Yeas, { Mr. Saunders Davies: } ™ 

Tellers for the s Mr. Nichol, ie 
Noes, \ Sir George Tyler : ine 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CuiausEs, N° 2 to N° 19, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 





reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


_ Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
| mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
| next. 


| 
|read a 


| of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Lodging Houses Bill was, according to Order, Lodging 
second time; and committed toa Committee Houses Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Farm 


reading of the Farm Buildings’ Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,/ Mr. Cochrane, 66. 


(Mr. eed é 
Tellers for the Noes, com we . } 25. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative, 
BB3 





Buildings’ Bill. 





190 


The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
” mittee on the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ae 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 six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday the 14th day of May next. 


vention Bill, 


Acts of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Parliament — 


Abbreviation Teading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 
Act Repeal Repeal Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Sale of 
Arsenic Re- 


The Order of the day wi, Sa for the Com- 
gulation Bill. 


mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


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 of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coroners Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 21st day of May next. 


Coroners Bill. 


Enfranchise- 
ment of 
Copyholds 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Acts for the Commutation of Manorial 
Rights, and for the gradual Enfranchisement of 
Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure: And 
that Mr. Mullings and Mr. Coles do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Petty Sessions Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. +4 consolidate and amend the Acts regulating the 
Proceedings at Petty Sessions, and the Duties of 
Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions, in 


Freland: And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. 


Attorney-general for Ireland do prepare, and bring | f 


it in. 
Collection of 


Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues, 
Amerciaments, and forfeited Recognizances in Ire- 
land: And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. 
Attorney-general for Zreland do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Petty Sessions Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to conso- 
(amet Bill. jidate and amend the Acts regulating the Proceed- 
No. 246. 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 Tuesday the 20th 

day of May next; and to be printed. 


Enfranchise- 
ment of 
Copyholds 
(No. 2) Bill. 
No. 247. 


Mr. Mullings presented a Bill to extend the Acts 
for the Commutation of Manorial Rights, and for 
the gradual Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold 


80° Aprilis.—1° Mait. 


A. 1851, 


and Customary Tenure: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 13th day of May next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for the Collection y 
better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues, Amer- Fines, &amp;¢. 
ciaments and forfeited Recognizances in Jreland ; land) Buy, 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 248, 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 20th 
day of May next ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Fees oy 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of substi- Proceeding, 
tuting Stamps for Fees in Proceedings by or before ~e Justices 
Justices of the Peace in Jreland. (aceat.) 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














Jovis, 1° die Maiti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


H E Names of the Five Members appointed to Harwich 
try and determine the matter of the Petition Election 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Harwich, were called over; and, being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Har- 
wich be referred to the Committee appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Harwich. 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating King’s College 
the Council of King’s College, Zondon, and the Pre- at ethe 
sident, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer and Governors of — 
King’s College Hospital, and for connecting the said 
Hospital as a Medical School with the said College, 
and for better enabling the Corporation to carry on 
their charitable and useful Designs: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal Cameron's 
and Swansea and Loughor Railway Company, for Colbreck 
° 5. . 97, Steam Coal 
leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a and Swansea 
Bill for allowing to certain shares in the said Com- and Loughor 
pany a preferential dividend, was presented, and fret) 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on~ — 


Standing Orders. 


A Petition of George Burrow Gregory, of Bed- Manchester, 
ord-row, in the county of Middlesex, agent for the ecg A 
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock aud Midlands Junc-jands Junction 
tion Railway Bill, praying that in the case of the Railway Bill 
said Bill, so much of the Standing Order No. 121 as 
a “ that in the case of a Railway Bill, until 

‘ifty pounds per cent. on the whole of the capital 

shall have been paid, it shall not be in the power of 

the Company to raise any money by loan or mort- 

gage ’’ may be dispensed with, for the purpose of 
enabling the said Railway Company to raise the 

sum of one hundred and ten thousand pounds, for 
the purchase of the undertaking and works of the 
Cromford Canal Company, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Charing Crost 
Bridge Bill. 


The Charing Cross Bridge 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. Th 
e 








14, VicToRIz. 


goyal Naval _ The Royal Naval School Bill was read the third 
school Bill. time. : 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Admiral Bowles do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
mrargh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a and the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill, as 
pundee_ amended in the Committee. 
uilwey Bill. “A Clause (Works below high-water Mark not to 
be executed without the consent of the Lords of 
the Admiralty), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 
Another Clause (Admiralty may order local Sur- 
vey), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Exemption of certain Vessels), 
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. 
Great North The House proceeded to take into considera- 
of ataee tion the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, as 
hallway Bill. mended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
London and «=90s- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
away) the London and Blackwall Railway (from London 
— _ and Blackwall Extension Railway to Tijbury, &amp;c.) 
Blackwall § Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
a An Amendment was proposed to be made in the 
Tiber, eo.) Schedule of the Bill, in p. 5, Clause 7, by leaving 


Bill. out from the words “ Little Thurrock” to the end 
of the Schedule. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the said Sche- 
dule:—The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Metropolis Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Water Bills. wnittee of Selection, not to fix the sitting of the 
Committees upon any Bill connected with the supply 
of Water to the Metropolis, or any part thereof, 
before Tuesday the 27th day of this instant May. 
Metropolis Sir George Grey presented a Bill for the better 
Water Bill. Supply of Water to the Metropolis: And the same 
No. 249. was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
Incumbered Ordered, That the Incumbered Estates Leases 
Estates Leases 


ireland) Ran (2"eland) Bill be read a second time upon Wednes- 
— day the 28th day of this instant May. 


Steam 
Versels, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the whole of the | 
Registered Steam Vessels of the United Kingdom, 
on the 1st day of January 1851 ; stating, in separate 
Columns, the following Particulars: 1st, Vessels’ 
‘Names ; 2d, Port of Registry; 3d, Date of Regis- 
try; 4th, Registered Owners; 5th, Dimensions of 
Vessels in Length and Breadth; 6th, Tonnage, ex- | 
clusive of Engine-room and Gross Tonnage, when 
practicable ; distinguishing Vessels built of Iron, 
and also Vessels having Screw Propellers, and giving 
the Aggregate Number of Vessels, and Amount of 
Tonnage. 


Saint Alban’s 
lection, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of an humble Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
pleased immediately to issue Her Royal Proclama- 
tion, with such reward as Her Majesty shall think 
proper, for discovering, apprehending and detaining 
George Sealey Wego, etn Hayward, James Skegg 


and Thomas Burchmore, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 


1° Mazz. 








VoL. 106. 








191 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
immediately to issue Her Royal Proclamation, with 
such reward as Her Majesty shall think proper for 
discovering, apprehending and detaining George 
Sealey Waggett, John Hayward, James Skegg and 
Thomas Burchmore. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That 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. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Aylesbury 
this day received a letter from John Strutt, as agent Election. 
for Thomas Bradford, inthe matter of his Petition, 
complaining of the Return for the Borough of 
Aylesbury, that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition: And the said Letter was read, 
as followeth : 

18, Buckingham-street, Adelphi, 
Sir, 30th April 1851. 

As Agent for Thomas Bradford, in the matter of 
his Petition, delivered in on the 28th day of April 
instant, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Aylesbury, I hereby beg to 
inform you, that it is not mtended to proceed with 
the said Petition. 

I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
John Strutt. 
To the Right Honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order made upon Monday last, for referring 
the said Petition to the General Committee of Elec- 
tions, was read, and discharged. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative wo. 63. 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Church and State ; Public 
—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- Petitions. 
tion Bill ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Re- y;4. Thirty- 
ligious Houses Bill ;— Newspapers, &amp;c. ; —Civil first Report 
Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; on Public 
—and, School Establishment (Scotland) Bill,—were Fe#tions- 
—s and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Crime Crime and 
and Outrage (Jreland) Act, which was presented Outrage 


upon the 8th day of April last, be printed. (Ireland) Act. 
No, 250. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Agricultural Agricultural 


Produce (Ireland), which was presented upon Mon- Produce 


, (Ireland.) 
day last, be printed. No. 251. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Oath of 
reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; re meg 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being ‘’°**) 4 
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 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. Hayter, }o 0 
1 
J 


to 


Tellers for the Yeas, {Low Marcus Hill: 


Tellers for the Noes, h Panpeee 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
BB4 


177. 


Ordered. 





1 2 1°—9° 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed toa Committee of the whole 
House for Monday the 12th day of this instant 
May. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. 


Creland) Bil, The Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill was, according 


to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 


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


Veneris, 2° die Mati, 1851: 


Process and 
Practice (Ire- 
land) [Com- 
pensation 
Allowances. ] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Process and Practice (Ireland) [Com- 
pensation Allowances] ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) 
Bill ; 

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


Apprentices to The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Leeland) Bil consideration the Apprentices’ to Sea Service (Jre- 
’ land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Customs Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Customs 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 Inhabited House Duty Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill. 


Compound 
Householders’ 
Biil. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Compound Householders’ Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Small Tenements Rating Act 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


Sale of Arsenic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of substituting Stamps 
for Fees in Proceedings by or before Justices of the 
Peace in Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the following Duties of Stamps 
shall be payable on proceedings before Justices of 


Fees on 
Proceedings 
before Justices 
(Ireland.) 








Mair. A. 1851. 


the Peace in Jreland, in lieu of the Fees now pay- 
able thereon ; that is to say, 


In all Cases (not being Cases of Offences prose- 
cuted by the Crown or Constabulary) the forms shall 
be subject to Stamps of the following Amounts : 


Information, Deposition or solemn Declaration | s. d. 
(not being a Declaration in respect to the 
loss of Pawnbrokers’ Duplicates, or to the 
admission of Paupers into any Poor-house) 

Summons - - - - - - - 

Warrant to arrest or distrain 

Recognizance - - = 

Appeal - - - - 


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 this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cind; 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 44 Culm. 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1850, distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1849 :—Of the Quantities 
and declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm, 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, to Foreign Countries and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1850, dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1849; 
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 1850, 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 1850, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought during the year 1849. 


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, 2° die Maii; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 

M®*: Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
_mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had wey 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 29th Report) 
and 30th days of April last, and upon 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. 


The Order for reading a second time the King’s King’s College 
College Hospital (No. 2) Bill, was read, and dis- {No 2) Bill 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- Bolton, 
Blackburo, 


pany, praying that the Standing Orders No. 105 ¢yitheroe and 
and No. 166, may be dispensed with, and that the west York- 
Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire shire Railw2) 
Railway Bill may be treated as an opposed Bill; oa. 

and that the Petitioners may be heard before the 
Committee of the House, to whom the same Bill 

may be referred, upon their Petition, notwithstand- 

ing that the said Petition will have been deposited 

later than seven clear days after the second reading 

of the said Bill, was presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing =. 
he 














14 Vicroriz. 2° Mair. 193 


don and The London and Blackwall Railway (Branch to tors for any of the parishes in the three hundreds 
pekwall Haydon-square, Whitechapel, &amp;c.) Bill was read the of Aylesbury forming the said borough ; that the 
Railway third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Petitioner voted for William Busfield Ferrand, Es- 
(Branch to Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the, _ at the last Election for the said borough; 
sare, White- Title be, An Act for making a Branch Railway from that the Petitioner has been informed and believes 
chapel, &amp;¢-) the London and Blackwall Railway to Haydon- that a Petition has been presented to the House, 
Bill square, Whitechapel ; and for amending some of the signed “ Thomas Bradford,” purporting to be the 
Souns of the Acts relating to the London and Petition of “ Thomas Bradford, of Aylesbury, har- 
Blackwall Railway Company. | ness-maker,” thereby denoting the present Peti- 

Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the tioner Thomas Hughes Bradford, complaining that 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. the Return of Richard Bethell, Esquire, at the last 

_ Election to serve in Parliament for the said borough 

ilway (No. 2) Bill was read the was void, and that William Busfield Ferrand, Es- 

—_ oe seessat initiate . —= ought to have been pins ns ; that the said 
(No,2) Bill. "Resolved, That the Bill do pass. etition so presented to the House has not been 
Ordered, That Mr. Frewen do carry the Bill to| signed by the Petitioner, and the Petitioner hereby 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. declares not’ only that the signature to such Peti- 

tion is not the signature of the Petitioner, but also 


P : ' - ,| that the Petitioner has never authorized any person 
Mookland The Monkland Railways Bill was read the third whatever on his the said Petitioner’s behalf to sign 
Railways Bill. a d, That the Bill do pass such Petition in his name; that James Pickburn, of 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


Aylesbury aforesaid, a brought to the Peti- 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| tioner a letter, on Friday, the twenty-fifth of April, 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, which he 
_ | the said James Pickburn stated he had received 
wuddersficld The House proceeded to take into consideration | from Mr. Strutt (meaning John Strutt, of No. 18, 
and New Hey the Huddersfield and New Hey District Turnpike Buckingham-street, Strand, in the county of Mid- 


Dt Road Bill, as amended in the Committee. _ dlesex, solicitor), and that Mr. Strutt had expressed 
' Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _| jn his said letter his desire that the Petitioner should 
| go to London on the following day, and that all ex- 
Harwich Mr. Ker Seymer, from the Select Committee ap-| = would be paid to the Petitioner by the said 
Election. pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe-| r. Strutt; that he went to London on Saturday, 
tition complaining of an undue Election and Return | the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight 
for the Borough of Harwich, informed the House, | hundred and fifty-one, and saw the said John Strutt 
that John Baker and Henry Guy, prisoners in the | at his chambers in Buckingham-street aforesaid, and 
County Gaol of Essex, were material witnesses to | that the Petitioner was then and there solicited b 
be examined before the said Committee. the said John Strutt to sign a Petition to the House, 
Ordered, That the Keeper of the County Gaol of| complaining that the Return of Richard Bethell, Es- 
Essex do bring John Baker and Henry Guy in safe | quire, at the last Election to serve in Parliament for 
custody to-morrow morning, at eleven o’clock, to the said borough, was void, and that William Bus- 
the Select Committee appointed by this House to | field Ferrand, Esquire, ought to have been returned ; 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com-| that the said John Strutt urged, as a reason to in- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the| fluence and induce the Petitioner to sign such Peti- 
orough of Harwich, in order to their being exa-/ tion, an alle ged wish which he (the said John Strutt) 
mined as witnesses, and so from time to time as| stated to the Petitioner had been expressed by the 
often as their attendance shall be thought necessary | Duke of Buckingham and Chandos that the Peti- 


by the said Committee ; and that Mr. Speaker do | tioner should sign such Petition; the said John 


issue his Warrant accordingly. | Strutt also promised that, if the Petitioner would 
|sign such Petition, the Petitioner would be band- 


— Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | somely rewarded ; and the said John Strutt gave 
Improvement one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ;| the Petitioner the sum of two a for his ex- 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro-| PeMSes in coming to London ; gee he then and there 
vision in the Manchester Improvement Bill, the | 2bsolutely refused to sign such Petition, or to sign 


. i . . any Petition whatever, until he could see his legal 
Standing Orders have been complied with. adviser at Aylesbury ; ‘that on leaving the said John 


’ Strutt, on the twenty-sixth of April, he proceeded to 
Manchester Mr. Speaker laid —— Raa agg | the Carlton Club, in Pall Mall, with the purpose 
Leemt* one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; | o¢ seeing his Grace the said Duke of Buckingham 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro-| 
vision for the prevention of Gambling in the Man- 
chester Improvement Bill, no Parties appeared to 
support the same. 








| and Chandos, and the Petitioner was told by the por- 
| ter there, that the Petitioner could not see the said 
| Duke until Monday, the twenty-eighth of April, at 
| twelve o’clock ; the Petitioner therefore remained in 
. London until Monday, the twenty-eighth of April, 


inbery A Petition of Thomas Hughes Bradford, of Ayles- | and took the opportunity of visiting his family (the 


bury, in the county of Buckingham, saddler and | Petitioner having four children settled in London) ; 
harness-maker, was presented, and read; setting that on Monday, the twenty-eighth of April, he went 
forth, That the Petitioner is an elector of the borough | to the Carlton Club again at twelve o’clock, and 
and hundreds of Aylesbury, in the said county, and | that he then and there saw the said Duke, and asked 
is described in the Register of Electors now in force | him whether it was his Grace’s wish that the Peti- 
for the said borough as “ Thomas Bradford, of | tioner should sign such Petition so presented to him 
poe householder”; that the Petitioner has; the Petitioner for signature by the said John Strutt 
examined an official copy of such Register of Elec-| as aforesaid, to which the said Duke replied, that he 
tors for the said borough, and the Petitioner finds the said Duke knew nothing at all about the Peti- 
that there is no other person registered as an elec-| tion, and that he did not wish to get the Petitioner 
tor for the said borough by the name of “ Thomas into any trouble; that on the evening of the twen- 
Bradford,” or by the surname of “ Bradford” with | ty-eighth of April, one thousand eight hundred and 
any other christian name, and the Petitioner is well | fifty-one, as he was at the Euston-square Station, 
assured that there is no other elector of the name of | about to return to Aylesbury by the Kailway at six 
“ Bradford” registered either in the List of Electors o’clock in the evening, he saw the said Join Strutt 


for the said parish of Aylesbury, or in the List of Elec- again upon the platform there, and the said John 
Vou. 106, | cc Strutt 













Railway Bills 
(Group 6.) 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway (Ar- 
rangements as 
to Preference 
Stock, &amp;c.) 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Glasgow, 
Garnkirk and 
Coatbridge, 
Polloc and 
Govan, Xc. 
Railways) 


2° Maii. 


Strutt called the Petitioner away, and ordered his 
the Petitioner’s luggage to be left by the guard at the 
Tring Station ; and the said John Strutt asked the 
Petitioner to go with him, in his carraige, for the 
purpose of signing the Petition against the Return 
of the said Richard Bethell, Esquire, and the said 
John Strutt again told the Petitioner that the Peti- 
tioner should be handsomely rewarded, if the Peti- 
tioner would stay and sign such Petition, and go 
down by the mail-train to Aylesbury; that he then 
and there again refused to sign the Petition, and 
the Petitioner then ran away from the said John 
Strutt, and got into the train, which was on the 
point of starting, and returned to Aylesbury; that 
the Petitioner, on the first day of May one thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-one examined the signature 
to the said Petition so presented as aforesaid in the 
Journal Office in the House, and hereby declares 
that such signature is not in the hand-writing of 
the Petitioner, and that the said Petition so pre- 
sented to the House is altogether a forgery ; and 
praying that the House will order that no proceed- 
ing be taken on the said Petition so presented in 
the name of the Petitioner, and will cause inquiry 
to be made into the matter, and direct such further 
proceedings in reference thereto as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next; and be printed. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Mackinnon 
and Mr. Grenville Berkeley, two of the Members 
thereof, were not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackinnon do attend the 
said Committee upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee, 
he being appointed to serve on an Election Com- 
mittee. 


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 Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway (Arrangements as to Pre- 
ference Stock, &amp;c.) Petition for leave to deposit a 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not 
to be dispensed with. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Pol- 
locand Govan, &amp;c. Railways) Amendment and Con- 
tinuation, &amp;c.) Bill, Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Orders Nos. 105 and 166, the said Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


(Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Motherwell 
Branch Ex- 
tension and 
Lesmahagow 
Branches 
Lease) Bill. 


Brighton 
Extra-Mural 
Cemetery. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Saint Helen’s 
Improvement (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, on the omission of 
the exception introduced (Clause 110) into the ex- 
isting limitation of the “ Rate for Paving and High- 
way Purposes.” 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
Railway (Motherwell Branch Extension and Lesma- 
hagow Branches Lease) Bill, Petition for dispensing 
with Standing Order No.131, the said Standing Order 
ought to be dispensed with, provided it be proved to 
the Commissioners of Railways that the Company 
have, previously to the application to Parliament, 
paid up the proportion of their Share capital re- 
quired by the said Order, and expended, for the pur- 
poses of their Act, asum equal thereto. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Brighton 
Extra Mural Cemetery Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on serving a 
copy thereof on the parish clerk of Brighton, and 





A. 1851. 


on inserting a notice once in some newspaper pub- 
lished in Brighton; That the Committees 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 third, fourth and fifth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time the Metro- Metropo 
polis Buildings Bill, was read, and discharged. Buildings By, 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Midiana uy 
praying that the Standing Order, No. 134, may be way (Purch 
dispensed with in the case of the Midland Railway 9 l4eds au 
(Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Railway, and way Pt 
Increase of Capital) Bill, was presented, and read ; Increase of 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing ©*Pital) Bu, 
Orders. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,--Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation 
gation, Month ended 5th April 1851, and Three No. 252, 

onths ended 5th April 1851. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cape of 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the Governor od Hope 
of the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the State of 
the Kafir Tribes, and to the recent Outbreak on the 
Eastern Frontier of the Colony (in continuation of 
Papers presented to Parliament, March 20, 1851). 

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


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- Ecclesiastical 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of March “urs. 
last, for a Return of the Names, Salaries, Fees and 
Emoluments of the Judges, Registrars and Deputy 
Registrars, having right to grant Probates of Wills 
and Letters of Administration in the Province of 
Canterbury, durmg each of the last Seven years, 
ended in 1850; and showing the Annual Expense 
incurred by the Registrars and Deputy Registrars 
in keeping Indexes to such Wills and Administra- 
tions (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

327, of Session 1843). 
. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
‘able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Holyhead Holyhead and 


Kingstown 
Packets. 


No. 253. 


Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, Public 

&amp;c.;—Church and State ;—Church of Rome ;— Petitions. 
Church Rates ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption yide Thirty- 
Bill ;—Maynooth College ; —Oath of Abjuration second Report 
(Jews) Bill ;—Religious Houses Bill ;—Tithes ;— es 
Universities (Scotland) ;—Emigration ;—Coftee ;— 
Fire Insurances ;— Malt ;— Newspapers, &amp;c. ; — 
Property Tax ;—Small Tenements Rating Act ;— 
Agriculture ;— Education ; — Entail (Scotland) ;— 
Expenses of Prosecutions Bill ;—General Board of 
Health Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Cha- 
rities (Zreland) Bill ;—National Land Company ;— 
Navigation Laws ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;—Re- 
gistration of Assurances ;—Salmon Fisheries (Jre- 
land) ;— and, Spirit Licenses (Scotland), — were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to the Enfranchisement of 
Copyholds Bill, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Several Petitions relating to the Smithfield Mar- 
ket Removal Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
A Petition 


and Kingstown Packets, which was presented upon 
the 15th day of April last, be slated. 





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BE Zaey &amp;3 FE EF 


Pro 
Bill. 





sil, 
Adjournment. 
il. 
the Lords. 
ail. 
lL. 


Dewsbury 
Gas Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition relating to the Board of Customs, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Customs. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Several Petitions relating to County Rates and 
Expenditure,—were also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the County 
Rates and Expenditure Bill. 


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


yessage from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Leicester Sewerage 


Leiceste? 
sewerage Bil Bi]], without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Dewsbury Gas 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


feet The Lords have agreed to the Pyecombe and 


roads Bill, 


Laird’s Patent 


Property Tax 
Bill 


Supply, 





‘ 6 


Hicksted Turnpike Roads Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to Zaird’s Patent Bill, 
without any Amendment :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Property Tax Bill; 

The House was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. 
c. 35, for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits 
arising from Property, Professions, Trades and 
Offices, until the sixth day of April, One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-five, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have power to amend the said Act. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


h. 

eat postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, Rates and Duties granted by the 
first-recited Act to be continued for ‘ 
Amendment proposed : In p. 2, 1. 7, after the 

word “ granted,” to insert the following words, “ so 
“ far as the same are expressed in the Schedules to 
“ this Act annexed, and subject to the provisions 
“ therein contained.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Proposed to fill the blank, in p. 2, 1. 11, with 
“ three years ;” afterwards proposed to fill the blank 
with “one year.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
one year ;” 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas, iy ome }oaa, 
Tellers for the N 00s, es Mens Hill: }230, 


Mr. Hume, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 3° die Maii, 1851: 

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 Com- 
mittee of Supply 5 
Resolved, this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 106, 


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195 


The Order of the day being read, for, the Com- Ways and 
mittee of a 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- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 7 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Steam Navi- 
mittee on the Steam Navigation Bill ; gation Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coalwhippers 
reading of the Coal-whippers (Port of London) Bill ; oS. in 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “” 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; of Health 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 Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act orem dl 
Repeal Bill; Act Repeal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bill. 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Valuation 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Process and 
into a Committee to consider of extending the Pro- Prctie (ise 
a4 Sehr land) (Com- 

vision of an Act of the last Session, c. 18, autho- pensation 
rizing the payment, out of the Consolidated Fund Allowances.] 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 

land, of certain Compensation Allowances to the 


Officers of the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That so much of an Act of the last 
Session for the Regulation of Process and Practice 
in the Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland 
as authorizes the payment out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland of certain Compensation Allowances, shall 
be extended to the Officers of the Exchequer Cham- 
ber in Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. ° 





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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third Compound — 
reading of the Compound Householders’ Bill; Householders 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Arsenic 
mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill ; Regulation 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday om. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Fees on 
it was referred to consider of substituting Stamps Proceedings 
for Fees in Proceedings by or before Justices of (rebel 
the Peace in Ireland, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That the following Duties of Stamps 
shall be payable on Proceedings before Justices of 
the Peace in Jreland, in lieu of the Fees now pay- 
able thereon ; that is to say, 

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Mortmain, 


Appointments 
to —_ &amp;e. 


Mary-le-bone 
Rectory Bill. 


Church Rates. 





196 


In all Cases (not being Cases of Offences prose- 
cuted by the Crown or Constabulary) the Forms shall 
be subject to Stamps of the following Amounts : 


Information, Deposition or solemn Declaration d. 
(not being a Declaration in respect to the 
loss of Pawnbrokers’ Duplicates, or to the 
admission of Paupers into any Poor-house) 

Summons - - 

Warrant to arrest or distrain 

Recognizance “ 


Appeal 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Sir William Somerville and 
Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland do prepare, and 


bring it in. 





noe e ] 
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The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 15th day of April last, That a Select 
Committee be appointed, to consider the policy of 
extending the Law of Mortmain so as to include 
Personal Estate, and generally to consider whether 
any alteration should be made in the law as it affects 
testamentary or other dispensations in favour of re- 
ligious, charitable or permanent objects, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Headlam, 
Mr. Attorney-General, Lord John Manners, Mr. 
Hutt, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Fitz- 
patrick, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Heald, Sir Ro- 
bert Harry Inglis, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. William 
Marshall, Mr. Anstey, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Hard- 
castle and Mr. Drummond, with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 24th 
day of July 1844, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the operation of the 
Laws of Mortmain, and of the Restrictions which 
limit the power of making Gifts and Bequests for 
Charitable and Religious Uses, be referred to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to simplify the Forms of Appointments to certain 
Offices, and the manner of passing Grants under 
the Great Seal: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making certain Sums now payable to the Rector 
of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the county of Middlesex, 
by the District Rectors applicable to the payment 
of additional Curates: And that Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis and Lord Seymour do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 8th day of April last, That a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed to consider the Law of Church 
Rates, and the difference of practice which exists 
in various parts of the country in the assessment 
and levy of such Rates; and to report their Obser- 
vations to the House, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Trelawny be one of the Mem- 
bers of the said Committee :—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 Yeas, { 3 dounee 17. 
Tellers for the Noes, ae Hill, 51. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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A. 1851. 


And the Question being put, that Mr. Trelawny 
be one of the Members of the said Committee :-— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henley, the 
Judge Advocate, Mr. Bright, Mr. Pole Carew, Mr, 
Alexander Hope, Mr. Horsman, Sir Charles Doug- 
las, Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. John Ellis, Sir John Duch- 
worth, Mr. John George Smyth, Mr. Littleton and 
Mr. Heyworth, 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. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to sub- Fees on 
stitute Stamps for Fees in Proceedings by or before ee 
Justices of the Peace in Ireland: And the same was (Ireland) Bae 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second y, O54 
time upon Tuesday the 20th day of this instant “~~ 
May; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be Jaid before this House, an Public Income 
Account of the Income and Expenditure for the year "4 Expenii- 
ended the 5th day of April 1851, together with the‘ 
Balances in the Exchequer at the Commencement 
and at the Termination of the year, and the Amount 
of Funded or Unfunded Debt created or redeemed 
in the said year. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


No. 255. 


The Order made upon the 10th day of April last, Brewers, &amp;. 
That there be laid before this House, a Return 
showing the Number of Persons in each of the se- 
veral 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, in each year from the year 1832 to 
the year 1851, was read, and discharged. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to simplify Appointments 
the Forms of Appointments to certain Offices, and ft flies te 
the manner of passing Grants under the Great Seal : N 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered “® 256, 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 

to be printed, 



























Viscount Ebrington presented,—Return to an Victoria-street 
Order, dated the 10th day of April last, for a Return, Sewer. 
from the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, 

of the Estimate for the first Contract Length of tie 
Victoria-street Sewer ; with a Statement of the Con- 
tract Price, and the actual Cost for Completion of 

the same, so far as the Account can be made up :— 
Copies of the Report of Joseph Smith, Surveyor to 

the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, dated 

on or about the 1st day of March last, on the State 

and Condition of the first Contract Length of the 
Victoriu-street Sewer, as ascertained by his Survey 

of the same; and of any Plans and Sections ac- 
companying the Report :— And, of the Report of the 
Engineer to the Commissioners, upon the Subject- 
matter of the said Report of the said Joseph Smith. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Ports of New- 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, ange 
dated the 14th day of April last, for Returns of the gijcids, 
Number of Ships cleared Outwards from the Port 

of Newcastle-upon-1yne, from the 5th day of January 

1848 to the 5th day of January 1849, distinguishing 

the Number cleared for Foreign Parts, and the Num- 

ber cleared Coastwise :—Of the Number of Ships 
entered Inwards in the Port of Newcastle, from the 5th 

day of January 1848 to the 5th day of J weg 1849, 
distinguishing the Number entered from Foreign 
Parts, and the Number entered Coastwise :—Of the 

Date of the Separation of the present Ports of New- 





castle 










14 Vicroriz. 9°. 3°__5° Matz. 


castle and Shields :— Like Returns of the Number of 
Ships cleared Outwards and entered Inwards, in the 
Ports of Newcastle and Shields, in the years endng 
the 5th day of January 1850 and 1851, respectively : 
—Returns of the Total Amount of Duty received 
in the years ending the 5th day of January 1849, 
the 5th day of January 1850, and the 5th day of 
January 1851, in the Ports of Newcastle and Shields, 
respectively :—Of the Total Amount of the Salaries 
of all the Officers employed in the Collection of 


197 


have been issued by the Company, and of recitals 
showing the number of shares now held by the 
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, mos the 
London and South Western Railway Company re- 
spectively in the Zaw Vale Railway Company ; and 
have also made other formal Amendments in the 
Preamble ; 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 ; 


Customs in the Port of Newcastle in the year end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1849:—And, of the 
Total Amount of the Salaries of all the Officers em- 
ployed in the Collection of Customs in the Ports 
of Newcastle and Shields, in the years ending the 
5th day of January 1850 and the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1851, respectively. 

The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Brighton Extra-Mural 
ey Bill, which was this day made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Consecration of a portion of the Brighton 
Extra-Mural Cemetery; and that Lord Alfred 
Hervey, Sir George Pechell and Mr. Frewen do 
prepare and bring it in. 

he following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House :—A State- 
ment of the Expenses incurred under the Acts for 
the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, and for 
discharging the incidental Expenses attending the 
execution of those Acts, from the 5th April 1850, 
the Period to which the last Account was made up, 
to the 5th April 1851. 

A Return of the Expenditure on the Relief of the 
Poor, in each Union in Jreland, for the year ended 
29th September 1850, and of the Total Number re- 
lieved in and out of the Workhouse, in each Union 
during the same Period. 


Brighton 
Extra-Mural 
Cemetery Bill. 


Land Tax. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 


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, 5° die Maii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 
M R. Thornely reported trom the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 2d day of this in- 


Public 
Petitions 


second Re- 


and be printed. 


A Petition of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe Bolton, 
and West Yorkshire Railway Company, taking no- Blackburn, 
tice of a Petition of the East Lancashire Railway wontea 
Company, praying that the Standing Orders, Nos. shire Railway 
105 and 166 may be dispensed with; that the Bill 
Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire 
Railway Bill may be treated as an opposed Bill; and 
that the Petitioners may be heard in opposition to 
the said Bill; and praying that the prayer of the 
said Petition may not be granted, and that the 
Standing Orders may not be dispensed with in their 
favour, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill Edinburgh, 

was read the third time. a and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Cowan do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne New yanchester 
Road Bill was read the third time. and Ashton- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. no 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill ““*“™ 


to the Lords and desire their concurrence. 


The South Devon Railway Biil was read the third south Devon 
time. Railway Bil. 
A Clause (Limit of Amount, &amp;c. of Calls) was 

thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Ellis do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Aban- York, New- 
donment of Part of Bishop Auckland Branch, &amp;c.) castle and _ 
Bill was read the third time; and Amendments gg 
were made to the Bill. donment of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Part of Bishop 
Ordered, That Mr. John George Smyth do carry 


a 
: j * ranch, &amp;c, 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ) 


Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Waterford, 





stant May; and had directed him to make a Report 


port. 
; thereof to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. 


Midand Rail- © Viscount Melgund reported from the Committee 
aon. on Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of 
&amp;e) Bu, | the Midland Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, 
they had amended the Preamble of the Bill, by 
excepting from the operation of the Bill lands and 
houses belonging to the Great Western Railway 
Company ; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


posed, That it be an instruction to the Committee ban P 
(Group 13) on the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow pubiin Rail- 
and Dublin Railway Bill, to consider and report to way Bill. 
this House as to the propriety of winding up and 

dissolving the Company (instead of prolonging the 

same), having regard to the Judgment of the Mas- 

ter of the Rolls regarding the same, the pledges of 

the Directors to the Shareholders in June and Au- 

gust last to do so, the state and management of the 

Company, and the Papers laid before this House: 

—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 

House, withdrawn, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mercantile 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Marine Act. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Number and Purport 
of any Memorials presented to the Lords of the 
Committee of Privy Council for Trade against the 





ew Vale Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
way Sa Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Bill; That 
pany Bil, | they had examined the allegations contained in 


the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 

same, by inserting a recital, that no shares, with 

any preferential dividend or interest, or right of 

priority in the payment of interest or dividend, 
VoL, 106, 


Operation of those Parts of the Mercantile Marine 
Act which relate to the Engagement and Discharge 
of Crews at Shipping Offices, and to Regulations 
for maintaining Discipline by Fines, with the An- 
swers given to such Memorials, and any Corres- 
ondence, showing the Steps taken by the Board of 


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(rade in respect thereof. 
Ordered, 


198 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of Thomas Hughes Brad- 
ford, which was presented upon Friday last, com- 
plaining of the Forgery of his Signature to the Pe- 
tition against the Return for the Borough of Ayles- 
bury, and praying for inquiry:—The House pro- 
ceeded to take the said Petition into consideration ; 
and the same was again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
whom shall be referred the Petition of Thomas 
Hughes Bradford :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 


consideration To-morrow, at Five of the clock. 


A Petition of John Strutt, of Buckingham-street, 
Adelphi, Election Agent and Solicitor, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner 
has seen a Petition presented to the House signed 
by Thomas Hughes Bradford, in which Petition 
are contained certain allegations affecting the cha- 
racter of the Petitioner, and charging him, amongst 
other things, with having presented to the House 
a Petition, purporting to be signed by the said 
Thomas Hughes Bradford, and which signature, it 
is alleged, is a forgery; that the Petitioner shows 
and presents to the House that, with the exception 
of the fact that the said Petition was not signed by 
the said Thomas Hughes Bradford, the Petition of 
the said Thomas Hughes Bradford states and con- 
tains statements which are entirely without founda- 
tion, and which are untrue in fact, and which alle- 
gations the Petitioner is en gage to contradict upon 
oath at the bar of the House; that the Petitioner 
further states to the House the facts connected with 
the whole transaction, and begs permission to be 
allowed to prove them, which are in substance as 
follows: that the Petitioner was retained as soli- 
citor and agent, after the Return of Richard Bethell, 
Esquire, for Aylesbury, to examine into the pro- 
ceedings at such Election, and more particularly 
with reference to a scrutiny, it being alleged that a 
large number of bad votes had been polled for the 
said Richard Bethell; that he retained counsel for 
the said intended Petitioner, and that he went down 
to Aylesbury on Wednesday the twenty-third of 


April, for the purpose of getting information upon | 


the subject of such scrutiny; that, at Aylesbury, 
the Petitioner saw several electors, but did not see 
the said Thomas Hughes Bradford ; that one of the 
electors whom he did see stated that he would send 
up to town certain electors for the purpose of peti- 
tioning the House, and the Petitioner arranged to 
pay the expenses of such electors who might come 
up to town, a course which the Petitioner believes 
to be most usual in such cases; that, on Saturday 
the twenty-sixth of April, about eleven o’clock, the 
said Thomas Hughes Bradford came to the office 
of the Petitioner in Buckingham-street, Adelphi, 
and introduced himself to the Petitioner as an elec- 
tor of the borough, and stated he had voted against 
the said Richard Bethell, Esquire, and was an op- 
ponent of his, and had come to town, and was 
anxious that the Petitioner should prepare and pre- 
sent a Petition against the Return of the said Ri- 
chard Betheil, Esquire ; that the said Thomas 
Hughes Bradford produced the poll-book, and went 
through the poll with the Petitioner, and pointed 
out certain voters upon the poll whose votes he said 
he could prove were bad. After doing this, and 
giving information to the Petitioner for the intended 
scrutiny, he informed the Petitioner, which he heard 
for the first time, that bribery and treating had been 
carried on at the said Election to a very great 
extent, and urged the Petitioner to allege in the Pe- 
. | 





5° Maiz. 








A. 1851, 


tition such facts, and gave information to the Pe- 
titioner where such treating had taken place ; that, 
after going through the case, the said Thomas 
Hughes Bradford gave the Petitioner instructions 
to prepare such Petition immediately, the Petitioner 
re informed him that such Petition must be pre- 
sented upon Monday then next, as that was the last 
day for receiving such Petition; that the Petitioner 
then informed the said Thomas Hughes Bradford 
that he should prefer that other p re besides 
himself should join in such Petition, upon which 
the said Thomas Hughes Bradford stated that he 
would return to Aylesbury, and bring up other elec- 
tors upcn the Monday following who would sign 
such Petition, but that in the event of his not com- 
ing with other electors, the said Thomas Hughes 
Bradford gave the Petitioner positive instructions 
to sign and present such Petition in his name ; that 
the Petitioner paid him two pounds for his expenses, 
as had been arranged, and then attended counsel, 
who settled the draft of such Petition; that on the 
Monday the Petitioner handed to Mr. Cunningham, 
the Petitioner’s partner, the said Petition to be in- 
grossed on parchment for presentation, which was 
so done in the name of “ electors,” in the plural 
number ; that, during the whole of Monday, and up 
to three o’clock of that day, the Petitioner waited 
in the expectation of seeing the said Thomas Hughes 
Bradford and other electors whom he was to bring, 
but he did not come, and in accordance with the 
instructions given to the Petitioner, and which in- 
structions he had communicated to the said Mr, 
Cunningham, the Petitioner is [informed that the 
said Mr. Cunningham signed the name of the said 
Thomas Hughes Bradford, as he had authority to 
do, and afterwards the said Mr. Cunningham gave 
the Petition, so signed to the Petitioner, who forth- 
with gave it into the hands of the noble Lord who 
presented the same to the House; that such Peti- 
tion was presented by the noble Lord within ten 
minutes after four o’clock on the afternoon of the 
said Monday ; that, after such Petition had been 
presented, the Petitioner received a message from 
the Duke of Buckingham, requesting to see him im- 
mediately, when the Duke informed the Petitioner 
that the said Thomas Hughes Bradford had been to 
him at the Carlton Club in a state of drink, and 
asked the Petitioner if he had sent the said 7’homas 
Hughes Bradford to him, when the Petitioner stated 
to the Duke that he had not sent him, and that the 
name of the Duke of Buckingham had not been at 
any time mentioned by the Petitioner to the said 
Thomas Hughes Bradford; and the Petitioner fur- 
ther stated, that he had not seen the said Thomas 
Hughes Bradford since the previous Saturday ; that 
the Petitioner, finding that the said Thomas Hughes 
Bradford had stated such a falsehood to the said 
Duke of Buckingham, proceeded at once in search 
of the said Thomas Hughes Bradford, and, having 
ascertained that it was probable he might be found 
at the Euston-square Station at six o’clock, the time 
when the last train was to leave London for Ayles- 
bury, where he accordingly found the said Thomas 
Hughes Bradford; that he expostulated with him 
for not having called upon him as arranged with 
other electors, and for falsely representing to the 
Duke of Buckingham that he had sent him to the 
said Duke, and insisted upon the said Thomas 
Hughes Bradford immediately returning with the 
Petitioner to explain his conduct, and stated to him 
that he would have nothing further to do with the 
said Petition, which the Petitioner then stated had 
been presented that afternoon ; that the said Thomas 
Hughes Bradford then ran away, as the train was 
about starting, but promised to return upon the 
Tuesday, and see the Petitioner ; that the said Tho- 
mas Hughes Bradford appeared to the Petitioner to 
be in a state of ial intoxication ; the Petitioner 
most positively denies that he then asked the said 
Thomas Hughes Bradford to go with him in his car 

riage 





so sc =&lt; 








Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
third Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Convict 
Discipline and 
Transporta- 
tion, 


Property Tax 
Bill. , 


14 Vicroriz: 


riage to sign such Petition, or made any offer of 
any reward or anything to that effect, for, on the 
contrary, the Petition had then been presented ; 
that on the following day, the Tuesday, the Pe- 
titioner caused inquiry to be made into the cha- 
racter of the said Thomas Hughes Bradford, the 
result of which induced the Petitioner to withdraw 
such Petition; that he drew up the notice of with- 
drawal on the Wednesday, the thirtieth April, and 


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199 


perty Tax shall be subject to Revision by the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury), 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. 








gave instructions that the same should be lodged 
with the Right honourable the Speaker, which was 
done about eleven o’clock on the morning of the | 
Thursday, the Ist May; the Petitioner therefore | 


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- 


represents to the House, that the above statement | mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


is a true and correct account of the whole transac- 
tion, and that he is ready to verify the same in any 


manner which the House may require, and humbly | 
suggests to the House that he is not in any way | 
guilty of any professional misconduct, or infringed | 


any of the Privileges of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow, at Five of the clock ; and 
be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to Church Establish- 
ments ;— Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles 
Assumption Bill ;—Maynooth College ;—Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill;—Regium Donum ;—Reli- 

ious Houses Bill ; Coffee ; —- Hops ; —Property 
Tax ;—Agriculture ;—Coal Whippers (Port of Lon- 
don) Bill;—County Courts ;—Education ;—Edu- 
cation (Ireland) ;—Ennistymon Union ;—Expenses 
of Prosecutions Bill;—General Board of Health 
Bill; —Poor Law ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;—and, 
School Establishment (Scotland) Bill;—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to the Steam Navigation Bill 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February last, 
for Copies of all Memorials or Representations on 
the sles of Convict Discipline and Transporta- 
tion, which have been transmitted to the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Property Tax Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cxiause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 2 (The several Acts continued in 
Force). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
add the following words: “ Provided also, That 
any person charged to the Duties contained in 
Schedule (B.) to the said recited Act of the fifth 
and sixth Victoria, chapter 35, shall have such 
and the same privileges of appeal, and be entitled 
to such and the same remedies, as in and by the 
the 133d section of the said last-mentioned Act 
are provided for persons charged to the Duties 
contained in Schedule (D.) of the same Act.” 
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. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausgs, N°3, and N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 


_ Clause(Thatallappointments to any Otfices autho- 
rized to be made by Local Commissioners of Pro- 
VoL, 106, 


to 
“ 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 


‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





‘mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; Titles P 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Fridaypy. 


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


mittee of Supply ; : 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Estimate of the Sum required 


Kaffir War beyond the ordinary Grants for Army, 
Navy, Ordnance and Commissariat Services for the 
years 1850-51 and 1851-52, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


to be voted to defray the Charge of the Retirement 
of an additional Number of Admirals, Captains, 
Commanders and Lieutenants of the Royal Navy, 
in the year ending 31st March 1851, 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 


‘ 


n 


most respectfully to inform Her Majesty that 
very great distress exists in those districts of the 
county of Sussea where Hops are grown, and that 
it will be quite out of the power of the Hop Plan- 
ters in that county to pay the Excise Duty on 
the crop of 1850 during the present year,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—tThe 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.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Eight hundred and forty-two 
thousand one hundred and ninety-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Naval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit 
of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1852. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred and eighteen 
thousand six hundred and forty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half-pay to Officers of the Navy, and Royal Ma~ 
rines ; and for the retirement of an additional num- 
ber of Admirals, Captains, Commanders and Lieu- 
tenants, which will come in course of payment in the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











cc4 Mr. 


Estimates 
referred ; 
to be voted towards defraying the Expenses of the Kaffir War. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required Navy. 


** an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Hops. 


Naval Stores. 


Half Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 





Ways and 
Means. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
Regulation 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Process and 
Practice 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Customs Bill, 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


General Board 


200 


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, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regu- 
lation Act Amendment 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 Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Customs 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 Inhabited House Duty 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 Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


of Health Bill. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Act Repeal 
Bill. 


Valuation 


(Ireland) Biil. 


Process and 


Practice (Ire- 


land) [Com- 
pensation 
Allowances. 


Sale of Arsenic 


Regulation 
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 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 
Repeal Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of extending the Provi- 
sion of an Act of the last Session, c. 18, authoriz- 
ing the Payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
of certain Compensation Allowances to the Officers 
of the Exchequer Chamber in Jreland, a Resolution, 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That so much of an Act of the last 
Session, for the regulation of Process and Practice 
in the Superior Courts of Common Law in Jreland 
as authorizes the payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
freland, of certain Compensation Allowances, shall 
be extended to the Officers of the Exchequer Cham- 
ber in Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill, 
That they have power to make provision therein 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill; 


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A. 1851, 


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


The Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- to Offices, &amp; 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- Bill. 


nesday next. 


The County Courts further Extension Bill was County Courts 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second further Ex. 
time upon Wednesday the 14th day of this instant ‘si Bill 


May ; and to be printed. 


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


Martis, 6° die Maii 1851: 


No, 257, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Woods ana 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Returns Forests. 


of the Attendance of the Commissioner of Woods 
and Forests since the Noble Lord came into Office : 
—1. At the Board of Woods and Forests, Works 
and Buildings; 2. At the General Board of Health ; 
3. At the Commons Inclosure Commission; 4, As 
Chief Justice in Eyre, North and South Trent; 5. 
As Gaveller of the Forest of Dean; 6. As Commis- 
sioner of Greenwich Hospital ; 7. As Commissioner 
of Highland Roads and Bridges; 8. As Commis- 
sioner for the Repair and Maintenance of Roads, 
Bridges and Harbours, originally under the Care and 
Management of the Commissioners of Holyhead 
Roads ; 9. As Commissioner for Building Churches ; 
10. As Commissioner for the Conservancy of the 
Mersey; 11. As Trustee for the Commissioners for 
the Management of certain Churches in Mary-/e- 
bone; 12. As Commissioner for Paving Regent- 
street; 13. As Commissioner for Fine Arts; 14. As 
Member of the Council for the Affairs of the Duchy 


\of Cornwall; 15. As Commissioner for the Geolo- 


gical Surveys in Great Britain and Ireland, and the 
Museums established in London and Dublin; 16. 
As Member of the Commission for the more effec- 
tual Means of improving the Metropolis :—And, of 
the Number of Boards held during the same Period, 
that is, since the Noble Lord was appointed Com- 
missioner of Woods and Forests,—1. At the Board 
of Health ; 2, At the Commons Inclosure Commis- 
sion :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Distillers 


an Account, showing the Number of Licensed Dis- 
tillers in England, Scotland and Ireland, distinguish- 
ing each Country, in the year 1848; the Sadie of 
Distillers, if any, in each Country, allowed by the 
Board of Inland Revenue to send out Spirits before 
the Duties thereon are paid, and the Length of 
Credit so given; the Sums lost to the Revenue in 
that year by Distillers failing to pay the Duties on 
Spirits allowed to be sent out before the Duties were 
paid, and the Amounts recovered by the Sale of 
these Distillers’ Utensils ; showing the Net Actual 
loss to the Revenue, in consequence of the Credit 
given to Distillers in the Payment of their Duties, 
distinguishing each Country; showing, also, the 
highest Amount of Duties on Spirits owing at any 
one time in that year by those Distillers to whom 
the Credit was given; and, stating if there has been 
any Change made by the Board of Inland Revenue 
in the mode of Payment of Duties, since the Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 122, allowing Spirits to be ware- 
housed in the same manner in all Parts of the United 
Kingdom, was passed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ West India 


Copy of any Contract entered into between the © 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the 
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, for a Continu- 
ance of the West India Contract Mail Service, and an 
Extension of the Mail Service to Brazil, and of any 
Tenders or Proposal received from other Parties = 

1e 


ontract Mail 


Service. 

















Gener 
of Hea 










































is 





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


of Health, &amp;e. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


14 VicroRiz. 


the execution of such Service ; stating, also, whether | 
the Contract referred to was made by Public Tender, 
or by Private Arrangement without Public Tender. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence, 
in the present year, between Her Majesty’s Princi- 
al Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Her 
Minister at Florence, on the subject of certain 
Charges brought by the 7'uscan Government, to the 
effect that the British Chapel at Florence (or other- 
wise a certain Chapel connected with Protestant 
Worship there) has been conductéd with a view to 
making Proselytes to Protestant Worship. 
Ordered, That 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 give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Amount of Money received 
annually by the General Board of Health since the 
Establishment of the Board, and also of the Pay- 
ments made during each year, distinguishing the 
Money paid in respect to the execution of the Public 
Health Act ; setting forth, the Expenses of each of 


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the Preliminary Inquiries for the Application of the 
Public Health Act, the Expenses of the printing 
and publication of the Reports and Statements 
sanctioned by the Board in relation thereto, and all 
the Expenses incurred ; distinguishing the Towns 
where ,_ savers Orders have been confirmed, 
where Orders in Council have been issued, and 
where Provisional Orders have not been confirmed, 
and where Orders in Council have not been issued ; 
and also the Average Expenses thereof, and the Time 
occupied, and the Total Number of Copies of Re- 
ports circulated or sold locally, so far as the same 
may be ascertained :—Of any Money received or 
due, or owing by the Local Boards in respect of 
Provisional Orders, or Orders in Council, made 
under the Public Health Act, and of any Balance 
or Payments due or owing by or to the Board :— 
Return of the Names of any Places to which In- 
quiries have been directed with a view to the Appli- 
cation of the Public Health Act, without any Local 
Application therefor :—Account of the Money paid 
in respect to the Preparation or Execution of the 
Metropolitan Interments Act :—Return of the Ex- 
penses incurred by the General Board of Health in 


201 


up to the End of 1850 :—Of the Expenses of each 
Preliminary Inquiry made under the Authority of 
the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic.c. 129, upon Applications for 
Improvement Acts, setting forth the Title or Object 
of the Bill, the Expenses of the Reports upon the 
Preliminary Inquiries, and of the Numbers of them 
sold or known to be circulated within the Districts 
for which the improved Works might be intended, 
and the Average Expenses of each such Inquiry :— 
And, of the a incurred in respect of each 
Private Bill for Towns Improvement Acts, for which 
Application has been madeto the House of Commons 
during the years 1849-1850, as allowed by the 
Taxing Officer of the House, and the Average Ex- 
pense of such Bills or Acts, 

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


land, addressed to His Excellency the Lord Lieu- 
tenant, with respect to their Proceedings under the 
Incumbered Estates Commission. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


nesday the 21st day of this instant May the Co- 
roners’ Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


read a second time upon Friday next. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 24th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Number of Gallons of British Spirits exported to 
the Colonies and Foreign Parts in the years 1849 
and 1850; distinguishing the Quantities sent to the 
respective Places of Export. 


bruary last, for a Tabular Return, showing the Quan- 
tities 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 thereon, and the Net Revenue accru- 
ing therefrom, in each year, from 1800 to 1850 in- 





conducting the Investigation into the Nature and 
Extent of the Supplies of Water to the Metropolis, 
and into the Means for their Improvement :—Ac- 
count of the Money expended in carrying out the 
Nuisances’ Removal and Diseases’ Prevention Act, 
and the Measures in relation to the late Epidemic 
Cholera :—Returns of the Number and Names of 
the Places from which Applications have been made 
to the General Board of Health for Assistance under 
the Diseases’ Prevention Act, as well as under the 
Public Health Act: —Of the Number of Board 





clusive ; followed by a Comparative Statement of 
| the Average Prices of British Plantation and Fo- 
_reign Sugar (ordinary Yellow Havannah) for the 
| same Series of Years :—Account of the Importsinto 
the United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, Kum, 
Coffee, Cocca and Cotton, from the West Indies, 
British Guiana, the Mauritius and British Posses- 
sions in India, for the years 1831 to 1250, both in- 
clusive ; distinguishing the Quantities imported from 
each Colony and each Possession in each year :— 
And, similar Account of the Quantities of Foreign 


Meetings of the General Board of Health, the Num-| Sugar imported; stating from whence, and the 
ber and Subjects of Deputations, the Number of | Quantities from each Place or Country. 


Witaesses examined, and the Amount of Corres- 
pondence and other Business transacted by the 
General Board of Health in relation to the several 
Acts on chief Subjects, during each year since its 
Appointment :—Of the Names, Professions or Oc- 
cupations of the Persons permanently or temporarily 
engaged as Officers or Assistants in the execution 
of the Public Health Act, of the Diseases’ Pre- 
vention Act, and of the Metropolitan Interments 
Act; and the Amounts of any Salaries, Rates of 
Pay or Allowances paid in respect thereto, up to 
the End of 1850; also, a Statement of any paid or 
unpaid Public Service in which any such Person 


may be now engaged, or may have been engaged 
VoL, 106. 





pondence between John Sadler, Esquire, M. P., 
and His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, between 
the 1st day of January and the 1st day of June 
1849, relative to a Fund of about £.4,500 placed 
under the Control of Duncan Chisholm, alias George 
Mathews, lately absconded from the Office of the 
Chief Secretary in Jreland:—Of the Report of 
Messrs. Dobree, Brownrigg and Andoe, Commis- 
sioners appointed by the Government to inquire 
into the Frauds of the said Duncan Chisholm, alias 
George Mathews, in the “ Tithe Million,” “ Con- 
cordatum,” “ Regium Donum,” and other Funds; 
DD and 














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Incumbered 
Copy of a Report, dated the 3d day of May 1851, Estates 


’ aon 
from the Incumbered Estates Commissioners of Jre- aa 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Coroners’ Bill. 


Ordered, That the Crown Estate Paving Bill be Crown Estate 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Spirits. 


Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Fe- Sugar, &amp;c. 


Return to several Orders, dated the 11th and Duncan 
20th days of March last, for Copies of any Corres- Chisholm. 


Fire 
Insurance. 


Wheat and 


Wheat Meal. 


Linen Yarn. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Thomas 


Young Prior, 


Esquire. 


Court of 
Chancery: 
(Ireland. ) 


Valuation 
(Ireland.) 





202 


and also, Copies of the Evidence laid before the 
said Commissioners :—And, of any Correspondence 
between Her Majesty’s Government and any Clerks 
dismissed by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in 
consequence of the said Report :—&lt;——And for 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Paymaster 
of Civil Services in Ireland, the Lords Commission- 
ers of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and the Irish Go- 
vernment, having reference to George Mathews, 
alias Duncan Chisholm, in relation to the matter of 
Tithes, between the year 1840 and the present Time : 
—And, all References to, and Reports or Letters 
from, the Commissioners of Audit, on the same Sub- 
ject. 

: Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of March 
last, for an Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp 
Office in Great Britain and Ireland, on Insurance 
from Fire, for the Quarters ending severally the 25th 
day of March, 24th day of June, 29th day of Sep- 
tember and 25th day of December 1850; distin- 
guishing the Amount of Allowance made to each 
Office for collecting the same in the Country, Lon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the 
Dates of each Payment :—Also, Return of Sums 
insured by each Office on Farming Stock for the 
same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 302, of Session 1849). 

Return to several Orders, dated the 2d day of 
April last, for a Return of the Quantities of Wheat 
and Wheaten Meal respectively imported from 
France into Great Britain and Ireland, during each 
of the last Twenty Years: And, for a Return 
of the Quantity in Pounds of Linen Yarn exported 
from the United Kingdom into France, during each 
of the last Twenty Years ; with a Statement, as far 
as can be conveniently given, of the Import Duty per 
220 Ibs. (100 Ibs. the kilogram) leviable in France 
during the same years respectively. 

Return to an Soden, dated the 14th day of April 
last, for an Account of the Quantity of Refined 
Sugar and Sugar Candy imported into the United 
Kingdom in the years 1848, 1849 and 1850, respec- 
tively (in addition to Return ordered 24th February 
1851); stating the Quantity retained for Home Con- 
sumption, the Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity 
Exported. 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March 
last, for Copy of any Warrant of Committal signed 
by Thomas Young Prior, Esquire, Justice of the 
Peace for the County of Galway, on the 25th day 
of June 1850, whereby any Person was committed 
to the Bridewell at Clifden by the said Thomas 
Young Prior, Esquire, and sentenced to two Months’ 
Imprisonment and hard Labour. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of April 
last, for a Return of any Bill or Bills of Costs 
lodged in the proper Office for Taxation in the Court 
of Chancery (Jreland), in any cause in which George 
Mathews was a Relator, or one of the Relators, and 
A.J. Macrory, Esquire, the Solicitor for the Relators, 
since 1830. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Date of the Commencement 
of the Townland Valuation in each County in Jre- 
land, and of the final Meeting of the Committee of 
Revision :—Of the Expense of the Valuation in 
each County in which it is completed and in use :— 
Of the Date of the Commencement of the Townland 
and Tenement Valuation of the County of Tippe- 
rary; Date at which the Valuation of each Barony 
was sent in by the Valuators to the Central Office 
in Dublin; Date of the Issue of the Primary Valua- 
tion ; Date of the first Meeting of each Committee 
of Appeal, and of the final Meeting’ of the Com- 
mittee of Revision; Cost of the Valuation of the 
County of Tipperary, up to the Spring Assizes 1851: 
-—Of the Number of Persons employed in the Valua- 
tion of Ireland, during the years 1845 and 1850, 
classified according to their Salaries, and distin- 
guishing those employed in the Country from the 





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A. 1851, 


Persons employed in the Central Office in Dublin: 
—An Enumeration of the Classes of Property not 
heretofore included in the Valuation for the purpose 
of County Taxation, which will be liable to County 
Rates if the Bill “for the Amendment of the Valua- 
tion Acts,” now before the House, shall become an 
Act; and also whether Houses of a lower Value 
than £.5 have been heretofore exempted, but will 
be made liable to County Rates by the Bill:—Re- 
turns of the Counties in which (if the Bill passes) 
the Towns will be subjected to County Rates as- 
sessed on the full letting Value of the Houses, and 
in which Houses under £.5 in value will be as- 
sessed, and of Counties in which the Houses in 
Towns are assessed on a Valuation calculated at 
two-thirds of their Value, and in which Houses un- 
der their Value of £.5 are exempted :—Of the Num- 
ber of years which must elapse before all Rateable 
Property in Zreland will be subjected to County 
Taxation according to one uniform System ; sup- 
posing the Bill to pass, and that the Re-valuation 


of Counties shall not be made before the Periods of 


Re-valuation specified by the existing Act, and by 
the Bill now in progress through the House :—Of 
the Total Cost of the Uniform Valuation of Jreland, 
from its Commencement to the Spring Assizes 1851 : 
—And, of the Total Number of Acres of the several 
Counties in which the Valuation has been com- 
pleted, and of the Counties in which it is in Pro- 
gress, 

” Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of April 
last, for Copy of the Commission or Warrant for 
the Appointment of Admiral of the Fleet and of 
Vice and Rear-Admirals of Great Britain, stating 
the Amount of Pay and Salary attached to each 
Office. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ecclesiasti- 
cal Courts, 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. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 


till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned til! this day. 








Martis, 6° die Maii; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERs. 
RDERED, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee on the Manchester, 
Bolton and Bury Canali Navigation and Railway 
Extension Bill, in Session 1846, be referred to the 
Committee on the Manchester and Salford Exten- 
sion Railway Bill. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill for the Consecra- 
tion of a Portion of the Brighton Extra-Mural 
Cemetery : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 12 of 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order for reading the third time the Liver- 
pool Docks (Alteration of Management, &amp;c.) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Admirals, 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts, 


No, 259. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 


No, 260. 


Manchester, 
Bolton and 
Bury Canal 
Navigation 
and Railway 
Extension Bill 
(1846.) 


Brighton 
Extra-Mural 
Cemetery Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 12.) 


Liverpool 


Docks | 
(Alteration of 
Management, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the Worth Shields North Shields 
Quays and Improvements Bill, with Amendments. Quay* 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the — 


Ir. 


Improvements 
Bill 











§ 
¢ 
I 









14 Victoriz. 


Wrexham Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported from the Com- 

Improvement mittee on Group 30 of Private Bills; That in the case 

Bil of the Wrexham Improvement Bill, they had ex- 

amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 

the Bill, and had amended the same, by adding the 

following recitals : “ And whereas there are no water- 

works or apparatus for supplying the inhabitants of 

the said town with water ; and whereas it would be 

of great public advantage to the said inhabitants if 

the said Commissioners were authorized to purchase 

the rights of holding Markets and Fairs within the 

town of Wrexham, and of taking Tolls thereat, and 

other rights incident thereto ; and whereas the several 

objects and purposes aforesaid cannot be effected 

without the aid and authority of Parliament,” and 

by making certain verbal Amendments, for the pur- 

ose of more clearly defining the objects of the Bill; 

and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 

had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


weird The House was moved, That the Order made 
Wexford, upon the 11th day of April last, That there be laid 
Wicklow and before this House, Returns relating to the Water- 
nay one ford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Com- 
—— pany, which are required by the Sessional Penis. 
tions of 1846 relative to Railway Bills, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be 
made by the Directors and Secretary of the Com- 
pany forthwith. 


Private Bills Ordered, That the Earl of March be discharged 
(Group 30.) from further attendance on the Committee on Group 
30 of Private Bills. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Stroud and 
Gloucester Road (re-committed) Bill, with further 
Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Stroud and 
Gloucester 
Road Bill. 


Mr. Whitmore reported from the Committee on 
Group 22 of Private Bills; That Mr. Richard 
Greaves Townley, one of the selected Members of 
the said Committee, was not present during the 
sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Greaves Townley do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of 
the clock. 


Private Bills 
(Group 22.) 


Briton Ferry, 
Docks and 
Railway Bill. 


The Briton Ferry, Docks and Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

A Clause (Admiralty may require a Local Survey 
of the Works at the expense of the Company) was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (if Works abandoned or allowed 
to fall into decay, Admiralty may remove them at 
the Charge of the Company), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Officers of Customs to have free 
access to Docks without payment of Toll), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Exemption from provisions of 
Act of Ships of War and of Vessels in employ of 
Customs, Inland Revenue and Post-office), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Company not to provide Life 
Boat until required by Admiralty), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Ministers’ Widows and Orphans’ Fund of 
- Free Church of Scotland Bill was read the third 
ime. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Vou. 106. 


Ministers’ 
Widows and 
Orphans’ Fund 
of the Free 
Church of 


Scotland Bill, 





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203 


The Reading Waterworks Bill was read the third Reading~ 
time. Waterworks 
A Clause (Charges for Baths), was thrice read ; = 
and added to the Bill. 
Then 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee and 
the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Bill, as amended Arbroath 
in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Andrew's 
the Saint Andrew’s Railway Bill, as amended in Railway Bill 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from King’s College 


;one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Hospita 


That in the case of the King’s College Hospital (N° 2) Bill 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the Committee Railway Bills 

on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That on the Com- (Group 7.) 
mittee meeting this day, pursuant to adjournment, 
a letter was received from the medical attendant 
of Mr. Fitzstephen French, stating that Mr. French 
was unable, in consequence of indisposition, to 
attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Cameron’s Cameron's 
Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Coalbrook 
Railway (No. 2), Petition for leave to deposit a Pe- —— 
tition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be and Loughor 
dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to Railway 
deposit their Petition accordingly. (anes 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester, Manchester, 
Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, Buxton, 
Petition for dispensing with Standing Order No. }fatleck and 
121, the said Standing Order ought not to be dis- Junction 
pensed with. Railway Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Bolton, Botton. 
Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway Blackburn, 
Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing Orders, go a 
Nos. 105 and 166, the said Standing Orders ought shire Railway 
not to be dispensed with. Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Railway, Ss 
and Increase of Capital) Bill, Petition for dispensing Bradford 
with Standing Order No. 134, the said Standing Railway, and 
Order ought to be dispensed with, provided a clause Capital . 
be inserted in the Bill, enacting, that in the event of ’ ‘ 
the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 85, coming into operation as 
regards the Midland Railway Company, the Capital 
of that Company shall be held for the purposes of 
that Act to be increased only by the amount of the 
capital of the Leeds and Bradford Railway Com- 
pany, viz. the sum of £.900,000 and that the bor- 
rowing powers of the Midland Railway Company 
shall not be increased beyond the borrowing powers 
now possessed by the Leeds and Bradford Railway 
Company ; That the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far this Order has been complied with, on the 
Report of the Bill. 

The first and fourth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wood and 
Copies of any Reports made to the Board of Ad- — 
miralty, on or about the 13th day of August and 
11th day of October 1850, of Experiments made for 
testing the Merits of Wood and Iron built Ships for 
resisting the Effects of Shot and Shells. 


DD2 Ordered, 


Legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties. 


Hull Trinity 
House. 


Railway 
Accidents, 


Metropolis 
Water Supply. 


Sub-marine 
Telegraph 
Company 
between 
England and 
France Bill. 


204 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns showing the Amount of Capital on which 
the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid 
in Great Britain, in the years 1849 and 1850 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 55, of 
Session 1849) :—Showing the Amount of Capital in 
which the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been 
paid in Jreland, for the years ended the 5th day of 
January 1850 and 1851, and distinguishing the 
Amount of each Rate :—Account showing the Total 
Amount of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Adminis- 
trations received in Jreland in the years ended the 
5th day of January 1850, and the 5th day of January 


6° Maiz. 





A. 1851, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Aylesbury 
into consideration the Petition of Thomas Hughes Election. 


Bradford, which was presented upon Friday last, 
complaining of the forgery of his signature to the 
Petition against the Return for the Borough of 
Aylesbury, and praying for inquiry; and also the 
Petition of John Strutt, which was presented yes- 
terday, denying the statements contained in the said 
Petition of Thomas Hughes Bradford :—The House 
proceeded to take the said Petitions into considera- 
tion ; and the same were again read. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the allegations contained in the said Pe- 


1851 :—Return of theTotal Amount of Revenue re- | titions. 
ceived in the United Kingdom in each of the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1850 and 1851, for 
Stamp Duties on Legacies, ou Probates, Administra- 
tions and Testamentary Inventories; distinguishing 
theAmount from England and Wales, Scotland and | 
Ireland, with an Abstract of the whole Amount of 


Duty received since 1797 :—And, an Account show- | v 
ing the Total Amount cf Duty on Legacies, Probates | Drainage Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


and Administrations, received since the year 1797 
to the 5th day of January 1850. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lends, 
The Lords have agreed to the Durham Markets Durham 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Markets Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Downham Market Downham 
Market 


Drainage Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Reading Cemetery Reading 
Company Bill, without any Amendment: And pn 


. ompany Bill, 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an also, ; ; , 
Account, in Abstract, of the Amount collected by The Lords have agreed to the Newington Saint Newington 


the Trinity House at Hull, in each year since 1845 ; Mary Parish Bill, without any Amendment: And Saint Mary 
distinguishing the Amount levied on British and 


also, arish Bill. 
on Foreign Vessels in each year; and the Amount ‘The Lords have agreed to the Scarborough Gas Scarborough 
expended in each of these years in the Manage- Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 5 Bill 
ment and Maintenance of the Buoyage and Bea- 


the Lords desire the concurrence of the House :— 
conage of the River Humber; and also an Account | Ad then the Messenger withdrew. 

of the Manner in which the surplus Monies, after 

defraying those Expenses, were expended in each Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ports Ports of 
of these years, and the Amount now in hand, if any | of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne and Shields, which was pre- Neweastle- 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 288, | sented upon Friday last, be printed. upon- Tyne 


cont and Shields, 
of Session 1850). | No. 261. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convict Dis- Convict Dis- 
cipline and Transportation, which was presented &lt;ipline and 
: ™ Transporta- 
yesterday, be printed. den, 
No. 262. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, which Spirits. 





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 July to the 31st of | 
December 1850 ; together with the Number of Pas- | was presented yesterday, be printed. 


S A = Me | No. 263. 
sengers conveyed during that Period (in continua- . 
tion of the Return of Accidents for the preceding | Ordered, That the Return, showing the Quan- Sugar, &amp;. 


Half-year, Parliamentary Paper, No. 13 of the md | tities of the several Sorts of Sugar imported, which No, 264. 
sont Session). . . P | was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the| Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- Fire 


Table. | surance, which was presented yesterday, be printed. _ 
0. 260. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty's | Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat Wheat and 
Command,—General Board of Health :—Copy of| and Wheat Meal; and, Linen Yarn, which was pre- Wheat Meal ; 
further Examination of the Gathering Grounds of | sented yesterday, be printed. — 
the proposed Government Soft’ Water Supply to | . No. 266 
the Metropolis, as submitted to the General Board | sacinng 
of Health by the Honourable William Napier. | Ordered, That the Return of the Quantity of Sugar, &amp;. 
. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | Refined Sugar and Sugar Candy imported, which No. 267. 
Table. | was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 268. 





| 
_ A Petition of John Parson, of Parliament-street, | (Ireland) which was presented yesterday, be 
in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, referring to |) sited. 
his Petition as agent for the Manchester, Sheffield P ’ 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, praying to be | 
heard, by counsel, before the Committee to whom | 
the Submarine Telegraph Company between Eng- | District of Burghs);—Church of Rome ;— Ec- °°" 
land and France Bill may be referred, against the clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Oath of Ab- vide Thirty- 


Several Petitions relating to Elections (Falkirk el 


said Bill, and the Preamble thereof ; and praying juration (Jews) Bill;—Regium Donum ;—Religious —_ . 


that the Standing Orders Nos. 105 and 166 may be | Houses Bill ;—Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; p.citions. 














Report 
Li 


dispensed with in the case of the said Petition, and | 5 
‘ters’ Money (Ireland) ; — Paper ; — Windows ;— 


that the Petition may be referred to the Committee 


to whom the said Bill may be referred, and the | 
Petitioner heard upon the said Petition, notwith- | 
Law ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;— Public Houses 


standing the same was deposited in the Private 
Bill Office later than seven days after the second 
reading of the said Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


—Annuity Tax (Edinburgh); — Coffee ; — Minis- 


Agriculture ; — Improvement of Towns (Ireland) 
Bill ; — Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ; — Poor 


(Scotland) ;—School Establishment (Scotland) Bill; 
— Smithfield Market ;— Spirits ;—Valuation (Tre- 
land) Bill;—and, Wool Parish,--were presented, 


Several 














Poor 


Hor 
Spi 

























Poor Rates. 


Home-made 
Spirits in 
Bond. 


Saint Alban’s 
ri Com- 
Mission Bill. 








14 VicToRIz. 6°—7° Maiz. 205 


Several Petitions relating to Church Rates,—were |“ and of bribery, treating and corruption in the 
also presented, = a ; and referred to the Select | “ oo .o of Burghs.” 
Committee on Church Rates. nd the Question being proposed, That those 
Several Petitions relating to the Steam Naviga- | words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
- L pong oe ~ — - _— and re- = —— oe of the House, withdrawn. 
erred to the Select Committee on the Bili. rdere at leave be given to bring in a Bill 
; for appointing Commissioners to iaeniile into the 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- existence of Bribery in the Borough of Saint Alban : 
posed, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 13th | And that Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. Henry Stuart 
day of this instant May, resolve itself into a Com- | do prepare, and bring it in. 
mittee, to consider the following Resolution; viz. ; 
That, to alleviate a portion of the burthens from | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sale of Beer 
which the Agricultural Interest is at present suffer- | to amend the Laws relating to Houses licensed for ® 
ing, through the payment of parochial Poor Rates, ‘the Sale of Beer: And that Sir John Pakington, 
varying in many instances from 6s., 7s., 8s., 9s. to| Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Deedes and Mr. Headlam do 
13s. 10d. in the pound, there be levied an equalized | prepare, and bring it in. 
Poor’s Rate, in England and Wales, not exceeding 
1s.6d, in the pound, and subject to local govern-| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ennistymon 
ment :—And the said Motion was, with leave of| posed, That the Petition of Members of the late Union. 
the House, withdrawn. Board of Guardians of the Ennistymon Union, which 
: | was presented yesterday, be printed :—And the said 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
That this House do resolve itself into a Committee, | 





to take into consideration the present mode of levy- | The Select Committee on the Steam Navigation Steam Navi- 
ing the Duty on Home-made Spirits in bond ; | Bill was nominated of Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Hume, 8% Bull 
The House divided. | Mr. Cardwell, Admiral Berkeley, Mr.William Brown, 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; Mr. Anderson, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Alex- 
The Noes to the new pf ander Hastie, Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. Grogan, 
ee ord Naas, xq | With Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr ee lase. Ordered, That Five be the naan, 
? ' Mr. Hayter, 1 F 
Tellers for the Noes, {ord , wd Hill: § EGS, | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Se Service = 
And the Numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker de- to extend the Benefits of certain Provisions of the gry 
clared himself with the Yeas. general Merchant Seamen’s Act relating to Appren- ‘ site 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. ' tices bound to the Sea Service to Apprentices bound 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the to the Sea Service by Boards of Guardians of the 
Committee. ' Poor in Ireland, and to enable such Guardians to 
(In the Committee.) | place out Boys in the Naval Service: And that Sir 


| William Somerville and Mr. Attorney-General for 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 7714 do prepare, and bring it in 
y g . 


Duties payable on British Spirits, when taken out 


of warehouse for home Coe, shall be Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Bridges 
charged on the quantity ascertained by the mea- | . re i, (Ireland) Bill. 
5 . ‘to amend an Act of the sixth and seventh Years of 
sure and strength of the sum actually delivered, | is . 
save and except that when such Spirits are not ina | Her Majesty, to amend an Act of the nineteenth and 
‘ P P twentieth Years of King George the Third, for em- 


warehouse of special security, no greater abate- , eg : 
P y S owering Grand Juries in [reland to present Bridges 


° . Pp 
ment on account of deficiency of the quantity and | 514 ‘Tolis to be paid for passing the same, in certain 


strength as ascertained at the time the said Spirits! «3.5. And that Sir William Somerville, Mr. Attor- 


were warehoused shall be made than shall be after ney General for Ireland, Sir Edmund Macnaghten 


the several rates of allowance following ; that is to| | 4 Captain Jones do prepare, and bring it in 
H ra ? Ss le 


say, | 


For every hundred gallons hydrometer proof, | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Property Tax. 
for any time not exceeding three months, two | 


pone posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
~ For any time exceeding three months, and not | dure Ito the viedo of sensnemg ane comsdiing 
exceeding six months, anon gullous: : |the Property Tax, and whether the injustice of 


: ; ] levying the same rate of charge upon Terminable 
For any time exceeding six months, and not | eg as a es , 

Pct 'as upon Perpetual Annuities, and upon fluctuating 
exceeding twelve months, four gallons ; 


ae Eee aces elites de tant on /and varying Incomes from Trades and Professions 
y 4 as upon fixed Incomes, cannot be greatly modified, 
gallon. ; , ET we 
; ’ or altogether removed :—And the said Motion was, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. | with leave of the House, withdrawn. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber-| phe Select Committee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. Zre- Civil Bills, &amp;e. 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro-j 7.4 Bil) was nominated of Mr. Attorney General (Ireland) Bill. 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he | for Ireland, Sir William Somerville, Mr. French, Mr. 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have | Keogh, Mr. Napier, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Reynolds, 

— ms sit again. : , | Mr. M‘Cullagh, Mr. Anstey, Mr. Grogan, Viscount 
tesolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Bernard, Captain Jones, Mr. Serjeant Murphy, Co- 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. lonel Taylor and Mr. Sadleir. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | 


posed, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for | Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Annuity Tax 
appointing Commissioners to inquire into the —" to consider the state and operation of the Acts (#dinburgh.) 
ence of Bribery in the Borough of Saint Alban; | relating to the Annuity Tax levied in Edinburgh, 


And the House having continued to sit till after | Canongate and Montrose, and to report thereon ; and 


Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; | whether any Amendment on these Acts, or re-ad- 
M + 9° die Maii . _justment of the Tax, would be expedient; and 
Mercurii, 7° die Mati, 1851: whether any other Fund may be rendered available 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the} for the purpose to which the Annuity Tax is now 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words | applied. 
VoL. 106. — Sir 








Apprentices to 


6°—7° Mai. 


A. 1851. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to extend | mitted under each of the following Heads ; viz. 1. 


206 





























Sea Service the Benefits of certain Provisions of the General | Fevers and other Infectious or Epidemic Diseases 
(Ireland) Merchant Seamen’s Act, relating to Apprentices | of the general System. 2. Chronic Diseases re- 
— — bound to the Sea Service to Apprentices bound to | quiring Medical Treatment. 8. Injuries and Dis- 
No. 269. the Sea Service by Boards of Guardians of the Poor | eases requiring Surgical Treatment. 4. Syphilis. 
in Ireland, and to enable such Guardians to place | 5. Childbirth, and Diseases of Females ; and speci- 
out Boys in the Naval Service: And the same was pune also, as far as can be ascertained, the Country, 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a/| City, Town or Place where such Patients were born, 
econd time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. | or have been usually resident, previously to their 
Admission into such Hospitals :—And, similar Re- 
Bridges Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend — with like oe = the re —— 
(Ireland) Bill. ay Act of the sixth and seventh Years of Her Ma-| om h Dubli wwe . se . d the _ 
No.270. jesty, to amend an Act of the nineteenth and twen- | and South Dubiin Unions respectively, during the 
tieth Years of King George the Third, for empower- | °*™© Years. 
ing Grand Juries in Ireland to present Bridges, and 2 bh ae 
Tolls to be paid for passing the same, in certain The following Paper was laid upon the Table taotatry 
Cases: And the same was read the first time ; and by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (India.) 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday dated the 8th day of April last, for Copies of Com- 
2 cand entree munications in relation to the Connection of the 
ee ae ; Government of British India with Idolatry or with 
Mahometanism (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Paper, No. 621, of Session 1849), including Copies 
(ireland) pip, Mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; __ | of any Communication between the Court of Di- 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-| rectors of the East India Company and the Go- 
solve itself into the said Committee. vernor-General of Jndia in Council, relating to the 
_ _| JSuggernauth Pagoda (in continuation of Parlia- 
Compound The Order of the day being read, for the third | mentary Paper, No. 191, of Session 1850). 
—_— reading of the Compound Householders’ Bill ; The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Exchequer, 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To-| of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
morrow. the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of all Monies received during the year ended 5th 
Property Tax The Order of the day being read, for taking into | April 1851, to the Account of Her Majesty’s Ex- 
Bill. consideration the Property Tax Bill, as amended in ; Chequer at the Bank of England and of Ireland, 
the Committee ; : under the respective Heads of Public Revenue; the 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | Amount of all Royal Orders and Treasury Warrants 
upon Friday next. | received, and of the Credits and Transfers made by 
the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer, the Pay- 
. 1: 'ments by the Bank of England, and the Balance 
Process and The House, according to Order, resolved itself} —". . 7 hy ; 
Practice into a Committee upon the Process and Practice | "™a!ming to the Account of the Exchequer at each 
(eetend) Se. (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, | Bank, on the 5th April 1851. , 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne-| Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the Last India, 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had gone | East India a being the Warrants or Instru- 
through the Bill. | —_ ae ribs oe ~~ - 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | E aie Goan es 24 ee the ana Ton 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. a a Gla —* 
| struments granting any Salary or Gratuity. 
Valuation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | And then the House, having continued to sit 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; | till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
solve itself into the said Committee. | this day. 
Saleof Arsenio The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| a ii cali, Sila 
Ragelation mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill; | Mercuri, 7° die Maii ; 
ill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | sin : ‘ 
itself into the said Committee. | Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
Fee Farm The Order for reading a second time, this day, the | QRDE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
Rents (Ire- Fee Farm Rents (Jreland) Bill was read, and dis- to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 
land) Bill. charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time} Mr, Thornely reported from the Select Com- hell 
upon Wednesday next. mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- (qyirty-third 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 5th day Report.) 
Prerogative The Order for reading a second time, this day, the | of this instant May; and had directed him to 
Court ~ Prerogative Court (Jre/and) Bill was read, and dis- | make a Report thereof to the Hotse. 
(ireland) Bill. charged. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | and be printed. 
upon Wednesday next. 
| Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the a, ‘ 
Dublin | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| Hayling Bridge and Causeway Bill; That they had Causeway Bill. 
ospitals. 


Return, showing the Number of Patients admitted | examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
into the following Hospitals in the City of Dublin ; | of the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
viz. the Westmoreland Lock Hospital ; the Lying-| therein the extent to which the existing capital has 
in Hospital ; Dr. Stevens’ Hospital ; the Cork-street| been raised and expended, and the intention to 1n- 
Fever Hospital; the Whitworth, Hardwicke and | crease such capital ; and found the same, as amended, 
Richmond Hospitals, in the years ending the 31st | to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
day of December 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 re-| Amendments thereunto. 

spectively, classifying the Diseases under which such} Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Patients suffered, and specifying the Numbers ad-| and be printed. The 

























Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 22. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway (from 
London and 
Blackwall 
Extensio 


14 VicToriz. 


The House was moved, That the Report from one 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills in 
respect of the Petition for additional Provision in 
the Manchester Improvement Bill, which was laid 
upon the Table upon Friday 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 
a therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


Ordered, That Mr. Richard Greaves Townley be 
discharged from further attendance on the Com- 
mittee on Group 22 of Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the London and Blackwall Rail- 
way (from London and Blackwall Extension Rail- 
way to Tilbury, &amp;c. Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


n . 
Railway to Tilbury, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Birmingham 


Ordered, That the Birmingham Ivprovement Bill 


Improvement be re-committed to the former Committee. 


Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Dee Conser- 
vancy Bill 
(1850. ) 


Aylesbury 
Election, 


Convict Dis- 
cipline and 
Transporta- 
ton, 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Thirty- 
fourth Report 
00 Public 
Petitions, 


Education, 


Audit of 
Railway 
Accounts Bill, 


The Saint Helen’s Improvement (No.2) Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Dee Conservancy Bill, 
in Session 1850, be referred to the Committee on 
the Dee Conservancy and Dee Standard Restora- 
tion Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
day, that a Select Committee be — toconsider 
the allegations contained in the Petition of Thomas 
Hughes Bradford, which was presented upon Friday 
last, complaining of the forgery of his signature to 
the Petition against the Return for the Borough of 
Aylesbury, and praying for inquiry; and also the 
Petition of John Strutt, which was presented yes- 
terday, denying the statements contained in the said 
Petition of Thomas Hughes Bradford, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Roundell 
Palmer, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Freshfield, Mr. Deedes, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Baines, 
Viscount Duncan and Captain Boldero; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five Re the Quorum. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February last, 
for Copies of all Petitions on the Subject of Con- 
vict Discipline and Transportation which have been 
presented to Her Majesty from any Part of Aus- 
tralia or Van Diemen’s Land, since the year 1838, 
with the Number of Signatures attached to each Pe- 
tition. 

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


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Education ;—Post-office ; 
Prisons (Scotland) Bill; — School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, Sheriff Court (Scotland) Act, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education, 1850-51, Vols. 1—2. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill; 
VoL, 106, 


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207 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 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 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 — ; 
_ j Mr. Chaplin, 

’*\Mr. Pascoe Grenfell : 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.) 


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


Ciavuss, N° 1, (Accounts of present Railway 
a to be kept according to Form in Sche- 
dule.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. Locke, 

Yeas, Mr. Mowatt : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Edmund Denison, 60 
Noes, UMr. John Lewis Ricardo } . 


Cravsgs, N° 2 to N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciavse, N°8 (As to Examination of Accounts). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4, 1. 40: 
After the word “line,” to insert the words “and 
“ also that such Auditors shall require to be pro- 
duced to them, once at least in every year, all 
Bills of Costs for charges in Law, Equity, Con- 
veyancing and Parliament, and that the said Au- 
ditors shall have full power and authority, if they 
shall think fit, to employ some competent person 
or persons to examine and report to them upon 
the charges in such Bills of Costs, and also to 
tax the same before the proper authorities ;” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, to leave out the words “ and also to 
“* tax the same before the proper authorities.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Humphrey Brown, 


Tellers for the N 49. 


\ 
yes 


“ 


Yeas, | Mr. Hume: f $7. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Spooner, L597 
Noes, Mr. John Lewis Ricardo: { *** 


Whereupon the Chairman stated, That being 
called upon to give a casting Vote, he declared that 
he voted with the Yeas. 

Words added. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 28th day of this instant May, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second School Esta~ 


reading of the School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of June next, 


pp4 The 


208 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of June next. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Churches and Chapels (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of June next. 


Churches 
and Chapels 
(Ireland) Bill. 


United Church 
of England 
and Ireland 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the United Church of England and Tre- 
land Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of June next. 


Audit of Rail- The Order of the day being read, for the second 


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A nt . &gt; . , od 2 “ 
(No. 2) Bill ° —_ of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

To-morrow. 


Highways The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
— Wales) take into consideration the Highways (South Wales) 
i” Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 
No. 271. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Lodging-houses Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next, 


Farm 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. 


mittee on the Farm Buildings Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 15th day of this instant May, 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. 


Ways and 
Means. 


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. 


Appointments The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
to Offices, &amp;c. 


Bill into a Committee upon the Appointments to Offices, 
&amp;c. 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, To-morrow, again 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Sale of Arsenic 


Regulation 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill ; 

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


Captain 
Graham 
Moore. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Letter of the Secretary of the Admi- 
ralty to Admiral Cornwallis, dated 23d December 
1804, conveying their Lordships’ Approval of the 
Conduct of Captain Graham Moore, of his Majesty’s 
Ship “ Indefatigable,” and the Officers and Men 
under his Orders, in the Action of the 5th October 
with four Spanish Frigates. 

Common 


Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the well-ordering of Common Lodging Houses : 
And that Lord Ashley, the Marquis of Blandford 
and Mr, Slaney do prepare, and bring it in. 








A, 1851. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Civil Civil Bills, g. 
Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill do consist of Nineteen {eland) Bin, 
Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O Connell, Co- 
lonel Dunne, Mr. O’Flaherty and Mr. Vesey be 
added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Mullings be discharged from Enfranchise. 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the ment of Copy. 
Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill. holds Bill 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield be added to the 
Committee. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their Saint Albans 
Address of the 1st day of this instant May, That Her Plction. 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to issue Her 
Royal Proclamation, with such Reward as Her Ma- 
jesty should think proper, for discovering, appre- 
hending and detaining George Sealey Waggett, John 
Haywood, James Skegg and Thomas Burchmore, had 
been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her Ma- 
jesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She had given directions accordingly. 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported from the Com- Sunderland 
mittee on Group 30 of Private Bills ; That in the Improvement 
case of the Sunderland Improvement Bill, they had - 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting such 
parts thereof as related to the extension of the 
Municipal Boundaries, and to the Town Moor and 
property of the Freemen and Stallingers, which the 
Promoters stated they did not intend to press upon 
the consideration of the Committee ; 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. 


Lord Ash/ey presented a Bill for the well-ordering Common 
of Common Lodging Houses: And the same was Lodging. 
oe houses Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second =r 
time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. ~ om, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Barrel Or- Barrel Organs, 
vans, &amp;c. (Metropolis), which was presented upon — 
the 28th day of April last, be printed. oe 973, 

The followmg Papers were laid upon the Table Customs 
by the Clerk of the House,—Keturn to an Order, mas 
dated the 11th day of April last, for Accounts °°°m™ 
showing the Amount of Customs Duties collected 
in each of the Ports of Scotland, 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 Scoé- 
land, distinguishing the Foreign irom the British 
and Coasting Shipping :—And, of the Number and 
Tonnage of the Vessels registered in the several 
Ports of Scotland, 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April Customs 

last, for a Return of the Total Gross Amount of Duties. 
Duties of Customs received at each Custom House 
of the United Kingdom for the Year ending the 5th 
day of January 1851, distinguishing the Amount 
received,—1. On Goods Duty paid on original Im- 
portation at first landing from the Importing Ship ; 
2. On Goods warehoused direct, at the Port of 
original Importation; and, 3. On Goods warehoused, 
having been removed under Bond from other Ware- 
housing Ports. mer" 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Northern 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Lighthous®. 
Table, by the Clerk of the House :—An Abstract 
of the Revenue and Expenditure on account of the 


Northern Lighthouses for the year 1850. 
orthern Lighthou y foiled, 





Publ 
(Sp 
Rep 


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7°— 8° 


14 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Ac- 








eat cidents, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
. 274. 
- os. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- 
— o75. chequer, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
sine Ordered, That the Return relative to Idolatry 
(india) (India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No, 276. And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 8° die Maiti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
Public M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
eet) come to a Resolution, which they had directed him 
to report to the House; and the same was read, as 
followeth : . 
Resolved, That the Petition of Pierce Connelly, 
Clerk, complaining of the forcible detention of his 
wife in a Convent; and praying the House to take 
jnto consideration the whole subject of Convents 
and Nunneries in England, which was presented 
upon the 29th day of April last, 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. 
Convents,&amp;e. Ordered, That the Petition of the Reverend Pierce 
Connelly, relative to Convents, &amp;c., which was pre- 
sented upon the 29th day of April last, be printed 
for the use of Members only. 
Committee Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
— of Selection; That, under the Powers granted to 
hat) them by Standing Order No. 82, they had made 
No.277, certain alterations in the grouping of Private Bills, 


which they had agreed to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


King’s College The House was moved, That the Report from one 
(ie 2) Bil of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, in 
respect of the King’s College Hospital (No. 2) Bill, 
which was laid upon the the Table upon Tuesday 
last, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


York, New- The Order for reading the third time the York, 
wick Raileny Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch to West 


(Branch to Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read and dis- 

Wet Durham charged. 

zi“) Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee; and that they have leave to sit 
and proceed with three Members, To-morrow, at a 
quarter before Four of the clock. 


jain and The Order of the day being read for the third 
Ralway (from, reading of the Zondon and Blackwall Railway (from 
London and ©-London and Blackwall Extension Railway to Til- 
Blackwall bury, &amp;c.) Bill; 


— ,. And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
bury, &amp;,) Bil, Tead the third time ; 

Mr. Baines, 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. 

A Clause (Plan of Pier to be approved by the 
Commissioners of Woods) was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Works connected with the River, 
subject to the approval of the Commissioners of 
Woods and the orporation of London) was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

VoL, 106. 





Marz. 209 


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


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on East Lanca- 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That in the case of shire Railway 
the Bast Lancashire Railway (re-committed) Bill, 
the Committee had amended the Bill, pursuant to 
the Instruction of the House of the 14th day of 
April last, by striking out of the Bill all powers of 
interference with other Companies, and restricting 
the Promoters to the remaining objects of the Bill ; 
that the Committee had amended the Preamble of 
the Bill, in conformity with the Instruction of the 
House of the 14th day of April last, and by making 
certain verbal alterations therein ; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on warrington : 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the and Altrinch- 
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Bill, aang 
they had made certain verbal alterations in the Pre- ad 
amble of the Bill; and had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on Lancashire _ 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the ae 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Fifth Shares) ona, Ly 
Bill, the Parties promoting the Bill had requested 
permission to withdraw the same. 

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


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Towcester, 
mittee on Group 1 of Private Bills, That they have Brackley and 
Power to consolidate the Towcester, Brackley and jncGren” 
Weston-on-the-Green Turnpike-road, and the Buck- Turnpike- 
ingham, Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road Bills, 70@4 ; and, 


into one Bill. Brockley and 


Banbury Turnpike-road Bills, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Inverness 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Bridge Bill. 
That in the case of the Jnverness Bridge Bill the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Notice being taken, that the Inverness Bridge tnverness 
Bill contains Provisions not included in the Title; Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Inverness 
for re-building the Bridge over the River Wess, at Bridge (No. 2) 
the Town of Inverness, and improving the Ap- 
proaches thereto, and for amending the Acts relat- 
ing to Highland Roads and Bridges: And that Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis and the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the Committee astern Union 
on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway Bill 
the Eastern Union Railway Bill, they had amended 
the Preamble of the Bill, by making certain verbal 
alterations therein, and by striking out so much 
thereof as recited the expediency of giving cer- 
tain running powers to the Eastern Union Railway 
Company, the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany and other Companies therein mentioned, the 
Promoters having proposed to amend their Bill 
by withdrawing the running Clauses therein, and 
substituting other provisions, with a view of afford- 
ing adequate facilities for the transmission of traffic 
over the Eastern Union and Eastern Counties Rail- 
ways reciprocally, which substituted provisions the 
Committee, having considered and amended, have 
inserted in the Bill; that the Preamble, as amended, 

EE had 








Inverness 
Bridge (No. 2) 
Bill. 


No. 278. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Public 
Revenue and 
Expenditure. 


Prisons 
(ireland.) 


National 
Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


Police 
Constables. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
fifth Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 


210 


had been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee, who had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for re- 
building the Bridge over the River Wess, at the 
Town of Jnverness, and improving the Approaches 
thereto, and for amending the Acts relaiing to High- 
land Roads and Bridges: And the same was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That Sir Frederic Thesiger and Mr. Roe- 
buck be added to the Select Committee to consider 
the allegations contained in the Petitions of Thomas 
Hughes Bradford and John Strutt, relating to the 
Aylesbury Election Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of Public Revenue and Expenditure, from 
the year 1822 to 1850, both inclusive; showing, 
first, the Amount received in each year from the or- 
dinary Revenue; second, the Amount received 
from other Sources; third, the Total Revenue in 
each year, deducting Drawbacks and Repayments ; 
fourth, the Charges of Collection, and other Pay- 
ments out of the Revenue, in its Progress to the 
Exchequer ; fifth, the Charge of the Public Debt, 
funded and unfunded; sixth, the Amount of all 
other Expenditure; seventh, the Total Expenditure 
for each year, a the Surplus of Revenue or 
of Expenditure in each year :—And, of the Expen- 
diture for the Army, Navy and Ordnance, from the 
year 1822 to 1850, both inclusive ; distinguishing, 
under each year, and under each Head, the Expen- 
diture, first, for the Effective Service ; second, for 
the Non-effective Service; third, the Total Expen- 
diture (in continuation, and in the same Form, of 


Parliamentary Paper, No. 391, of Session 1850). 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Twenty-ninth Report of the 
Inspectors-General on the general State of the Pri- 
sons of Ireland, 1850 ; with Appendices. 


Copy of Report from the National Vaccine Es- 
tablishment, 1851. 


Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of Fe- 
bruary 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 &amp; 3 
Vic. c. 93, distinguishing each Class or Denomina- 
tion, and the Rate of Payment made to each Con- 
stable; including also a Return of the Number of 
Police Constables stationed in each Petty Sessions 
Division in the said Counties, with the Name and 
Population of said Division, and the Amount paid 
to the County Police Rate by each Division; to- 

ether with an Account, in Detail, of the several 
tems of Expenditure for the years 1849 and 1850. 
: a That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, 
&amp;e.;—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles As- 
sumption Bill ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;— 
Regium Donum ;— Religious Houses Bill ;—Fire 
Insurances ;—Malt ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Paper : 
—Small Tenements Rating Act Amendment Bill; 
—Agriculture ;— County Courts further Extension 
Bill;—Court of Chancery ;— Poor Law ;—Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, School Establishment (Scot- 
land),—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


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A. 1851. 


Several Petitions relating to County Rates and 
Expenditure,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the County 
Rates and Expenditure Bill. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this 
instant May, for Copies or Extracts of any Corre- 
spondence, in the present year, between Her Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs and Her Minister at Florence, on the subject 
of certain Charges brought by the Tuscan Govern- 
ment, to the effect that the British Chapel at Flo- 
rence (or otherwise a certain Chapel connected with 
Protestant Worship there) has been conducted with 
a view to making Proselytes to Protestant Worship. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Duncan puna, 
Chisholm, which was presented upon Monday last, Chisholm, 
be printed. No, 279, 


British ( 
at Flor 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convict Convict Dis. 
Discipline and Transportation, which was presented ¢ipline and 


c 
yesterday, be printed. | ae 


No. 280, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs Customs 
Duties, &amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented yester- (Soot “ 
day, be printed. 
vw No. 281. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Northern Northem 
Lighthouses, which was presented yesterday, be Lighthouss, 
printed, No, 282, 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Hartlepool Free- Hartlepool 
men’s Lands and Harbour Dues Bill, with Amend- Freemen’s 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the ae 
concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this Conferences 
House in the Royal Gallery upon the subject-matter with theLoris 
of a certain Resolution of their Lordships with re- 
gard to Conferences between the two Houses of 
Parliament in respect of Amendments to Bills :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a present 
Conference, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere, Sir James Gra- Conferences 
ham, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Ber- with the 
nal, Mr. Attorney General, Sir John Young, Mr. Lords. 
Solicitor General, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Miles, Mr. 
Herries, Mr. Christopher and Sir John Trollope, do 
manage the Conference. 

Then the names of Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference :—And, being re- 
turned ; 

Mr. Labouchere reported, That the Managers had 
met the Lords at the Conference, which was ma- 
naged on the part of the Lords by the Lord Privy 
Seal; and that the Conference was to communi- 
cate a certain Resolution, which has been agreed 
to by their Lordships, with regard to Conferences 
between the two Houses of Parliament in respect 
of Amendments to Bills; which Resolution is as 
followeth : 

“« Resolved, That, in cases in which the Commons 
disagree to any Amendments made by the Lords, 
or insist upon any Amendments to which the Lords 
have disagreed, the Lords are willing to receive the 
Reasons of the Commons for their disagreeing or 
insisting (as the case may be) by Message, without 
a Conference, unless at any time the Commons 
should desire to communicate the same at a Con- 


ference. 
“ Ordered, 





Malt Tax. 


Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Customs. 


Income and 
Property Tax. 


Customs. 


Kafir Tribes, 





14 Vicroriz. 


“ Ordered, That the said Resolution be commu- 
nicated to the Commons at a Conference, and their 
concurrence desired thereto.” 





Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring ina Bill to repeal the 
Malt Tax; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, oa Cayley, lise. 
Mr. Hayter, | 
Tellers for the Noes, pag ska 258. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate Admission to the Lay or Secular Chairs 
in the Universities of Scotland: And that Mr. Cowan, 
Mr. Edward Ellice, Captain Fordyce and Mr. Alex- 


ander Hastie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented this Ses- 
sion, complaining of the Board of Customs, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Customs. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the present mode of assessing and col- 
lecting the Income and Property Tax, and to con- 
sider whether any other system of levying the same, 
so as to render the Tax more equitable, can be 
adopted ; 


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


Veneris, 9° die Mati, 1851: 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Tennent be added to the Se- 


lect Committee on Customs. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 15th day of April last, That a Select Committee 
be appointed to inquire into the relations between 
this Country and the Kafir and other Tribes on our 
South African Frontier, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Secretary-at-War be one of the 
Members of the said Committee:—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 Mr. Secretary- 
at-War be one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Marquis of Granby be one other 
Member of the said Committee:—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. Keogh, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr ‘Sediey . 
jf Mr. Hayter, 


} 16. 


Tellers for the Noes, 1 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the Marquis 
of Granby be one other Member of the said Com- 


mittee :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Vou. 106, 


8°—9° Mair. 


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211 


Then Sir Edward Buxton, Mr. Edward Henry 
Stanley, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Cardwell, Viscount 
Mandeville, Mr. Evans, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Bon- 
ham Carter, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Mr. Booker, 
Colonel Estcourt and Mr. Hawes, were nominated 
other Members of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

dered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
i t : of Towns 
mae on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Small Tene- 
take into consideration the Small Tenements Rating ments Rating 
Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 4° Amend- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; aaeait Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 7°" 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Compound Householders’ Bill was, accord- Compound 
ing to Order, read the third time. oe 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill," 
(Provided always, and be it Enacted, That in cases 
where by any composition with the landlord a 
less sum shall be payable than the full amount of 
rate which, except for such composition, would be 
due in respect of the same premises, the occupier 
claiming to be rated shall not be bound to pay or 
tender more than the amount then payable under 
such composition): 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 ; 

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 said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—The said Clause was accordingly read 
a second and third time, and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Process and 
consideration the Process and Practice (Jreland) Practice _ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Valuation 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Audit of Rail- 
reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) way Accounts 
Bill (No. 2) Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Appointments 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;e. Bill; to Offices, &amp;c. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve _ 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Arsenic 
mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill ; Regulation 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve _ 

itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill for appointing Saint Alban’s 
Commissioners to inquire into the existence of Bri- Bribery Com- 
bery in the Borough of Saint Alban: And the same "*" vanes 








wa was No. 283. 





212 8°—9° 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Foreign Hops entered 
for Home Consumption in each of the years 1846, 
1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850; of the Ovantity of 
Foreign Hops exported in the same years, and o 
the Quantity of Foreign Hops in Bond on the Ist 
day of em | in each of the same years, and on 
the ist day of January 1851 :—And, of the Quantity 
of British Hops exported in each of the same years, 
and to what Places. 


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


Veneris, 9° die Maii ; 


Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 


Inverness R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
a (No. 2) one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
, Bills ; That in the case of the Inverness Bridge 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 

plied with. 


inverness Ordered, That the Inverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill 
(Nove) pi, Pe read a second time upon Tuesday next. 


ThamesHaven Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill; That they 
* had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
inserting the words “ and that powers should be given 
“to alter the arrangement of the share capital ;” 
which Amendment the Committee considered de- 
sirable, the more clearly to explain the objects of 
the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 

Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Private Bills Ordered, That the Committees on Groups 9 and 12 
of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Waveney — Mr. Bernal reported the Waveney Valley Railway 
—” Bill, with Amendments. 
; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
read 4, mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
heat ) oe the Petitions presented upon the 6th and 7th days 
of this instant May; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Ootens 5 mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Sub-marine Resolved, That in the case of the Sub-marine 
auceraph = Telegraph Company between England and France 
we med Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing Orders 
England and 105 and 166, the said Standing Orders ought not to 
France Bill. be dispensed with. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Hayling Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 174 and 
Cauewey Bill 175 be suspended in the case of the Hayling Bridge 
and Causeway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed upon Monday next. 


Railway Bills Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee on 
(Group 6.) — Group 6 of Railway Bills; ‘That Mr. Mackinnon, one 


Mai. A. 1851. 


of the Members thereof, was not present during the 
sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackinnon do attend the Com- 
mittee upon Tuesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Scarborough 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Scar- Gas Bill 
borough Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The Aberdeen Public Records Bill was read the Aberdeen 
third time. Public Records 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 7. 
Ordered, That Captain Fordyce do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dundee and Arbroath Railway Bill was read Dundee ang 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the Arbroath 
Bill. Railway Wa 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Huddersfield and New Hey District Turn- Huddersfield 
pike-road Bill was read the third time; and an _ New Hey 
Amendment was made to the Bill. sihoeeed BL 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stansfield do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Crown Estate Paving Bill was, according to Crown Estate 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- Paving Bill. 
lect Committee. 


A a of the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail- Woterted 
way Company, praying that in the case of the #4 Kilkenny 
Waterford oa Kilkenny Railway Bill the 131st —_ 
Standing Order of the House may be so far dis- 
pensed with, that it may be an Instruction to the 
Committee to whom the said Bill stands referred, to 
retain, if they shall think fit, the provisions in the 
said Bill, for the lease, sale or amalgamation of the 
undertaking of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway 
Company to and with the undertaking of the Water- 
ford and Limerick Railway Company, provided that 
the Petitioners, promoters of the Bill referred to, 
shall give evidence before the said Committee, that 
they have proved, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners of Railways, that the said Waterford 
and Kilkenny and Waterford and Limerick Railway 
Companies have respectively paid up one-half of 
their respective capitals, authorized 10 be raised by 
their respective acts, by means of shares, and have 
expended for the purposes of such Acts sums equal 
thereto, notwithstanding the requirements of the 
said 131st Standing Order, were not proved pre- 
viously to the application to Parliament for leave 
to introduce the said Bill, was presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of J. Macnamara Cantwell, of the Dublin, - 
city of Dublin, Gentleman, Attorney-at-law, was ir, 
presented, aud read; setting forth, That the Peti- Railway 
tioner is attorney for the plaintiff in a certain ac- Bill (1849). 
tion of trover, depending in Her Majesty’s Court of 
Exchequer in Ireland, at the suit of George Mur- 
ns trustee of the estate and effects of Thomas 

iller, a bankrupt, according to the laws of Scot- 
land, against one William Edward Bolton, Gen- 
tleman, one of the attornies of the said Court, for 
recovering the value of one hundred and fifteen 
shares in a certain Railway Company, called the 
Dublin, Dundrum and Enniskerry Railway Com- 
pany, with a Branch to Rathfarnham; that - Pe- 

titioner 








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14 VicToriz. 9° Maiz. 913 


titioner was advised by counsel to give in evidence 
on the trial of said action a certain certificate of the 
chairman and solicitor of the said Company, lodged 
in the House in pursuance of certain Orders made 
by the House on the Motion of Mr. Thomas Dun- 
combe relating to Railway Companies, on the 29th 
day of June 1846; that upon search being made for 
said certificate in the proper office of the House, it 
has been ascertained that the same has either been 
lost or mislaid ; but there is in possession of the 
Petitioner an official copy of the said certificate, 
made by Mr. George Stone, an officer in the Journal 
Office of the House, who can depose to the correct- 
ness of such copy ; that the Petitioner has obtained 
from the said Court of Exchequer a writ of commis- 
sion, to be sped in London, directed to George Lewis 
Smyth, Esquire, of No. 2, Derby-street, Parliament- 
street, in the county of Middlesex, Parliamentary 
Agent, for the examination of Mr. John Mitchell 
and Mr. Gorge Stone, and such other officer or offi- 
cers of the House as the House may direct to be ex- 
amined to prove the deposit, loss and copy of the 
said certificate ; and praying the House to grant 
liberty to the said John Mitchell and George Stone, 
and such other officer and officers of the House as 
Petitioner is advised will be essential and necessary 
witnesses to attend to be examined upon the said 
commission from the Court of Exchequer in Jreland, 
within the city of Westminster, and that they may 
bring with them the proper books, records or papers 
of the House relating to the said certificate. 

Ordered, That leave be given to Mr. George Stone, 
or other the proper officer of the House, to attend 
and be examined as a witness upon a Commission 
issued from Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in 
Freland, in the case of Murray against Bolton, and 
to produce before the Commissioner such books, 
records or papers as may relate to the certificate 
of the Chairman and Solicitor of the Dublin, Dun- 
drum and Enniskerry Railway Company, lodged in 
the Private Bill Office, pursuant to the Order of the 
House of Commons, made 29th June 1846. 


York, New- Mr. Vernon Smith reported the York, Newcastle 
eS and Berwick Railway (Branch to West Durham 
Geahio” Railway, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill, with further 
West Durham Amendments. 
_ &amp;.) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Killarney A Petition of Sir Matthew Barrington, Baronet, 
aa praying that the 12ist Standing Order may be sus- 
“ nded in respect of the Killarney Junction Railway 
Bin, upon such conditions and upon proof of such 
facts as to the House shall seem fitting and expe- 
dient, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Midland Viscount Melgund reported from the Committee 
ena on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the case 
and Increase Of =the Midland Railway (Regulation and Increase 
Capital, of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, the Committee had made some 
Se.) Bill verbal Amendments in the Preamble of the Bill ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Midland Rail- Viscount Melgund reported from the Commit- 
yr Sp tee on Grou 10 of Radleey Bills; That in the 
Bradford case of the Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds 
Talay and and Bradford Railway and Increase of Capital) 
Capital) Bin, Bill, the Committee had amended the Preamble of 


the Bill, by setting out more fully the terms of the 
Lease granted by the Leeds and rey ae Railway 
ne to the Midland Railway Company, and 
stating the expenditure by the latter Company of 


large sums of money, in pursuance of a contract in 
OL, 106. 








such Lease, and a claim for a further sum still made 
by the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company 
against the Midland Railway Company, and also 
by substituting for the recital as to the proposed 
redemption of the rent, a recital of the agreement 
entered into between the two Companies for the 
transfer of the undertaking of the Leeds and Brad- 
ford Railway Company to the Midland Railway 
Company ; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ceylon. 
the Message from the Lords of the 3d day of April 
last, requesting that this House will communicate to 
their Lordships a Copy of the Reports from the 
Select Committee appointed by this House, in the 
last Session of Parliament, to inquire into the Griev- 
ances complained of in Ceylon, in connection 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; together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the said Committee, and the 
Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 


same. 


Mr. Cowan presented a Bill to regulate Admis- yniversities 
sion to the Lay or Secular Chairs in the Universities (Scotland) 
of Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; Bil 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- No. 284. 
nesday the 11th day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: yfessage from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Cheltenham and Cheltenham 
Painswick Road Bill, without any Amendment : and Painswick 
And also, Road Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Cheltenham and Cheltenham 
Gloucester District Turnpike-road Bill, without any 224 Gloucester 


Amendment: And also, pike road Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Parish Manchester 
Highways Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Parish High- 

ways Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Apprentices’ and apprentices’ 
Servants’ Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- and Servants’ 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 2! 
House: And aiso, 

The Lords have agreed to the Mildenhall, Burnt miidenhall, 
Fen Road and Lakenheath and Hockwold Roads Burnt Fen 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment en 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— ana Hockwold 
And then the Messenger withdrew. Roads Bill, 


Several Petitions relating to Elections (Falkirk Public 
District of Burghs) ;—Church and State ;—Church Petitions. 
of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; y;3, qirty- 
—Monasteries and Convents pal ee Houses aah ae 
Bill ;—Religious Houses Bill; and, Ecclesiastical on Public 
Titles Assumption Bill;—County Constabulary ;—*°#4"s- 
Hotel and Tavern Keepers ;—Property Tax ;—Edu- 
cation (Zreland) ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;—School 
Establishment (Scotland) Bill ;—and, Steam Navi- 
gation,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Property Tax 
take into consideration the Property Tax Bill, as Bil. 
amended in the Committee 

EE3 A Clause 








Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Sale of Arsenic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


General Board 
of Health Bill. 


Customs Bill. 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill. 








Ways and 
Means. 


214 


A Clause (Abatement to be made from Assess- 
ment on Tenant Farmers where Profits fall short of 
such Assessment), 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 Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption 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 recent act of the Pope in dividing England 
“into dioceses, and appointing Bishops thereto, 
“« was encouraged by the conduct and declarations 
“ of Her Majesty’s Government,” instead thereof. 

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


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


Sabbati, 10° die Maiti, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hayter, }os 0 
Lord Marcus Hill: ; 
Mr. Urquhart, }oor 


Lord Naas: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


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 Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jre/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 General Board of Health 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 Customs 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 Inhabited House Duty Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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

Resolved, Vhat 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; 





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A. 1851. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regula- Cuanetey 
tion Act Amendment Bill ; new en 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Act Ameng. 
upon Monday next. ment Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coalwhippers 
reading of the Coal-whippers (Port of London) (Port of — 
Bill ; London) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Process ang 
consideration the Process and Practice (Jreland) Practice 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bil, 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vatuatio, 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Appointments 
into a Committee upon the Appointments to Offices, 1 fics, &amp;. 
&amp;c. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr,” “ 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines re- 
ported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, 

That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Parliament 
Repeal Bill ; cote 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bill 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Home-made 
mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; Spirits in 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 2™ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Colonial 
to make Property situate in any Colony or Posses- Quahifcation 
sion of Her Majesty a Qualification for a Seat in gin), 
Parliament: And that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Adderley 
do prepare, and bring it in. 






Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return, showing the Arrangements made by the Unions 


, ranger . 
Commissioners for administering the Laws for (Ireland) 


Relief of the Poor in Ireland, to carry out the Re- 
commendations of the Poor Law Boundary Commis- 
sioners as regards the Formation of new Unions and 
of new Electoral Divisions, viz. the Name of every 
Union recommended by the Boundary Commission- 
ers; the Date of such Recommendation ; the Date 
of Declaration of Union (if newly formed) ; the Date 
of first Election of Guardians; the Nature and 
Date of the several Steps taken to provide Work- 
house Accommodation in each new Union; the 
Date of Declaration of new Electoral Divisions in 
old Unions. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Kafir Kafir Tribes- 
Tribes do consist of Seventeen Members. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Reynolds be added to the said 
Committee :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; — 

And a Motion being made, and the Decstion 


being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
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14 Vicroriz. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ sory ad 25. 
Tellers for the Noes, ys w wa Hi: ¢ 87 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Reynolds be added to the said Committee ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


And the House, having continued to sit till a 
quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Saturday morning, accordingly adjourned 
till Monday next. 








Lune, 12° die Maii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
Public M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
eve mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
on ) examined the Petitions presented upon the 8th and 
9th days of this instant May; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Private Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group 30 of 
(Group 3.) Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock during the sitting of the House. 

Bala Pool Bil. The Order for referring the Bala Pool Bill to the 

Committee of Selection was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Liverpool Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Corporation before the Committee on the Liverpool Corporation 
macitea). Waterworks Bill, in the last Session of Parliament, 
“be referred to the Committee on the Chorley Wa- 
terworks Bill. 
Metropolis Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Water Bill. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Metropolis Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
York, New- Ordered, That the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
wan and Ber- Railway (Branch to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) 
(Branch to. Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 


West Durham consideration To-morrow. 
a &amp;c.) 
Lil, 


Weston-super- Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 


a. , Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market Bill ; 
Market Bill, Lbat they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had made a 
verbal Amendment 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. 
Pelton, Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
ci P Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire 
West York. Railway Bill; That they had amended the Preamble 


of the Bill, by referring more distinctly to the pro- 
vision made by the Bill for the amalgamation of the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and 
the Blackburn Railway Company; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


—y Railway 


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2 Mai. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Great Mal- Great Malvern 

vern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Waterworks, Improvement, 

Gas and Markets Bill, have leave to sit, this day, till oe 

Five of the clock, during the sitting ofthe House. Gasand 
Markets Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Hartlepool 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the Har- Freemen’s 

tlepool Freemen’s Lands and Harbour Dues Bill; — — = 

and the same were twice read; and agreed to. Bill 

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. 


Ordere, That the North Shields Quays and North Shields 
Improvements Bill, as amended in the Committee, Quays and 


be taken into consideration To-morrow. ee 


215 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stroud and 
the Stroud and Gloucester Road Bill, as amended Gloucester 
in the Committee. Read Bal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery Bill was Brighton 
read a second time ; and committed. Extra-mural 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Cemetery Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The King’s College Hospital (No. 2) Bill was read King’s College 
a second time; and committed. Hospital 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-(N® 2) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Christchurch 
reading of the Christchurch (Southwark) Parish Bill; ree 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- *”""* ‘ 


morrow. 


Mr. Bramston reported the Manchester and Sal- Manchester 
ford Extension Railway Bill, with Amendments. _and Salford 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; en 
j y Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to make Property si- Colonial 
tuate in any Colony or Possession of Her Majesty a Property | 
Qualification for a Seat in Parliament: And the same Gaetiantion 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a “ 

No. 285. 
‘ 


second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Captain Boldero reported the Liverpool Docks Liverpool 
(Alteration of Management, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill, —— _ 
with further Amendments. &gt; en 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Isle of Wight 

to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Writ. 

for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 

this present Parliament for the County of the Isle 

of Wight, in the room of John Simeon, Esquire, 

who, since his election for the said County, hath 

accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 

jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 

and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Liverpool 
request that their Lordships will communicate to this Corporation 
House a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken pu cissay, 
before their Lordships in the case of the Liverpvol 7 
Corporation Waterworks Bill in the last Session: And 
that Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wheat, &amp;c. 
an Account for the years 1849 and 1850, for the 
last quarter of 1850, and for the first quarter of 
the year 1851 respectively, of the Number of 
Quarters of Wheat, Barley and Oats, and of the 
Number of Sacks and Barrels of Flour respec- 
tively, imported into England, Ireland and Scot- 
land severally from the United States of America, 
from Canada, from France, and from all the other 
Parts of Europe; distinguishing the Quantity of 
those Articles sent from each Country respec- 





VoL. 106. 





EE4 tively ; 





Justices and 
Clerks of the 
Peace. 


Portpatrick 
Harbour 
Light. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
sixth Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


216 


tively; also stating the Number of Quarters of 
Wheat to which the entire Number of Sacks and 
Barrels of Flour from each Country are all equiva- 
lent, stating the Difference of Cost in Freight be- 
tween imported Flour and imported Wheat from 
France, Canada, and in the United States respec- 
tively (so far as the same can be rendered from the 
Department of the Customs). 


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 paid for the last Seven 
years, ending the 31st day of December 1850, under 
the Authority of two several Statutes of the 12th and 
14th of King Richard the Second, or one of them, 
to a certain Number of Justices and Clerks of the 
Peace, for their Wages, in attending Quarter Ses- 
sions in every County and City being a County of 
itself, in England and Wales ; and also all the Sums 
for the same Period allowed the several Sheriffs by 
the Exchequer in their Bills of Cravings, for such 
Wages so paid by them respectively ; such Return 
distinguishing the Amount for every year for each 
such County, or City being a County of itself. 

Ordered, That 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. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of March last, 
for Copies of the Correspondence that has taken 
ee since the Official Report of Captain Denham, 

. N. (on the Loss of the Steamer ‘‘ Orion,” on the 
18th day of June 1850), respecting the Position of 
the Light at Portpatrick Harbour, between the 
Board of Trade, the Admiralty, the Commissioners 
of Northern Light-houses, the Hydrographer of the 
Admiralty, the Tidal Harbour Committee, and the 
Committee for managing the Affairs at Lloyd’s. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; 
—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- 
tion Bill ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Re- 
gium Donum ; — Religious Houses ; — Religious 
Houses Bill ;—Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;— 
Barley ;—-Carriages ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Property 
Tax ;—Agriculture ;—Copyholds ;—Extramural In- 
terments ;—Kensington Gardens ;—Medical Chari- 
ties (Ireland) Bill; — Poor Law ;— Post-office ;— 
Post-office (Money Order Department) ;—Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill; — Public Houses (Scotland) ;— 
School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ;—Spirits ;— 
and, Waste Lands (Jreland),—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ire- 
land) Bill was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Steam Navigation Bill 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair (for Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles 
Assumption Bill) ; 


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. 


Tellers for the Yeas, bom Rant ds: 53. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hayter, 179. 


Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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A, 1851, 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

And a Motion being 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, oa _ - ll } 36. 
Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes, — eal Hill: } as. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a De- 
bate py rag ; 

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 ithe. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ‘Mae a - } 54. 
Tellers for the Noes, {Tord Merce Hill: } 365. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Martis, 13° die Mati, 1851: 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Property Tax Bill was, according to Order, Property Tax 

read the third time. Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act to continue the Duties on Profits, 

arising from Property, Professions, Trades and Offi- 

ces, and to amend the Act imposing the same. 
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- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; Anjeration 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Gow 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Customs Bill 
reading of the Customs Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Inhabited 
reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill ; House Duty 
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, 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; — 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve = 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Apprentices to Sea Service (Zreland) (No. 2) Apprentices t 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; , owing 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, ¢x9,'2) Bill. 


for this day. 
The 























































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

(ireland) Bill. yeading of the Bridges (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Conferences The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

with the consideration the Resolution which, upon Thursda 

Lords. last, was communicated to this House by the Lords, 
at a Conference :—The House proceeded to take the 
said Resolution into consideration; and the same 
was again read, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, That, in cases in which the Commons 
disagree to any Amendments made by the Lords, 
or insist upon any Amendments to which the Lords 
have disagreed, the Lords are willing to receive the 
Reasons of the Commons for their disagreeing or 
insisting (as the case may be) by Message, without 
a Conference, unless at any time the Commons 
should desire to communicate the same at a Con- 
ference.” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Resolution. 

Resolved, That in cases in which the Lords dis- 
agree to any Amendments made by the Commons, 
or insist upon any Amendments to which the Com- 
mons have disagreed, the Commons are willing to 
receive the Reasons of the Lords for their disagree- 
ing or insisting (as the case may be) by Message, 
without a Conference, unless at any time the Lords 
should desire to communicate the same at a Con- 
ference. 

Resolved, That the Resolution communicated by 
the Lords to this House on Thursday last, to which 
their Lordships have desired the concurrence of this 
House, be returned to the Lords at a Conference; 
and that their Lordships be acquainted, that this 
House have agreed to the same. 

Resolved, That their Lordships be further ac- 
quainted, that this House have agreed to a Resolu- 
tion upon the same subject ; to which they desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the last Confer- 
ence: And that Mr. Labouchere do go to the Lords, 
and desire the said Conference. 


Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(iuint) Bin, Mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

{Health Bil. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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

(Ireland reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regu- 

Regulation © lation Act Amendment Bill; 

Act Amend. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


— upon Thursday next. 
ed and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


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Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 


: . re Parliament 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Abbreviation 


Repeal Bill ; Act Repeal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bill. 


upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Woods, 
to make better Provision for the Management of Forests, &amp;c- 
the Woods, Forests and Land Revenues of the 
Crown, and for the Direction of Public Works and 
Buildings: And that Lord Seymour and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


That the Order of the House of Thursday last, 
That the Petition of the Reverend Pierce Connelly 
be printed, for the use of Members only, be read, 
for the purpose of being discharged ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

r f The Earl of Arundel and 

Tellers for the s 

Vous urrey, 41 
’ Mr. Grantley Berkeley : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Thornely, ( 
Noes, \Mr. Brotherton: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


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

Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Ire- (Ireland.) 
land paid into the Exchequer in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1851 :—Accounts of the Net 
Public Income and Expenditure of Jreland for the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1851; 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 Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1851 :—Of the 
Amount of Duties of Customs of the Revenue Dis- 
tricts of Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1851 :—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties 
collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp District of 
Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1851 :—Of the Amount of Postage collected in each 
County of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1851 :—Statements, showing the Quantities 
of the following Articles retained for Home Con- 
sumption in Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day 
of January 1851; 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 Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1851; 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, Jrish Spirits, Linen Manufac- 





(Iteand) pix, CONSideration the Process and Practice (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


* mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


we baatments _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Bi, &amp;¢. into a Committee upon the Appointments to Offices, 
&amp;c. Bili; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

VoL. 106. 








tures, Linen Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 600, of 
Session 1850.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy. 
Returns of the Number of Officers on the present 
Admirals’, Vice-Admirals’ and Rear-Admirals’ List, 
respectively, who have not served a sufficient Time 
as Captains to entitle them to their Flag :—Of the 
Number of Officers amongst the first 100 and the 
second 100 respectively on the Captains’ List, who 
have not yet served a sufficient Time as Captains to 
entitle them to their Flag :—Of the Number of Offi- 
cers who, at any Time since September 1846, have 
accepted the Retirement as Retired Rear-Admirals 
or Retired Captains: —Of the Number of Flag 
Officers, Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants 

PF respectively 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put» convents, &amp;e. 



























































| 
i 
| 
} 


Sequestration 
of Benefices 
Bill. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Valuation 
(Ireland) 
[Salaries and 
Allowances. } 


Apprentices’ 
and Servants’ 
Bill. 


Margate Pier 
and Harbour. 


Metropolis 
Turnpike- 
roads. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Captain 
Graham 
Moore. 


218 
respectively now on Full Pay:—And, similar Re- | 
turn of the Number holding Employments, but not 


on Sea Pay, under the Admiralty or the Board of 
Customs respectively. 


Ordered, That Colonel Dunne, Mr. Fitzpatrick 
and Mr. Monsell be added to the Select Committee 
on the Kafir Tribes. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to the Sequestration of Be- 
nefices for Debt: And that Mr. Frewen and Mr. 
Child do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Civil 
Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill do consist of Twenty-one 
Members. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson and Mr. 
Henry Herbert be added to the Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
authorizing Advances out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 
land, for Payment of Salaries and Allowances pay- 
able under any Act of the present Session to amend 
the Laws relating to the Valuation of Rateable Pro- 
perty in Lreland ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Appren- | 


tices’ and Servants’ Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. | 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions | 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the | 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—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 1850, to the 5th day of April 1851, both days 
inclusive. 

The Twenty-fifth Report of the Commissioners 
of the Metropolis ‘Turnpike-roads North of the 
Thames. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the | 
Table, by the Clerk of the House,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 27th day of March last, for 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Thurles, 
Board of Guardians and the Poor Law Commis- | 
sioners in Jreland, between the 1st day of January | 
and the 10th day of March 1851, relative to the 
Employment of the Inmates in Remunerative La- 
bour:—And, Return of the Number of Inmates 
in the different Workhouses in Jreland, specifying | 
their Ages, between Seven and Fifteen, Fifteen and 
Twenty, Twenty and Forty, and Forty and upwards, | 
the different Sexes, and the Number of Able-bodied | 
and Aged and Infirm. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 


instant May, for Copy of the Letter of the Secretary 
of the Admiralty, to Admiral Cornwallis, dated 23d 
December 1804, conveying their Lordships’ Ap- 
proval of the Conduct of Captain Graham Moore, 
of his Majesty’s Ship “ Indefatigable,” and the Offi- 
cers and Men under his Orders, in the Action of the 
5th October with four Spanish Frigates. 


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. 


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A. 1851. 


Martis, 13° die Mai; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House met; and being counted by Mr, Adjournme 
Speaker, it appeared that” Forty Monies 

were not present ; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr, 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
a ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was ojemmat by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 14° die Maii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 











PRAYERS, 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committe 
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 wwe 
Petitions presented upon the 12th day of this instant S = 
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 from the Committee on the Hayling 
Hayling Bridge and Causeway (re-committed) Bill ; Bridge ant 
That they had further amended the Preamble of the "5% 
Bill, by omitting the parts thereof which relate to 
the contemplated construction of Works other than 
|the proposed Line of Railway, and also to the 
taking of Rates for the existing and intended Docks, 
with which parts of the Bill the Promoters do not 
seek to proceed; and had made further Amend- 
ments to such Bill. 

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








Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Great Malvem 
Great Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Wa- —— 
terworks, Gas and Markets Bill; That they had Waterworks, 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble as and 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking Markets Bil 
out so much thereof as had reference to the estab- 
lishment of a Market within the limits of the Act, 
as the Promoters wished to abandon that part of the 
Bill, and had made verbal Amendments thereunto ; 
and fuund 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. Christopher reported from the Committee on Chorley 
Group 28 of Opposed Private Bills; That in the — 
case of the Chorley Waterworks Bill, they had” 
amended the Preamble of the Bill, by inserting there- 
in the purposes for which further sums of money 
are required ; and that they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Malmesbury 
on Group 1 of Private Bills; Thatin the case of Bill 
the Malmesbury Turnpike Roads Bill, they had 
_examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the sixth paragraph, which recited, that the 
term of the Act will expire in November 1851, and 
the seventh paragraph, which recited, that it was 
expedient that the term of the recited Act should 
be continued ; and by inserting a provision instead 
thereof, repealing the Act recited in the Preamble, 
and granting other and more effectual powers In 





lieu thereof; these alterations were rendered neces- 
sary, 





af -t 








rial 
Forest 
No, 286. 


Standin 
Orders ; 


(Waterford 
snd Kilkenny 
Railway Bill. 


ill 


Coal Duties 
(London and 
Westminster, 
and adjacent 
Counties.) 


Waterford 
and Limerj 
Railway oy 





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219 


sary, in order to carry out the decision of the Com- | the House No.131 may be so far dispensed with in 
mittee to the above effect ; and that they had found | the case of the Waterford and Limerick Railway 


the allegations of the Bill, 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. 


Earl Jermyn reported the Hainault Forest Bill, 
with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. 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 Waterford and 
Killhkenny Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Order No. 131, the said Standing Order 
ought to be dispensed with so far only as relates 
to the provisions in the Bill for the lease, sale or 
amalgamation of the Undertaking of the Waterford 
and Kilkenny Railway Company to and with the 
Undertaking of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 
way Company, provided it be proved before the 
Committee on the Bill that the said Companies 
have proved, to the satisfaction of the Commission- 
ers of Railways, that they have paid up one-half of 
their respective capitals, and have expended for the 
purposes of their Acts a sum equal thereto. 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Order has been complied with on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Petition of Edward Tyrrell, Remembrancer of 
the city of Zondon, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioner is the Agent em- 
ployed in soliciting an application now making to 
the House, by the Corporation of London, for a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Vend and Deli- 
very of Coals in London and Westminster, and in 
certain Parts of the adjacent Counties, and to allow 
a Drawback on Coals conveyed beyond certain 
Limits ; that the Petition for the said Bill, with the 
oe pen Bill annexed, was deposited in the Private 

ill Office pursuant to the Standing Orders of the 
House ; that the Examiner of Petitions for Private 
Bills has reported that the Standing Orders of the 
House in respect of the said proposed Bill have 


i ah, . ’ = ‘ 
Som comngnes Wiles Gat Hee Seis Sera! o. tee Pals Railway and Dock Bill, as amended Railway and 


ment being materially interested in some of the Du- 
ties levied on Coals imported into the Metropolis, 
and which Duties will be affected by the said Bill, 
the Petition for the said Bill was not presented ; 
and communications have taken place between the 
Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Coun- 
cil for Trade, the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, Works and 
Public Buildings, the Coal Trade, and the Corpora- 
tion of London, on the subject of the provisions of the 
said Bill, and various alterations have been agreed 
to be made therein; and the presentation of a copy 
of the proposed Bill, as required by the Standing 
Orders, would not therefore convey to the House 
the necessary information of the powers now sought 
to be obtained from Parliament; that the Standing 
Orders of the House applicable to the said Bill will 
not be affected by the alterations proposed to be 
made in the said Bill; and praying that, under the 
circumstances aforesaid, leave may be given to pre- 
sent the Petition for the said Bill, together with the 
Bill annexed thereto for carrying into effect the pur- 
posed aforesaid, with the proposed alterations, in- 
stead of the Bill deposited at the Private Bill Office. 

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


A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 


Bill that it may be made an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to whom the said Bill stands referred to 
retain (if they shall think fit) the powers of purchase, 
sale, lease and amalgamation in the said Bill, given 
to the Petitioners with reference to the Undertaking 
of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company, 
and to the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Com- 
pany with reference to the Undertaking of the Pe- 
titioners, notwithstanding that the requirements of 
the said Standing Order were not complied with 
previously to the application to the House for leave 
to introduce the said Bill, provided that the Peti- 
tioners shall give satisfactory evidence before the 
Committee that it has been proved to the satisfaction 
of the Commissioners of Railways, that the Peti- 
tioners and the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway 
Company have respectively paid up one-half of their 
respective capitals authorized to be raised by their 
respective Acts by means of shares, and have ex- 
pended for the purposes of such Acts sums equal 
thereto, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration mitdenhall, 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Mi/den- Burnt Fen 
hall, Burnt Fen Road and Lakenheath and Hock- 9 and 

. akenheath 
wold Roads Bill. and Hockwold 

The said Amendment, being read a second time Roads Bill. 
(and it appearing that the same was made in order to 
carry out the intention of this House with regard to 
the application of the sum mentioned in the Clause 
of £.5,522), was 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Midland Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, w#y (Exten- 
as amended in the Committee. &amp;e.) Bil” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Sunderland Improvement Bill Sunderland 
be re-committed to the former Committee :—And !mprovement 
that they have leave to sit and proceed upon Friday - 
next, with Three selected Members. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taw Vale 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into North Shields 
consideration the North Shields Quays and Im- a — ia 
provements Bill, as amended in the Committee ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Friday next, with Three selected 
Members. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take York, New- 
into consideration the York, Newcastle and Berwick a ~—4 
Railway (Branch to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) (Branch to 4 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. West Durham 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — » &amp;e.) 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Christchurch 
reading of the Christchurch (Southwark) Parish ¢ a 
Bill ; es ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Jnverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill was, according Inverness 

to Order, read a second time ; and committed. Bridge (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®"" 

mittee of Selection. 





way Company, praying that the Standing Order of 
Vou. 10 


6. 


FF2 Mr. 





220 


Mr. William Marshall reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 14 of Railway Bills; That the 
Committee met this day, pursuant to appointment ; 
but that Sir Hedworth Williamson, one of the Mem- 
bers of the said Committee, was not present during 
the sitting of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Sir Hedworth Williamson do at- 
tend the Committee To-morrow. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 14.) 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to amend the Law 
relating to the Sequestration of Benefices for Debt: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 28th 
day of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


Sequestration 
of Benefices 
Bill. 


No, 287. 


Convict Dis- 
cipline and 
‘Transporta- 
tion. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of further Correspondence on the 
Subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation 
(in continuation of Papers presented 14th August 
1850). 

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


Buckingham, 
Brackley and 
Banbury 
Turnpike-road 
Bill ; and, 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
on vee 1 of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 


Bill, and the Towcester, Brackley and Weston-on- 


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Buckingham, Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road | 


A. 1851, 


Courts ;— Navigation Laws;—School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill ;—-and, Spirits,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to Church Rates,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Church Rates. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Portpatrick Portpatricy 
Harbour Light, which was presented upon Monday Harbour 
last, be printed. Light. 

No. 288, 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metropolis Metropolis 
Roads, which was presented upon Monday last, be Reads, 
printed. No. 289, 


Ordered, That the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Enfranchige. 
(No. 2) Bill be read a second time after the Orders — of Copy. 
of the day. — (No, 2) 

Ordered, That the Small Tenements Rating Act Small Tene. 
Amendment Bill be read the third time To-morrow, ™&amp;*s Rating 

Act Amend. 
ment Bill, 

Ordered, That the Saint Alban’s Bribery Com- Saint Albans 
mission Bill be read a second time To-morrow. _ Bribery Com. 

mission Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Sale of Arsenic 











Towcester, 
Brackley and 
Weston-on- 
the-Green 
Turnpike-road 
Bill. 


the-Green Turnpike-road Bill, they had, pursuant to 
the Instruction of the House of the 8th May, con- 
sidered the Question of the proposed consolidation 


Brackley is the common centre of both the Trusts, 
and great economy and convenience may result from 
a combined management, they had. consolidated the 
said two Bills into one Bill “ to extend the Term 
and alter the Provisions of two Acts relating to 
the Buckingham, Brackley and Banbury Turnpike- 
road ”; and had examined the allegations of the con- 
solidated Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Brackley 
Roads Con- 
solidation Bill 


of the said Bills into one Bill; and, as the Town of | 


of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the Regulation 
| Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Prisons 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the ue 
Prisons (Scot/and) Bill. - 


| Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Apprentices to 
‘of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the Se Service 


| Apprentices’ to Sea Service (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill. Oto. 3) Bik 


| 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Appointments 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the — oe. 


| Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Railways to 
connect the 
Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction Rail- 
way with the 
London and 
North Western 
Railway at 
Birmingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Group 11 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the | 
Great Western Railway (Railways to connect the | 
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway with | 
the London and North Western Railway at Birming- | 
ham, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by omitting so much thereof 
as related to the construction of a Line of Railway | 
in the Parish of Leamington Priors to connect the 
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway with the | 
Rugby and Leamington Railway, at Leamington, the | 
Promoters having withdrawn that portion of the | 
Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; | 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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





North Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sions to Derb 
and Burton- 
upon-Trent, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on 
Group 11 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the 
y North Staffordshire Railway (Extensions to Derby 

and Burton-upon-Trent, &amp;c.) Bill, the Parties pro- 

moting the said Bill had stated to the Committee 

_ it was not their intention to proceed with the 

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


Public 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome; 
Petitions. 


—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Oath of 
Vide Thirty- Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Religious Houses, &amp;c. ;— 
seventh Re- Keligious Houses Bill ;—Religious Houses Bill and 
port on Public Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; — Sunday 
Petitions, ‘Trading Prevention Bill; — South Africa (Kafir 
Wars) ;—Newspapers, &amp;c,;—Railway Passenger 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on |of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders pacar 

n 
[Salaries and 
Allowances.} 


Valuation (Zreland) [Salaries and Allowances]. 


The Charitable Institutions Notices Bill was, ac- Charitable 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Xi 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Landlord and Tenant Bill was, according to Landlord and 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Tenant Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
11th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Religious 
reading of the Religious Houses Bill ; Houses 
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. ‘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 
“ pow” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Lacy, 
Yeas, { Mr. Spooner : 
Viliiin fot the f The Earl of Arundel and 


Noes, | Surrey, 


91. 


bess. 


J 


ut, That the words 
e added at the end 


Mr. es ad Murphy : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being 
“ upon this day six months” 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 


tive. 








Fares ; — Bankruptcy ; — Beerhouses ; — County 


Then 








14 Vicroriz. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


sunday The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


trading Pree the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
veotion Bill. ypon Wednesday the 30th day of April last, was 
proposed to be made to the Question, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill); 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 18th day of June next. 
county Courts ©The Order of the day being read, for the second 
further Ex- reading of the County Courts further Extension Bill ; 
tension Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant May. 
Fee Farm The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Rents ng reading of the Fee Farm Rents (Zreland) Bill ; 
had) B Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Prerogative The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Court (Ire- reading of the Prerogative Court (Zreland) Bill ; 
land) Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant May. 
Highways The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(South Wales) reading of the Highways (South Wales) Bill ; 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Tuesday next. 


Lodging- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


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291 


Appointments 
to — &amp;e. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. 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- Valuation 
mittee on Valuation (Ireland) [Salaries and Allow- (Ireland) 
‘ [Salaries and 
ances | ; 2 : Allowances. } 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Charities. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Informations in 
the Courts of Equity by the Attorney General, at 
the instance of the Commissioners appointed to in- 
quire concerning Charities in England and Wales, 
from the Date of the Return of the 12th day of 
June 1841 to the present Time, specifying the 
Names of the Defendants, the Objects of each 
Proceeding, the Result of each Cause terminated, 
the Costs incurred, to whom paid, and the present 
State of the Causes in Progress:—Of the Number 
of Petitions preferred by the Attorney General at 
the instance of the said Commissioners subsequent 
to such Return :—Showing what further Proceed- 
ings have been taken in the several Causes set forth 
as unsettled or pending; specifying the Results of 
each Cause terminated, the Amount of Costs in- 
curred, and by whom paid, and the present Stage 
of each Cause in progress:—Statement of the 
Amount of Money which, since the Date of the 
Return of the 12th day of June 1841, has been ad- 
vanced by the Treasury on account of the Costs of 
such Proceedings, and the Amount which has been 
received since the last Return from Parties, or out 
of the Charity Funds, to reimburse such Costs; 
specifying whether such Costs have been taxed, and 
if so, by whom the disallowed Portion of such Costs 
is paid, and the Amount of such Disallowance :— 
Returns ofall Informations signed by the Attorney 
General, at the instance of Relators, and of Peti- 
tions allowed by him, since the Date of the last Re- 
turn, with the Title of each Proceeding (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 413, of Session 
1841) :—Of the Amount, or supposed Amount, of 
the Property and Annual Income of the several 
Charities respecting which Proceedings have been 
instituted in Chancery :—And, Copy of the last 
Commission issued for inquiring into Charities, with 
the Names of the Solicitor, Secretary, and other 


| Officers appointed thereunder, and the Amount of 
| Salaries paid to such several Officers. 


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. 





houses Bill. mittee on the Lodging-houses Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, Te-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Common The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Lodging- reading of the Common Lodging-houses Bill ; 
hoses Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Audit of Raile The Order of the day being read, for the second 
way Accounts yeading of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) 
(No. 2) Bill, Bill , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Wope cad 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. 
Rnfranchise- The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
ment of Copy- 


reading of the Enfranchisement of Copyholds| 
(No. 2) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


holds (No, 2 
Bill, ( ) 


To-morrow. 
Sileof Arsenic The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bi," ~=—s mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill; 


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


Prisons The Order of the day bei d, fe 
( ; y being read, for the Com- 
am) mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill : 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by West India 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Contract Mail 
the 5th day of this instant May, for Copy of any 
Contract entered into between the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty and the Royal Mail Steam 
Packet Company, for a Continuance of the West 
India Contract Mail Service, and an Extension of 
the Mail Service to Brazil, and of any Tenders or 
Proposal received from other Parties for the Execu- 
tion of such Service; stating, also, whether the 
Contract referred to was made by Public Tender, 
or by Private Arrangement without Public Tender. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this Navy. 
instant May, for Returns of the Number of Officers No, 290. 





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


Apprentices to The Order of the dav bei d, for th 
gm . e day being read, for the Com- 
in mittee on the Apprentices to Sea Service (Ireland) 


(No.2) pin, (No. 2) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 106, 


| on the present Admirals’, Vice-Admirals’ and Rear- 
| Admirals’ List respectively, who have not served a 
| sufficient Time as Captains to entitle them to their 
| Flag :—Of the Number of Officers amongst the first 
100 and the second 100 respectively on the Cap- 
| tains’ List, who have not yet served a sufficient Time 
|as Captains to entitle them to their Flag :—Of the 
Number of Officers who, at any Time since Septem- 
FFS ber 





Sweets or 
Made Wines. 


Cuffe-street 
(Dublin) 


Savings Bank, 


Legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties. 


222 


ber 1846, have accepted the Retirement as Retired 
Rear-Admirals or Retired Captains :—Of the Num- 
ber of Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders and 
Lieutenants respectively now on Full Pay :—And, 
similar Return of the Number holding Employ- 
ments, but not on Sea Pay, under the Admiralty or 
the Board of Customs respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of March 
last, for Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines im- 
ported 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 1850 to the 5th day of January 1851, both 
Dates inclusive; stating the Denomination, Sort or 
Kind of all such Sweets or Made Wines, and 
sweetened compounded Spirits, so imported, and 
the Amount per Gallon of Duty charged and paid 
upon all the above-mentioned Articles so imported : 
—Of all Seizures that have been made by the Excise 
and Customs of any such Sweets or Made Wines, 
and sweetened compounded Spirits, so imported, 
and the Reason of such Seizures :—Of all Sweets 
or Made Wines, and sweetened compounded 
Spirits, seized Inland, being brought from Scotland 
into England contrary to the Provisions of the Act 
6&amp;7 Will. 4, c. 72, from the 6th day of January 
1850 to the 5th day of January 1851, 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, of all such Sweets or 
Made Wines, and sweetened compounded Spirits, 
remaining in Bond on the 5thday of January 1851, 
and where bonded. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April 
last, for Returns, showing how the Sum of £.30,000 
voted by this House on the 2d day of August 1850, 
for the Relief of the Depositors in the late Savings 
Bank, Cuffe-street, Dublin, has been disposed of, 
stating the Name and Rank of each Depositor, the 
gross Sum due, and the Amount paid to each :— 
And, of the Name, Rank, and Amount claimed by 
each Depositor whose Claim has been rejected by 
the Commissioners, and the Grounds upon which 
they refused Payment in each Case. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this 
instant May, for Returns showing the Amount of 
Capital on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty 
have been paid in Great Britain, in the years 1849 
and 1850 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 55, of Session 1849) :—Showing the Amount of 
Capital in which the several Rates of Legacy Duty 
have been paid in Jreland, for the years ended the 
5th day of January 1850 and 1851, and distin- 
guishing the Amount of each Rate : —Account 
showing the Total Amount of Duty on Legacies, 
Probates and Administrations received in Jredand in 
the years ended the 5th day of January 1850 and 
the 5th day of January 1851 :—Return of the Total 
Amount of Revenue received in the United King- 
dom in each of the years ended the Sth day of 
January 1850 and 1851, for Stamp Duties on Lega- 
cies, on Probates, Administrations and Testamentary 
Inventories ; distinguishing the Amount from Eng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, with an Ab- 
stract of the whole Amount of Duty received since 
1797 :—And, an Account showing the Total Amount 
of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Administrations, 
received since the year 1797 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1851. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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A. 1851. 


Jovis, 15° die Maii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


, i Order for referring the Liverpool Royal Liverpoo, 
Institution Bill to the Committee of Selection, Royal Insti. 
was read, and discharged. tution Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Colonel Estcourt reported from the Committee Dee gtandgrj 
on Group 18 of Private Bills; That in the case of Restoration 
the Dee Standard Restoration Bill, they had exa- Bi 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had verbally amended the same; 
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. 


Mr. William Marshall reported the Great South- Great South. 
ern and Western Railway (Jreland) Bill, with ¢™ and West. 
Amendments. (ireland) 

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


The Stroud and Gloucester Road Bill was read Stroud and 
the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Poulett Scrope do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Mill- Yttoxeter to 
wich to Sandon Turnpike-roads Bill was read the Stoke, near 
ths Gee. from ilich 

Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the to gandon 


third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till ‘To- Turnpike. 
morrow. roads Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second christchurch 
reading of the Christchurch (Southwark) Parish (Southwark) 
Bill ; Parish Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 13th day of June next. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported the Birmingham Im- Birmingham 
provement (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- Improvement 
ments. - 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported from the Com- Hove In- 
mittee on Group 30 of Private Bills; That, in the provement 
case of the Hove Improvement Bill, they had exa-~ * 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by referring 
more particularly to the Crescent called “Queen Ade- 
laide Crescent,” the principal property to which the 
Bill applies ; and also stating, that it is expedient 
the present Act should be amended, and additional 
Commissioners appointed, it being one of the princi- 
pal objects of the Bill to appoiut additional Com- 
missioners to act in conjunction with the Brunswick- 
square Commissioners ; and also by stating, that 
further provision should be made for the drainage 
of houses in the present district, the existing Act 
being insufficient for that purpose ; and that they 
had found the allegations of the Bill, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hutchings reported from the Committee on pony pee = 
Group 8 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of the Piitway Bill 
Ulverstone and Lancaster wwe | Bill, they had 

? 


examined the allegations of the Bil and had made a 


verbal alteration in the Preamble thereof, 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, 





Dublin 


prisoners in 
Contempt. 


Wolfendahl 
Church. 


Local Acts. 
No. 63, 


Acts of 
Parliament, 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Company. 


No. 291, 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 292, 


West India 
Contract Mail 
Service, 


No. 293, 
Sweets or 
Made Wines. 

No, 294, 


Cuffe-street 
(Dublin) 


Savings Bank. 


No. 295, 


Legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties. 


No, 296, 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Gazette. an Extract from the Dublin Gazette [7th August 
1849], so far as relates to the six first Articles. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Persons Com- 
mitted for Contempt of the Court of Chancery, from 
the Month of April 1827 tothe present Time, with 
a Specification of the Orders under which the 
Commitments were made: —Of the Number of 
Prisoners in Contempt who have been discharged 
since the year 1827, under Orders obtained 
Solicitor acting for Paupers in Contempt, the 
of obtaining the Order in each Case, and the Name 
of the Solicitor acting for the Pauper :—And, of the 
Number of Prisoners in Contempt discharged under 
the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 36, by the Governor or Keeper 
of any Prison, without an Order of the Court ; and 
the Term of Imprisonment in each Case. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| which they desired the concurrence of their Lord- 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Houseas are | ships, and had left the Resolutions with their Lord- 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | ships. 





resented,—Return to an Address to 
ated the 10th day of March last, for 
ot the Memorial addressed to the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies from the Cinghalese Epis- 
copalians respecting Wolfendahl Church ; also, for 
Copy of the Memorial on the same Subject from 
the Dutch Consistory ; together with Copies or Ex- 
tracts of any Correspondence between the Gover- 
nor of Ceylon and the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies relating thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Her Majesty, 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of April last, for 
a Return of the Number of Copies of Acts of Par- 
liament sold, and the Amount of Money received 
therefrom, out of the Stock of Acts of Parliament 
purchased from Messrs. Griersons on the Expiration 
of their Patent for printing Acts of Parliament in 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 11th day of April last, for Returns relating to 
the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 
way Company, which are required by the Sessional 
Resolutions of 1846 relative to Railway Bills. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouses 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the West 
India Contract Mail Service, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or 
Made Wines, which was presented yesterday, be 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Cuffe-street, 
(Dublin) Savings Bank, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Legacy, &amp;e. 
Duties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 





15° Mais. 223 


Mr. Labouchere reported, That, having been with Conferences 
the Lords to desire a Conference, the Lords do agree — 
to a Conference, and appoint the same immediately ' 
in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And 
the Names of the Judge Advocate, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Wilson Patten, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. Hayter, 

Mr. Edmund Denison, Colonel Dunne and Mr. 
Brotherton were added to them. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Labouchere reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Earl of Cawdor; and that 
the Managers had acquainted their Lordships, that 
this House hath agreed to the Resolution to which 
their Lordships have desired the concurrence of this 
House; and had also acquainted their Lordships 
that the Commons had come to a Resolution, to 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Messaze from 

Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills Exchequer 
luis 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (£.17,756,600) 
Bill. &gt; &gt; 


The Lords have agreed to the Indemnity Bill, Indemnity 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Millthrop and Millthrop 
Levens Turnpike-road Bill, without any Amend- 2% Levens 
ment: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Appleby, Kendal, Appleby, Ken- 
Kirkby Stephen and Market Brough Turnpike-road = ege 2 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Market 


Brough Turn- 


The Lords have agreed to the Tenterden and Tenterden and 

Woodchurch Roads Bill, without any Amendment : tee gy 
oads Bill. 
And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this Conferences 
House, in the Royal Gallery, upon the subject- it) the 
matter of the last Conference :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 
again withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the Conferences 
last Conference, do manage this Conference. with the 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 4°" 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Labouchere reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Earl of Cawdor, who in- 
formed them, That the Lords agree to the Resolu- 
tion of the Commons communicated to their Lord- 
ships at a Conference held this day. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Court of 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence re-“°™ 
specting the Relations existing between Foreign 
Governments and the Court of Rome (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to Parliament, 27th March 
1851). 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; Public 
—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- ?ettions. 
tion Bill;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Re- vide Thirty- 

ium Donum ;—Religious Houses Bill ;—Religious eighth Report 
_ one Bill; and, Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption ph mr 


Bill ;—Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;—Paper; 





FR4 — Railways ; 


Turnpike-road 


pike-road Bill. 








—Railways;— County Courts further Extension 
Bill ; Education ; —Education (Jreland) ;—Farm 
Buildings Bill ;—Improvement of Towns (Ireland) 
Bill; —Poor Law ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Public Houses (Scotland) ;—School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill ; — Spirits ; — and, Valuation (Jre- 
land) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Crown Estate Paving 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Several Petitions relating to the Steam Navigation 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

Titles . _ the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 

eo upon Friday last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair (for Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles 
Assumption Bill) ; 


roposed :—The 
ebate. 


And the Question being again 
House resumed the said adjourned 


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


Veneris, 16° die Maii, 1851: 


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 aos 

. Mr. Lawless, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Reynolds : } 

. Mr. Hayter, . 
Tellers for the Noes, { “pen eo, Hill: }s 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was _pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


qd 


f—&gt;) 


59. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill ; 

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


Sale of Arsenic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


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 upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No. 297. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) 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, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 26th 
day of this instant May. 

Customs Bill. |The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Bridges _ The Bridges (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
(Ireland) Bill. Oyder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Treland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 


15°—16° Maia. 





A, 1851. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com General Boar 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bil) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regu- Chancery 
lation Act Amendment Bill; relent) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Act Amen 
upon Thursday next. ment Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Process ang 
consideration the Process and Practice (Ireland) Practice 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Valuation 


into a Committee, to consider of authorizing ad- ee 
vances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United ae, 


Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for Pay- 
ment of Salaries and Allowances payable under any 
Act of the present Session to amend the Laws relat- 
ing to the Valuation of Rateable Property in Jre- 
land. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Ad- 
vance, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sums as may be necessary to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses payable under any Act of the present 
Session to amend the Laws relating to the Valua- 
tion of rateable Property in Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Valuation 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Parliament 
Repeal Bill : Abbreviation 

P ; : ; . Act Repeal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bil. 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Farm 
mittee on the Farm Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Zreland) Bill; ooded) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘ 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lodging... 
into a Committee upon the Lodging Houses 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 upon Monday 

next. 


The Common Lodging Houses Bill was, accord- Common 
ding to Order, read a second time ; and committed sod Gill 
to a Committee of the whole House for Thursday 





next. 
The 

















BEE 





















Fee Farm 
Rents (Ire- 
jand) Bill. 


Tene- 
&gt; Rating 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Saint se 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill. 


Apprentices to 


Sea Service 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Enfrauchise- 
ment of 
Copyholds 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Home-made 
Spirits in 
Bond. 


Gunpowder 
Stores 
(Liverpool 
Remetion” 
Repeal Bill. 


Bills of 
Indictment 
(Ireland. ) 


Custom 
use, 





14 Vicrortz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fee Farm Rents (Jre/and) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 29th day of this instant May. 


The Small Tenements Rating Act Amendment 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Where Owner has paid Rates, Occupier 
to be entitled to Parochial Right of Voting), was 
thrice read, and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Person having received Paro- 
chial Relief not entitled to such Right of Voting), 
was thrice read, and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Penalty for personating Voters 
at Parochial Elections), was thrice read, and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Persons not to be entitled to 
greater Number of Votes than they were before the 
passing of this Act), was thrice read, and added to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Abel Smith do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Apprentices to Sea 
Service Ireland (No. 2) 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Enfranchisement of Copyholds (No. 2) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to the Select Committee on the Enfran- 
chisement of Copyholds Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to repeal so much of an Act of the twelfth year of 
King George the Third, relating to the making, 
keeping and Carriage of Gunpowder, as exempts 
therefrom certain Magazines and Stores of Gun- 
powder near Liverpool, and to make certain Tem- 
porary Provisions with regard to the said Maga- 
zines and Stores: And that Sir George Grey and 
Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | Petition for dispensing with Standing Orders, Nos. 


dated the 9th day of April last, for a Return, from | 159 and 151, the said Standine O 
the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the Peace | damneal with ; he ee 


of the several Counties in Jreland, of the Number | 


of Bills of Indictment sent up to the respective 
Grand Juries, between the 20th day of February 
1850 and the 5th day of April 1851, the Number 
found, and the Number ignored, and, where such 
have not been found by reason of the Non-atten- 
dance of Witnesses, that the Number be stated in 
the Return. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March 
last, for a Return showing the Total Number of 
Persons employed in and attached to each Custom 
House in the United Kingdom in 1849; the Total 


Amount of the Salaries paid in each Custom House 
Vou. 106. 





15°—16° Mari. 











295 


to each Person, and the Total Amount of the Gross 

Revenue received in each Custom House in 1849 : 
—And, showing the Gross Amount of the declared 
Value of the Articles Exported from the Port 
of London in 1850; specifying also the separate 
Amounts of the Declared Values of the twelve prin- 
cipal Articles. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Municipal 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Boroughs 
by the Clerk of the House,—Statements of Monies ‘"* *) 
received and expended on account of certain Bo- 
roughs in Ireland. 


Ordered, That Colonel Mure be discharged from Ordnance 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Ord- Survey 
nance Survey (Scotland). (Scotland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice be added to 
the Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Passengers’ 
upon the 27th day of March last, That a Select Act. 
Committee be appointed to inquire into the work- 
ing of the Passengers’ Act, and to report whether 
any and what further Protection is required by 
Emigrants during the Passage or at the Port of 
arama might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Mr. Sidney Herbert was nominated one of the 
Members of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Clements be one other Member of 
the said Committee ; 


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 Two of the clock on Friday morning :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till this day. 





Veneris, 16° die Maiti ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 

Committee on Standing Orders several Reso- Orders; 
lutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Killarney Killarney 
Junction Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing with Junction _ 
Standing Order No. 121 the said Standing Order ®#way Bill 
ought to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Metropolis Metropolis 
Water Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Water Bill. 
pensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided it be proved, before the 
Committee on the Bill, that the notice has been in- 
serted once in the London Gazette, and for three suc- 
cessive weeks in a newspaper published in London. 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with on the Report 
of the Billi. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Coal Duties Coal Duties 


(London and Westminster and adjacent Counties) (London and 
: Westminster, 
and adjacent 
p J ; Counties.) 
I'hat the Parties be permitted to 


present their Petition, with a copy of an amended 
Bill annexed thereto. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford Waterford 
and Limerick Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing 24 Limerick 
with Standing Order, No. 131, the said Standing Senay ae. 
Order ought to be dispensed with, provided it be 
proved before the Committee on the Bill that the 
Waterford and Limerick Railway Company, and the 
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company, have 

roved, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of 

ailways, that they have paid up one-half of their 

respective capitals, and have expended, for the pur- 


That 


| poses of their Acts, a sum equal thereto. 


GG 





Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Lincolnshire 
Estuary Bill. 


Saint Andrew's 
Railway Bill. 





226 16° Mai. A. 1851. 


That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Philip Miles reported from the Committee on 
Group 8 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the 
Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by defining 
with greater particularity the sums raised by the 
Company under their existing Acts, and the applica- 
tion thereof, and the further sums proposed by the 
Bill to be raised, and the eanded application of 
the same, and had made formal Amendments in the 
Preamble accordingly; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Frederick Lyon Hopkins, of the 
Inner Temple, Esquire, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That a Bill is now pending in the 
House “ for reclaiming from the Sea certain Lands 
abutting on the Coast of Lincolnshire, within the 
Parts of Holland ;” that the Petitioner’s late father, 
Thomas Hopkins, Esquire, as the owner of an estate 
within the district over which the said Bill takes 
powers, and also of certain marsh land, or green salt 
marsh, on the south side of the River Welland, 
which will be affected by the works contemplated in 
the said Bill, petitioned against the said Bill in due 
time to be heard before the Committee thereon, and 
in strict conformity, as the Petitioner believes, with 
the Standing Orders of the House ; that since the 
presentation of the said Petition, viz. on the 25th 
day of April last, the said Thomas Hopkins died, 
and the said Estate is now vested in the Petitioner, 
as the devisee in fee under his will ; that the Com- 
mittee on the Group of Bills of which the Lincoln- 
shire Estuary Bill is one, is fixed to meet on the 
27th May; that the Petitioner deems it essential to 
the protection of the said Estate that he should be 
permitted to appear by himself, his counsel, agents 
and witnesses before the said Committee in support 
of the Petition presented by his late father, or upon 
a Petition of precisely the same nature ; and pray- 
ing that he may be allowed to appear before the 
Committee to whom the said Bill may be referred, 
in support of the Petition of his late father, and 
that it may be an Instruction to the said Committee 
to hear the Petitioner thereon, by his counsel, agents 
and witnesses. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Saint Andrew’s 
Railway Bill 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 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. 

A Clause (During Construction and after Com- 
pletion of Railway, Lights to be exhibited), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Where Limits of Deviation en- 
croach on Tidal Water, no Deviation from central 
black Line on Plan), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (In case of local Survey by Ad- 
miralty of intended Works, &amp;c., Costs to be defrayed 
by aeagenyh was thrice read; and added to the 

ill. 


Another Clause (Works abandoned may be re- 
moved by Admiralty at Expense of 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. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Taw Vale 
reading of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill; Railway ang 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Deck Bil. 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Uttoxeter ; 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of Stoke, near 
the Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Mill- ae and 
wich to Sandon Turnpike Roads Bill :—The House to Sanawich 


° ; don 
resumed the said further Proceeding ; and Amend- Turnpike 
ments were made to the Billi. Roads Bill, 


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 East Lanca 
the East Lancashire Railway Bill, as amended in Shire Railway 
the Committee. Sih. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wrexham 
the Wreham Improvement Bill, as amended in the Improvement 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on South Stat. 

Group 11 of Railway Bills ; That, in the case of the fordshire Rail- 
South Staffordshire Railway (Branches to join the —— 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Rail- Salen, 
way, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allega- Wolverhamp- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had a 
amended the same, by inserting the short Title of on, hal Bill. 
“The South Staffordshire Railway Leasing Act, 
1850,” by substituting for the words, “ And whereas 
it is expedient that the New Branch Railways and 
Works hereinafter mentioned should be made by 
the South Staffordshire Railway Company,” the fol- 
lowing recital: “ And whereas it is expedient that 
a communication should be effected between the 
South Staffordshire and the Birmingham, Wolver- 
hampton and the Stour Valley Railways, and that 
the South Staffordshire Railway Company should 
be authorized to apply to the purposes of this Act 
so much of the monies which they are empowered 
to rais@under their former Acts as may be necessary 
for such purposes,” as giving a more correct de- 
scription of the powers granted by the Bill as passed 
by the Committee ; and also by substitutin br the 
recital of the expediency, that the South Stafford: 
shire Railway Company, and the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton, the Birmingham, Wolverhamp- 
ton and Dudley, the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
and Stour Valley, and the London and North West- 
ern Railway Companies respectively, should be em- 
powered to enter into arrangements with respect to 
maintaining, using and working the several portions 
of Railway in the Bill mentioned, a recital of the 
expediency that the South Staffordshire Railway 
Company and the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company should be empowered to enter into 
arrangements with respect tothe passage and trans- 
mission of traffic, as in the Bill mentioned, those 
being the only arrangements authorized by the Bill 
as amended in Committee; and that they had found 
the Preamble, as amended, to be true ; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Navy. 
dated the 11th day of April last, for a Return of the 
Sums paid for Articles purchased for the Victualling 
of the Navy, during the year 1850-51, distinguishing 
what 


hal &lt;a | 








14 VicTort2. 


what has been paid for British and Colonal and 
Foreign Produce, so far as the same can be made 
out. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this in- 
stant May, for Copies of any Reports made to the 
Board of Admiralty, on or about the 13th day of 
August and 11th day of October 1850, of Experi- 
ments made for testing the Merits of Wood and 
Iron-built Ships for resisting the effects of Shot and 
Shells. 

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


‘ood and 
Jon built 


Ships. 


Committee 
of Selection 
(Eighth 
Report. ) 
No, 299. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they had, under the Powers 
granted to them by the Standing Order, No. 82, 
added to the Group, No. 25, the Saint Helen’s Im- 
provement (No. 2) Bill; and had agreed to report 
the same to the House. 

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


Ordnance 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
Survey 
(Scotland.) 


to request that their Lordships will give leave to 
Lord Monteagle to attend, to be examined as a Wit- 
ness before the Select Committee appointed by this 
House to inquire into and report on the present 
state of the Ordnance Survey of Scotland, and on 


the Works which will be required for its comple- | 


tion: And that Mr. Charteris do carry the said 
Message. 


Gunpowder 
Stores 

(Liverpool) 
Exemption 
Repeal Bill. 


No, 300, 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to repeal so 
much of an Act of the twelfth year of King George 
the Third, relating to the making, keeping and car- 
riage of ee: as exempts therefrom certain 
Gunpowder Magazines and Stores near Liverpool, 
and to make certain Temporary Provisions with re- 
gard to the said Magazines aud Stores: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Coroners’ 
Tnquests 
Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Inquests that have been held on the Bodies of any 
Paupers that have died within the Workhouses of 
any of the Unions in Jreland, in the years 1848, 
1849 and 1850. 


Piracy 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Borneo.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Papers referred to in the additional Papers 
respecting Borneo; viz.—1. “ Information of various 
acts of Piracy committed near the Borneon Coast 
on some Native Vessels trading to Singapore,” 
stated by Captain Keppel to have been received by 
him in March 1843 :—2. Extract of Log of Her 
Majesty’s Ship “ Dido,” from 5th to 15th May 
1843 :—3. “Information of Act of Piracy,” re- 
ceived by Captain Keppel, and referred to by the 
Governor of Prince of Wales Island, in his Des- 
patch of 14th September 1844:—4. “Log of the 
‘ Phlegethon, ” as referred to in the same Despatch : 
—5. “ Depositions taken before the Court of Sin- 
gapore,’ as referred to by Sir J. Brooke, in the 
Memorandum enclosed in his Despatch of 3ist 
March 1845:—6. Evidence taken before the Re- 
corder of Singapore, and referred to in Sir C. Raw- 
linson’s Certificate for Head Money 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. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-se. 
venth Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 14th day of this in- 
stant May, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

VoL. 106. 


16° Maze. 


Return of the Number and Dates of any Coroners’ | 


227 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie yeni by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons. 
mand,—Copy of Reports from the Directors of the 
Convict Prisons upon the Discipline and Manage- 
ment of Milbank ice, Pentonville Prison, Port- 
land Prison, and Parkhurst Prison. 

Copy of Report of the Directors of Convict Pri- Convict Hulks, 
sons on the Discipline and Management of the 
Hulk Establishment for the year 1850. 
. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Valuation 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (Ireland.) 
dated the 11th day of April last, for a Return of the 
several Counties, Counties of Cities and Towns in 
Ireland, in which the general Valuation of Zreland, 
under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 110, has been com- 
menced, or in which it has been completed ; speci- 
fying, in detail (both of Acres and Value) the Fe. 
gress which has been made in each County, &amp;c., 
/and whether the Valuation is made according to 
the Boundaries of Unions or of Baronies :—(The 
Return is to show the Valuation by the Acre and 
‘by the £.100 of the Valuation). 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- Steam Vessels. 
| stant May, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the 

| whole of the Registered Steam Vessels of the United 

| Kingdom, on the Ist day of January 1851 ; stating, 

_in separate Columns, the following Pustiocen: Ist, 

| Vessels’ Names ; 2d, Port of Registry; 3d, Date of 
Registry; 4th, Registered Owners; 5th, Dimen- 
| sions of Vessels in Length and Breadth; 6th, Ton- 
nage, exclusive of Engine Room, and Gross Ton- 
nage, when practicable; distinguishing Vessels 
built of Iron, and also Vessels having Screw Pro- 
| pellers, and giving the Aggregate Number of Ves- 
| sels, and Amount of Tonnage. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief. 
| Return showing the Amount of Money expended wo. 301 
for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief in 607 
Unions and single Parishes in England and Wales, 
during the half-years ended at Lady-day 1850 and 
1851, respectively. 
Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Captain Captain 
Graham Moore, which was presented upon Mon- Graham 
day last, be printed. menage 

No. 302. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs customs 
Duties, which was presented upon the 7th day of Duties. 
this instant May, be printed. No, 298. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wolfendahl Wolfendahl 
Church, which was presented yesterday, be printed, Church. 
No. 303. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Acts of Acts of 
Parliament, which was presented yesterday, be Parliament 
printed. No. 304. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Custom 
to the Custom House, which was presented yester- House. 
day, be printed. No. 305. 


Several Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Public 

of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; Petitions. 
—Regium Donum ;—Religious Houses Bill :—Re- v.35. Fay. 
ligious Houses Bill; amis Hiealadeated Titles As~ cabs et 
sumption Bill ;—Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; on P ublic 
ag ow es &amp;c. ;—Timber and Deals ;—Ameri- 7°" 
can Mail Packet Station ;—Coalwhippers (Port of 

London) Bill gy 9 | Courts further Extension 





Bill;—Education (Ireland) ;—Incumbered Estates 
GG2 (Ireland} 








Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


No, 306. 


Coalwhippers 
(Port of 
London) Bill. 


Colonial 
Property 
Qualification 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Bridges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Valuation 
(Ireland) 
[Salaries and 
Allowances. } 


228 


(Ireland) Bill;—Poor Law (Ireland) ;—School Es- 
tablishment (Scotlund) Bill ;—Spirits ;—and, Spirits 
(Ireland)—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the County Rates and Ex- 
penditure Bill, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Board of Customs, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Customs. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair (for Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles 
Assumption Bill) ; 

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. Hayter, }n6 
{ Mr. Hawes : ‘ 
Tellers for the Noes, Me age } 35. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
_— , That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed te a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


The Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Colonial Property Qualification 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bridges (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing Advances 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for payment of 
Salaries and Allowances payable under any Act of 
the present Session to amend the Laws relating to 
the Valuation of Rateable Property in Jreland, a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Advance, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such Sums 
as may be necessary to defray the Salaries and Ex- 
penses payable under any Act of the present Ses- 
sion to amend the Laws relating to the Valuation of 
Rateable Property in Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 





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A. 1851. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill, That they 
have power to make Provision therein pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Parliament 
Repeal Bill ; ‘aio 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bip, ” 
upon Monday next. 


The Order. of the day being read, for taking into Apprentices to 
consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (IJre- Sea Service 
land (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; on 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration" “’ - 
upon Monday next. 


The Select Committee on the Crown Estate Paving Crown Estate 
Bill was nominated of Lord Seymour, Lord James Paving Bill, 
Stuart, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir De Lacy Evans, 
and Five Members to be added by the Committee 
of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Mortmain, 
That the Select Committee on Mortmain do consist 
of Eighteen Members ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

r rare Mr. John O’ Connell, | 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Sadleir : if 38. 
Mr. Hayter, } 94. 


Lord Marcus Hill: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Siam and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Cochin China, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Instructions from Viscount Pal- 
merston to Sir James Brooke, respecting the recent 
Mission to the Courts of Stam and Cochin China, 
together with Sir James Brooke's Report to his 
Lordship of the Result of the Mission ; including 
Copies of all Notes which passed between the Envoy 
and Court of Siam; also, Copies of Viscount Pal- 
merston’s Keply to Sir James Brooke’s Report, and 
of Memorials from the Singapore Chamber of Com- 
merce, and from Merchants of that Place, having 
reference to the Issue of the said Mission. 

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


Tellers for the Noes,{ 


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


And the House accordingly adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 





Lune, 19° die Maii : 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed that the Sheriffs of Coal Duties 
the city of London attended at the door, they on 
were called in; and at the Bar presented,—-A Pe- ana adjacent 
tition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons Counties-) 
of the city of London, in Common Council assem- 
bled :—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Vend and Deli- 
very of Coals in London and Westminster, and in 
certain Parts of the adjacent Counties, and to allow 
a Drawback on Coals conveyed beyond certain 
Limits, was read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition, with the pro- 
posed Bill annexed, be referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills, who shall report a 
ther 


—o eo 


Petitions 


(Thirty-eighth 


Report. ) 


Sunderland 
Improvement 
Bill. 


North Shields 
Quays and 
Improvements 


Cheltenham 

vement 
and Health 
Bill. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;c.) Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Taw Vale 
ilway and 
‘k Bill. 


Chorley 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


14 Vicroriz. 


ther any other Standing Orders apply to the Bill 
than those which were proved to have been com- 
lied with before the Examiner upon the Petition 
or leave to bring in the Bill. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the Examine r to 
sit and proceed upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 15th and 16th 
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. Arthur Duncombe reported the Sunderland 
Improvement (re-committed) Bill, with further 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the North Shields 
Quays and Improvements (re-committed) Bill, with 
further Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Promoters, with others, of the Chel- 
tenham Improvement and Health Bill, and also of 
the Committee of Management of the Cheltenham 
Sewers Company, praying that provision may be 
made in the Cheltenham Improvement and Health 
Bill for the transfer of certain Sewers rights and 
privileges to the Commissioners to be appointed to 
carry the provisions of the said Bill into execution, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Midland Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) 
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. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
(Branch to West Durham Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for facilitating the Transmission to 
and from the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- 
way, of the Traffic of the Byers-Green Branch of 
the Clarence Railway; for enabling the York, New- 
castle and Berwick Railway Company to hold Shares 
in the West Durham Railway; for granting further 
Powers to their Lessors, the Great North of England, 
Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Com- 
pany, and the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Com- 
panys in reference to their Capital, and for other 

urposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Tuw Vale Railway and Dock Bill ; 

A Motion being made, ‘hat the Bill be now read 
the third time; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty 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. 

A Clause (Sum to be paid to the Admiralty for 
improving the Estuary of the Taw) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Chorley Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 3, 1. 32, by inserting after the word “ exe- 

VoL. 106, 





19° Maii. 





22Y 


cution,”’ the words, “ Provided always, That, in con- 
“ structing the Waterworks by the said recited Act 
“ authorized, or any part thereof, the same shall be 
“ made in the line or within the limits of deviation 
* defined on the Plan referred to in the nineteenth 
“ Section of the said Act, and according to the 
“levels described on the Section deposited with 
“ such Plan, and not otherwise.” 

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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Eastern Union Railway Bill, as amended in Railway Bill 
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 Liverpool 


the Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Management, a ge 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. seme 9 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. —_&amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Brad- pny bat ea 
ford Railway, and Increase of Capital) Bill, as Byadrord 
amended in the Committee. Railway, and 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Increase of 
Capital) Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland 


the Midland Railway (Regulation and Increase of ae FB 
Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. pay mee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. of Capital, 
c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Weston-super. 


the Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market owe —_ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Market Bill - 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported the Great Central Great Central 
Gas Consumers’ Company Bill, with Amendments. pet a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. pany Bil. 
Mr. Ker Seymer, from the Select Committee ap- Harwich 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. 
tion of George Bridge Waights, and Samuel Forster, 
Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Harwich, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 
That Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esquire, not being 
qualified according to the provisions of the Act 
1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 48, intituled, “ An Act to amend the 
Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to 
serve in Parliament,” is not duly elected a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Harwich. 
That the last Election of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Harwich 
is a void Election. 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
Mr. Ker Seymer also informed the House, That 
the Committee had altered the Poll taken at the 
last Election, by striking off the names of Alfred 
Read, John Attwood, Daniel Dawson, Thomas Cut- 
ting, George Nalborough, William Pinner and Ro- 
bert John Bagshaw, as not having had a right to 
vote at such Election. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Clackmannan 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ and Kinross 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this — 
present Parliament for the Shires of Clackmannan 

and Kinross, in the room of Sir William Morison, 

deceased. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cape of 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the Establish- G04 Hope. 
ment of a Representative Assembly at the Cape of 

Good Hope (in continuation of Papers presented to 
Parliament, 5th February and 28th June 1859). 





GG3 + 


Copy 





Leave of 
Absence. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


No. 307. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers 
Commission. 


4) 


- 


30 


Copy of Correspondence with the Governor of 
the Cape of Good Hope, relative to Assumption of 
Sovereignty over the Territory between the Vaal 
and Orange Rivers. 

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


Ordered, That Lord Rendlesham have leave of 
absence for a month, on account of ill health. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to make better 
Provision for the Management of the Woods, Forests 
and Land Revenues of the Crown, and for the Di- 
rection of Public Works and Buildings: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of the present Commis- 
sioners of Metropolitan Sewers, the Date of their | 
Appointment, the Number of Courts held, and the | 
Names of the Commissioners attending such Courts, 
and the Dates thereof :—Of the Number of Courts 
and the Dates thereof appointed to be held, and 
which have been adjourned in consequence of the 
Non-attendance, or an insufficient Attendance, of | 
Commissioners; the Names of the Commissioners 
present in each Case; the Dates to which such 
Courts were adjourned ; and the Busiress set down 
for Hearing or Consideration at each of such Courts : 
—And, of the Names of all Officers and other Per- 
sons who have been employed, whether temporarily 
or otherwise, by the Commissioners, setting forth 
the Offices they held, the Date of Appointment, the 
Salaries paid, the Time they may have been em- 
ployed, and the Duties discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of all Dues, Duties and Taxes, Local and | 
Imperial, levied on the Importation of Coal and | 








19° Maii. 


A. 1851. 


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


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Railways, 
Command,—A Return showing the Number of 
Passengers conveyed on all the Railways in England 
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during 
the half year ended the 31st December 1850, dis- 
tinguished in different Classes, and the Receipts 
from each Class of Passengers, and from Goods, &amp;c. ; 
compiled from Returns made to the Commissioners 
of Railways, in pursuance of the Provisions of the 
Act 3 &amp; 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, compar- 
ing the Traffic with that in the corresponding Period 
of 1849. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. yyy, gog 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Friday last, (Ieland), 
be printed. No. 309, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Ves- steam Vessels, 
sels, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 310, 
printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address County 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of February Treasurers. 
last, for a Return of the Abstracts of the Accounts 
of the several County Treasurers in England and 
Wales, for the years ending Michaelmas 1849 and 
1850 (in a similar Form to the Return presented 
and ordered to be printed by the House of Com- 
mons, on the 4th day of May 1849, Paper No. 260). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lists of 
11th day of February last, for a Return of Expenses Vt" 


Coke into any of the Ports of the United Kingdom | allowed, and of Sums paid to the Clerks of the 
from any other Ports therein; stating the Amount | Peace and Printers, or other Persons, in each County 
so collected in each of the years 1848, 1849 and oy Division of County in England and Wales, in 
1850 respectively :—Of all Dues, Duties and Taxes, | each of the years 1848, 1849 and 1850, for or in- 
Local and Imperial, levied in each of the above | cidental to the preparing, printing, and publishing 
years on the Exportation of Coa and Coke from | the Lists of Persons entitled to vote in the Elec- 
any Port of the United Kingdom, either Coastwise | tion of Members of Parliament for Counties ; stat- 
or Foreign, with the Amount so collected in each jng the Numbers of the Population, Parishes, 
Port :—And, a similar Return of Local Dues on all | Voters, and Copies of Registers respectively ; and 
Coal and Coke brought by Railroad from any Port, | the Cost of Printing, and Charges or Salary of the 
or taken by Railroad to any Port of the United Clerks of the Peace, and Total Costs ; and also the 
Kingdom, with the Amount so collected. Charges or Salary of the Clerks of the Peace for 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| General Business done for the County, and the 
Copy of any Correspondence that has taken place | Amount of Fees received by them not covered by 
between Admiral Austen, or any other Person, with | such Charges or Salaries, in Tabular Form, similar 
the Admiralty, respecting the Supply of Coal by the | ® the following :— 
Eastern Archipelago Company. 


Eastern 
Archipelago 
Company. 





Remarks 
or 
Explana- 
tions, if any, 
as to the 
'Nature of the 
General 


Charges or Salary for 


Mr. Ryland. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extract of a Despatch from the 
Governor General of Canada to the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, dated the 24th day of De- 
cember 1850. relative to Mr. Ryland’s Pension, 
formerly Clerk to the Executive Council of Canadas 
(in continuation of the Papers presented 18th April 
1850). ford «| 
Ordered, That 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 Peace. 


N umbers of Veurs. 


| Business 
or Fees. 





General Business. 


Numbers of the Population. 
Numbers of Copies of Registers. 
Cost of Printing. 

Charges or Salary of Clerk of 
Total of such Expenses. 
Amount of Fees. 


The Three Years. 


| Numbcrs of Parishes. 











| 
| 


bac 


8d. £.8d. £.8.d. £.5. d. 








| 
a 


Berks - 

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 


Van Diemen's 
Land. 





| 
| 


&amp;e. ke. | | 




















House, a Copy of Sir William Denison’s Despatch 
of the 14th day of January 1851, addressed to the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, upon the with- 
drawal of ‘Tickets of Leave from certain Prisoners 
in Van Diemen’s Land. 


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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; Public 


—Church of Rome;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- Petitions. 
tion 





de Thirty- 
vith Report 
on Publi 


Petitions. 


Foclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill, 


Hainault 
Forest Bill, 


14 Vicroriz. 


tion Bill; — Religious Houses Bill ;— Religious 
Houses Bill; and, Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption 
Bill ;— Annuities ;—Flour ; — Paper ;—Civil Bills, 
&amp;e. (Ireland) Bill ;—Dogs ;—Dublin Hospitals ;— 
Education (Zreland) ;—Improvement of Towns (Zre- 
land) Bill ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;—Registration 
of Assurances ;—School Books (Jreland) ;—School 
Establishment (Scotland) Bill ;—Shetland Isles ;— 
Spirits ;—and, Spirits (Jreland),—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Coalwhippers 
(Port of London) Bill,—were also presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles 
Assumption Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and Negatived. 

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

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Preamble be postponed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a — 


Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Hayter, 





Vows 
Lord Marcus Hill: j782- 


Original Question again proposed. ~~ 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
Mr. Reynolds a 
Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr Keogh ; f 30. 
r. Hayter } 
Tellers for the Noes, 47 0.4 Marcus Hill: [27 
Original Question put ; 
The Committee divided : 
Mr. Hayter } 
Tellers for the Yeas, {t ciel le na Hill: $25: 
Mr. Moore, 45 
Mr. Reynolds : ™ 
Cravuse, N°1 (The Letters Apostolical declared 
unlawful and void). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Noes, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
yress 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 Friday 
next, again 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 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 on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; 

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


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Hainault Forest Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair ; sal Mr. Bernal reported, That 


the Committee hed gone through the Bill. 
Vou. 106. 


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231 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sale of Arsenic 
into a Committee upon the Sale of Arsenic Regula- Regulation 
tion Bill. = 


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


Martis, 20° die Maii, 1851: 


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, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Appointments 
into a Committee upon the Appointments to Offi- to Offices, &amp;c. 
ces, &amp;c. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, =. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Customs Bill. 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Inhabited 
reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill; House Duty 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 

mittee on the General Died of Health Bill; of Health Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Process and 
take into consideration the Process and Practice ae se _ 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. cane ieee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Apprentices to 
consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (Jre- p, yg 
land) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Oto. 3) 7 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Lodging 
consideration the Lodging Houses Bill, as amended Houses Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Saint Alban’s 
mittee on the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission Bribery Com- 
Bill : mission Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Home-made 
mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; ey in 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colonial 
reading of the Colonial Property Qualification Bill ; Property 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ur *estom 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act fatliament 


: Abbreviation 
Repeal Bill ; Act Repeal 


rdered, That the Bill be read the third time Bil. 
upon Thursday next. 


Ga4 The 








ae ret time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


Repeal Bill. House, for Friday next. 


Bridges The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill mittee on the Bridges (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


New Forest A Motion being made, That leave be given to 

Deer Removal, }ying in a Bill to extinguish the Right of the 

eanane Crown to Deer in the New Forest, and to give 
Compensation in lieu thereof, and for other Pur- 
poses relating to the said Forest ; 

Mr. Labouchere, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Lord Seymour and Mr. Labouchere do 


prepare, and bring it in. 









Passengers’ Mr. Clements, Mr. Hawes, Admiral Bowles, Vis- 
Act. count Melgund, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Vernon Smith, 
Mr. Miles, Mr. Divett, Lord Naas, Mr. Serjeant 
Murphy, Sir John Young, Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. 
Willcox and Mr. Henley, were nominated other 
Members of the Select Committee on the Passen- 
gers’ Act. 
Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 











Annuity Tax The House was moved, That the Order made 
Edinburgh.) ypon the 6th day of this instant May, That a Select 
Committee be appointed to consider the state and 
operation of the Acts relating to the Annuity Tax 
levied in Edinburgh, Canongate and Montrose, and 
to report thereon ; and whether any Amendment on 
these Acts, or re-adjustment of the Tax, would be 
expedient; and whether any other Fund may be 
rendered available for the purpose to which the 
Annuity Tax is now applied, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Sir William 
Gibson Craig, Mr. Tufnell, Sir George Clerk, Mr. 
Deedes, Mr. John Benjamin Smith, Mr. Bouverie, 
Mr. Mackenzie, Viscount Melgund, Mr. Heald, Dr. 
Power, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Smollett, Mr. 
Bunbury, Mr. Edward Ellice, and Mr. Adderley, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 













Mortmain. Ordered, That the Earl of Arundel and Surrey be 
discharged from further attendance on the Select 
Committee on Mortmain. 
Ordered, That Mr. Keogh be added to the Com- 
mittee. 








New Forest Lord Seymour presented a Bill to extinguish the 
Dect Removal, Right of the Crown to Deer in the New Forest, and 
&gt; ro to give Compensation in lieu thereof, and for other 
No. 311. Purposes relating to the said Forest: 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 the Bill be printed. 












Stamp Duties | Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 

aes spect the Journals of the House of Lords with re- 

: lation to any Proceedings upon the Stamp Duties 

Assimilation Bill, and to make Report thereof to the 

) House :—And a Committee was appointed of the 

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, 

Mr. Bernal, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Hayter, Sir 

William Gibson Craig and Mr. Bellew :—And they 
are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


























232 19°—20° Mais. A. 1851, 


Gunpowder The Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption | Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 9th Smithfiela 
Stores Repeal Bill was, according to Order, read a second |day of July 1847, was made from the Select Com- Market (igy 
mittee appointed to inquire into the necessity for ! 


the removal of Smithfield Market, as a nuisance in 
the centre of the British Metropolis, to some ap- 
— Site, comprising an area of not less than 
welve Acres, and the establishment of Abattoirs in 
the vicinity of London, be referred to the Select 
Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 22d 
day of June 1849, was made from the Relect Com- 
mittee appointed on the Removal of Smithfield 
Market, be referred to the said Select Committee. 
Ordered, That the Copy of Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to make Inquiries relating to 
Smithfield Market, and the Markets in the City of 
London, for the Sale of Meat, which was presented 
upon the 30th day of May, in the last Session of 
Parliament, be referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Universities 


nesday the 11th day of June next, the Universities 
(Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of June next. 


849 and 
1850.) 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Trinity 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, College 


dated the 11th day of March last, for a Return of (Publis) Bil 


all Lands and Hereditaments to which the Bill now 
pending in the House refers, intituled, “ A Bill to 
extend the Leasing Powers of the Corporate Body 
of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College 
of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Eliza- 
beth, near Dublin, and also of the Provost thereof, 
in his Corporate Capacity, and to enable them to 
make Grants of Lands in Perpetuity to their Lessees 
in certain Cases ;” such Return to specify, in Tabular 
Details, the Number, Situation and Extent in Acres 
of such Lands and Hereditaments, together with 
the Value thereof as rated to the Relief of the Poor 
in the respective Poor Law Unions, and the Amount 
of Rent for which the same now are or last were 
let, whether by Lease or otherwise, and the Terms 
of such Lease, and the Amount of Fine, if any, paid 
upon the granting of each such Lease to the said 
Provost, Fellows and Scholars, and to the said 
Provost, or either of them. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of April Civil Bill 
Processes 
(Ireland.) 


last, for a Return giving, in Tabular Form, the Num- 
ber of original Civil Bill Ejectment Processes 
entered, and the Number of Copies served, in the 
years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, in 
and for the Counties of Clare, Cavan, Cork, West 
Riding and Longford, respectively :—Similar Return 
of the Number of such Processes heard and decided 
upon :—Similar Return of the Number of Civil Bill 
Processes for Redemption, of Copies served, and of 
such Processes entered, heard and decided :—Simi- 
lar Returns in Replevin Cases, and in Legacy or 
Distributive Share of Assets Cases :—And, similar 
Return of all other original Civil Bills, and of the 
Number of Copies served, and the Number of such 
Cases entered, and the Number of such Cases heard 
and decided ; such Returns to distinguish the Num- 
ber of Cases in which Civil Bills were merely issued 
and served, from those Cases in which the Civil Bill 
was entered, and a Decree or Dismiss was had; 
and also, to exhibit the average Number of Copies 
served in each Class of Civil Bill Process. 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April Civil Bil 
: Processes 


last, for a Return, giving, in Tabular Form, the 
Number of original Civil Bill Ejectment Processes 
entered, and the Number of Copies served in each 
of the years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 
and 1850, in and for the several Counties in Jreland, 
respectively, and distinguishing the Number in each 
Riding of the County of Cork :—Similar Return of 
the Number of such Processes heard and decided 
upon :— 


(Ire 


land.) 


Rev 


P 


=o oS &amp; 

















Public 
Revenue and 
iture, 


Pawnbrokers 
(Ircland.) 


Army, 
Commissariat 
and Ordnance. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Lincolnshire 
Estuary Bill. 


Message 


fi 
the Loris, 


Stockton 
Darlington 
Wear Valley, 
and Middles- 
ugh and 
car Rail- 


m 


14 Vicroriz. 


upon :—Similar Return of the Number of Civil Bill 
Processes for Redemption, of Copies served, and of 
such Processes entered, heard and decided :—Simi- 
lar Return in Replevin Cases, and in Legacy or Dis- 
tributive Share of Assets Cases :—And, similar Re- 
turn of all other original Civil Bills, and of the 
Number of Copies served, and the Number of such 
Cases entered, and the Number of such Cases heard 
and decided ; such Returns to distinguish the Num- 
ber of Cases in which Civil Bills were merely 
issued and served from those Cases in which the 
Civil Bill was entered, and a Decree or Dismiss 
was had, and also to exhibit the average Number 
of Copies served in each Class of Civil Bill Process. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this 
instant May, for Accounts of Public Revenue and 
Expenditure, from the year 1822 to 1850, both 
inclusive ; showing, first, the Amount received in 
each year from the Ordinary Revenue ; second, the 
Amount received from other Sources; third, the 
Total Revenue in each year, deducting Drawbacks 
and Repayments ; fourth, the Charges of Collection, 
and other Payments out of the Revenue, in its Pro- 
gress to the Exchequer; fifth, the Charge of the 
Public Debt, Funded and Unfunded; sixth, the 
Amount of all other Expenditure; seventh, the 
Total Expenditure for each year, showing the Sur- 

lus of Revenue or of Expenditure in each year :— 
And, of the Expenditure for the Army, Navy and 
Ordnance, from the year 1822 to 1850, both inclu- 
sive; distinguishing under each year, and under 
each Head, the Expenditure, first, for the Effective 
Service ; second, for the Non-Effective Service ; 
third, the Total Expenditure (in continuation and in 
the same Form of Parliamentary Paper, No. 391, 
of Session 1850). 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return, 
from the Marshal of the City of Dublin, of the 
Pawnbrokers of Ireland, for the year ending the 
81st day of December 1850. 

Accounts of Army, Commissariat and Ordnance 
Receipt and Expenditure for the year ending 31st 
March 1850, with Reports of the Commissioners of 
Audit. 

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








Martis, 20° die Maii ; 
Anno 14° Victories Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
4 Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution, 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That, in the case of the Lincolnshire 
Estuary Bill, Petition of Frederick Lyon Hopkins, 
Esquire, for leave to be heard against the Bill before 
the Committee thereon, on the Petition of his late 
father, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; That the Petitioner be heard upon the said 
Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockton and Dar- 
lington, Wear Valley and Middlesbrough and Red- 
car meg 5 Companies Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


way Companies Bill. 


Angerstein’s 
Branch 


Railway Bil, 


The Lords have agreed to Angerstein’s Branch 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Vou. 106. 





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233 


The Lords have agreed to the Wiveliscombe Turn- Wiveliscombe 


i j i ° Turnpike- 
— Bill, without any Amendment: And ——. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bangor and Caer- Bangor and 
narvon Railway Bill, without any Amendment: Caernarvon 
And also, Railway Bil. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bristol and Exeter Bristol and 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Exeter Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads Bill, with an Amend- #04 Bridg- 
ment; to which Maanddiinh the Lords desire the + alice og 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- Bill. 
ger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Sunderland Improvement Bill, Sunderland 
as amended in the Committee, he taken into con- ~ [rc 
sideration upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Worth Shields Quays and Im- North Shields 
provements Bill, as amended in the Committee, be bn and 
taken into consideration upon Thursday next. ee 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Select Smithfield 


Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. perry og 


The Order for referring the Elland Improvement, Elland Im- 


Waterworks and Lighting Bill to the Committee of provement, 
Selection, was read, and discharged. bee Lighting 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Bill. 


The East Lancashire Railway Bill was read the East Lanca- 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 1 Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
East Lancashire Railway Company, and to enable 
the Company to increase their Capital and Tolls. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Birmingham Improvement Bill, as amended in 1™provement 
: Bill. 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bolton, Black- 
the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West York- ae 
shire Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. Yorkshire 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, _ Railway Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 


the Manchester and Salford Extension Railway Bill, 224 Salford 
as amended in the Committee Extension 
: Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Malmesbury 
the Malmesbury Turnpike-roads Bill, as amended Ternpike- 
in the Committee. ees 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Thames 
the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill, as Haven Dock 
amended in the Committee. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Waveney 
the Waveney Valley Railway Bill, as amended in Valley 
the Committee. ; Soe 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Warrington 
the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway 24 Alirinch- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. eng 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ; 


Stockton, Mid- 
dleskrough, 
Yarm, &amp;c. 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Mr. Christopher reported the Stockton, Middles- 
brough, Yarm, &amp;c. Waterworks Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

HH Mr. 




















Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Manchester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


Exchequer 
Bills 

(£. 17,756,600) 
Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Apprentices’ 
and Servants’ 
Bill. 


Ouseburn 
Bridge and 
Approaches in 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Bill. 

Leicester 
Sewerage Bill. 


Dewsbury 
Gas Bill. 


Pyecombe 
and Hicksted 
Turnpike-roa 


Laird’s Patent 


Bill. 


Newington 
Saint Mary 
Parish Bill. 


234 


Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on 
Group 28 of Private Bills; That, in the case of the 
Manchester Improvement Bill, they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and had amended the 
Preamble, by extending the operations of the Bill 
to the whole borough of Manchester, and including 
certain Police provisions therein, pursuant to leave 
granted by the House on the 21st day of March 
last, and on the 7th day of May instant; and found 
the allegations of the Bill, 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. 


Mr. Christopher reported the Manchester Water- 
works Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
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 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 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 Seventeen Millions 
Seven Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand Six Hundred 
Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one : 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those Purposes respectively : 

An Act for the better Protection of Persons under 
the Care and Control of others as Apprentices or 
Servants’; and to enable the Guardians and Over- 
seers of the Poor to institute and conduct Prosecu- 
tions in certain Cases : 

An Act for building a Bridge over Ouseburn, 
with Approaches thereto, in the Borough and 
County of Newcastle-upon- Tyne : 


An Act for the Improvement of the Sewerage of 
the Borough of Leicester, and for making other Pro- 
visions for the Sanitary Regulation of such Bo- 
rough: 

An Act to make the Limits of the Dewsbury 
Gas Act commensurate with the whole of the Pa- 
rish of Dewsbury, and the Township of Batley, in 
the Parish of Batley, and to authorize the raising 
of a further Sum of Money: 

An Act for repairing and managing the Roads 
from the Brighthelmston Road at Pyecombe, to Hand 
Cross, and from Pyecombe to the Henfield Road at 
Poyning’s Common, in the County of Sussex : 

An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent 
grauted to John Laird, of Birkenhead, Ship-builder : 

An Act for altering and amending the Walworth 
Common Inclosure Act, 10 Geo. 3, c.'72, for autho- 
rizing a Partition of the Walworth Common Es- 
tate, for incorporating the Governors and Guardians 
of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Mary Newing- 
ton, in the County of Surrey, and for enabling such 
Governors and Guardians to erect a New Work- 
house, for altering and amending the Acts 54 
Geo, 3, c. 113, oe the 1 Geo. 4, c. 41, relating to 
the said Parish, and for other Purposes : 


20° Maiz. 


A. 1851. 


An Act for establishing New Markets and Mar- Durham 
ket Places in the City of Durham, for abolishing Markets By, 
the Corn Tolls, and for regulating the Markets 
and Fairs within the said City, and the Suburbs 
thereof, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to confirm the Issue of certain Shares Reading 
in the Reading Cemetery Company, to enable the Cemetery 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for °™P#Y Bil 
other Purposes : 

An Act for amending an Act passed in the forty- Downham 
second Year of the Reign of his Majesty King Market, ¢, 
George the Third, for draining and improving cer- PFainage Bi, 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Parishes 
of Downham Market, Wimbotsham, Siow Bardolph 
and Denver, in the County of Norfolk : 


An Act to extend and amend the Provisions of Chetenhan 
the Act relating to the Cheltenham and Painswick and Painswick 
District of Turnpike-road, in the County of Glou- a Tum. 
cester, and to create a further Term therein: aes 


An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Cheltenham 
the Acts relating to the Cheltenham and Gloucester and Gloucester 
District of Turnpike-roads, in the County of Glou- a _ 
cester, and to create a further Term therein: — 


An Act for Relief of the several Townships in the Manchester 
Parish of Manchester, from the Repair of Highways Parish High. 
not situate within such Townships respectively: °7° Bill. 


An Act for incorporating “ The Scarborough Gas Scarborough 
Company,” for enabling the Company to raise a “as Bill 
further Sum of Money for better supplying the Bo- 
rough of Scarborough with Gas, and for other Pur- 
poses : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the third Milthrop 
Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, in- 2nd Levens 
tituled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing the ate 
Roads from Nether Bridge to Levens Bridge, and 
from thence through the Town of Millthrop to 
Dixes, and from the Town of Millthrop to Hang 
Bridge, and from thence to join the Heronsyke 
| Turnpike-road, near Clawthrop Hall, in the County 
of Westmoreland :” 

An Act to provide for the Alteration or Ex- Hartlepool 
tinguishment of the existing Rights in the Free- Freemen’s 
men’s Pastures in the Township and Borough of —— 
Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, and for the Bill. 
Appropriation and Management of such Pastures, 
for vesting in the Body Corporate of the Borough 
the Harbour Dues receivable by them, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Tenterden and 
an Act for widening and improving the Road re 
leading from the Turnpike-road in the Town of — 
Tenterden, through Woodchurch to Warehorne, and 
the Road leading out of the Turnpike-road in the 
Parish of Bethersden, through Woodchurch to Ap- 
pledore, in the County of Kent, and to create a fur- 
ther Term therein : 





pleby, in the County of Westmoreland, to Kirkby-in- pel ne! 








Kendal, and from Orton to the Turnpike-road near Market 
Shap, and from Highgate, near Tebay, through Brough Tur 
Kirkby Stephen, to Market Brough, in the said PX*? 
County : 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Road Mildenhall 
from Beck Fen-lane, in the Parish of Mildenhall, in — oak 
the County of Suffolk, to Littleport, in the Isle of Lakenheath 
Ely and County of Cambridge, and other Roads and Hockwold 
therein mentioned in the Counties of Norfolk and —" 
Suffolk : 


An Act for making a Railway from the Chester Bangor on 
and Holyhead Railway, near Bangor, to Port Dinor- — Bill. 


wic and Caernarvon: 

An Act for maintaining in Repair several Roads Wiveliscombe 
leading from and through the Town of Wivelis- Tom Pao, 
combe, in the County of Somerset, and the Roads ad- 
joining thereto, in the Counties of Somerset and 
Devon: ea 

An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge Angerston.t 
across the Lower Turnpike-road leading from G'reen- oy Bill 


wich to Woolwich, and the crossing of a ee 
n 








An Act for keeping in Repair the Road from Ap- Appleby, Ken- 


ad Bill. 


Seis Pare eEays 





Stockton and 
lington, 
0 Valley 
and Middles- 
prough and 
Redcar Rail- 
way Come 
panies Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill. 


Heathcote’s 
Divorce B 


Great North- 
em Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Waterford 
and Kilkenny 
Railway Bill. 


Cork and 
Waterford 
Railway Bill. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com-. 
pany Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 11.) 


14 VicrorizZ. 





An Act for empowering the Stockton and Dar- 
lington Railway Company, and their Lessors, the 
Wear Valley Railway Company, and the Middles- 
brough and Redcar Railway Company, to raise more 
Money, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to amend some of the Provisions of the 
Acts relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, and to grant to such Company certain 
Powers of holding Shares in other Undertakings : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edmund 
Heathcote, Esquire, with Elizabeth Lucy Heuthcote, 


20° Mazz. 





235 


Moore, of Wolverhampton, Contractor, William 
Barrow, of Wolverhampton, Merchant, Henry Gib- 
bons, of Wolverhampton, Merchant, Samuel Holden 
Blackwell, of Dudley, lronmaster, Edward Bagnall 
Dimmack, of Wolverhampton, Ironmaster, Lacan 
Chance, of Birmingham, Glass-manufacturer, and 
Thomas Hill, of Brentwood, Essex, Railway Con- 
tractor, 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 intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, that 
the above-named persons do attend the said Com- 





his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other Purposes. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the 
Great Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had verbally amended the same; 
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 ; 
and be printed. 





Lord George Manners reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That, in the 
case of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by confining the powers of sale and lease of the 
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company to the 
Waterford and Limerick Railway Company, and 
enabling the last-mentioned Company to raise ad- 
ditional capital for that purpose, inasmuch as the 
Great Southern and Western Railway Company 
and the Jrish South Eastern Railway Company 
had not proved before the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways that they had paid up one-half of their share 
capital ; and had found the allegations of the Bill, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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





Lord George Manners reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That, in the 
case of the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
inserting a statement that no part of the lines of 
Railway authorized by the Company’s original Act | 
have yet been commenced ; and also a statement of 
the expediency of giving facilities to enable the 
branch to Tramore to be immediately proceeded 
with ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Sir Harry Verney reported from the Committee 
on Group 21 of Private Bills; That, in the case of 
Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
in the nineteenth line, after the word “ granted,” 
the words “to the present or future managing di- 
“ rectors of the Company,” the Committee consi- 
dering such alterations to be expedient; and had 
found the allegations of the Bill, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on 
Group 11 of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway 
Bill had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence 
of Richard Smith, of the Priory, Dudley, Stephen 


mitttee on Monday the 26th day of May, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That Richard Smith, of the Priory, 
Dudley, Stephen Moore, of Wolverhampton, Con- 
tractor, William Barrow, of Wolverhampton, Mer- 
chant, Henry Gibbons,of Wolverhampton, Merchant, 
Samuel Holden Blackwell, of Dudley, \ronmaster, 
Edward Bagnall Dimmack, of Wolverhampton, 
Ironmaster, Lucas Chance, of Birmingham, Glass- 
manufacturer, and Thomas Hill, of Brentwood, 
Essex, Railway Contractor, do attend the said Com- 
mittee upon enti next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Harwich Writ. 
rant 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 Harwich, in 
the room of Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from Stamp Duties 
the Committee appointed to inspect the Journals of Assimilation 
the Hcuse of Leads with relation to any proceedings 
upon the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill, and to 
make Report thereof to the House; That they had 
inspected the said Journals accordingly, and found 
the following entry : 


“ Die, Veneris 16° Maij, 1851: 


“ Ordered, That the second reading of the Stamp Duties 
‘ Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill,’ which stands Assimilation 
appointed for Monday next, be put off sine die.” “” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the first of the Reso- Stamp Duties 
lutions which, upon the 7th day of April last, were (Ireland) Con- 
reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, “"™“" _ 
and which Resolution was then agreed to, might be 
read; and the same was read, as foiloweth : 


“1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the respective Duties in 
Great Britain on Profits arising from Property, 
Professions, Trades and Offices, and the a 
Duties in Ireland, granted by two Acts passed in 
the sixth year of Her present Majesty, and which 
have been continued and amended by several sub- 
sequent Acts, shall be further continued for a time 
a limited.” 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue 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: And that Mr. Bernal, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hawes presented,— Return to an Address to Van Diemen’s 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of this instant 1424. 
May, for Copy of Sir William Denison’s Despatch 
of the 14th day of January 1851, addressed to the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, upon the with- 
drawal of Tickets of Leave from certain Prisoners 





VoL. 106. 


in Van Diemen’s Land. 
HH2 Ordered, 








Stamp Duties 
(Ireland) Con- 
tinuance Bill, 


No. 312, 


Adjournment. 


Clerkenwell 


Improvement 


(Transfer of 


Powers to the 


Corporation 
of London, 
&amp;c.) Bill, 


Killarney 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Local Acts. 
No, 63, 


Railways. 
No. 313. 


Public 
Revenue and 
Expenditure. 


No. 314. 
Army, 


Commissariat 
and Ordnance, 


No, 315. 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Thirty- 
ninth Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


236 


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


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to continue the Stamp Duties granted by an 
Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Bri- 
tain and Jreland, and to make Regulations for 
collecting and managing the same: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Resolved, Tat this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn til] Thursday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Clerkenwell Improve- 
ment (Transfer of Powers to the Corporation of 
London, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mz. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Killarney Junction Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by correct- 
ing a recital of the extent to which it is proposed to 
reduce the capital of the Company, so as to make 
the recital consistent with an altered Clause in the 
Bill; and that the Committee had further amended 
the Preamble, by striking out a recital, that the 
Company are willing to make the Deviation Rail- 
way at their own expense; and found the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Re- 
venue and Expenditure, which was presented yester- 


day, be printed, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Army, 
Commissariat and Ordnance, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 
— Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Religious 
Houses Bill; and, Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption 
Bill; — Van Diemen’s Land (Transportation) ; — 
Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Paper ;— Agriculture ;—Bank- 
ruptey ;—Board of Customs ;—County Court Ex- 
tension Act ;—Dublin Hospitals;—Education (Jre- 
land) ;—General Board of Health Bill ;—Improve- 
ment of Towns (Jreland) Bill ;—Medical Charities 
(freland) Bill ;—Parks ( Metropolis) ;—Pharmaceu- 
tical Chemists ;— Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;—School 
Establishment (Scotland) Bill ;—and, Spirits, —were 
—- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

uble. 

A Petition relating to the Steam Navigation Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 12th day of this instant May, for an Account, for 


20°—22° Maiz. 





A. 1851. 


the years 1849 and 1850, for the last quarter of 
1850, and for the first quarter of the year 1851 re- 
spectively, of the Number of Quarters of Wheat, 
Barley and Oats, and of the Number of Sacks and 
Barrels of Flour respectively imported into Eng- 
land, Ireland and Scotland severally from the United 
States of America, from Canada, from France, and 
from all the other Parts of Europe; distinguishing 
the Quantity of those Articles sent from each 
Country respectively; also stating the Number of 
Quarters of Wheat to which the entire Number of 
Sacks and Barrels of Flour from each Country are 
all equivalent, stating the Difference of Cost in 
Freight between imported Flour and imported 
Wheat from France, Canada and the United States 
respectively, so far as the same can be rendered 
from the Department of the Customs, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Transports. 
roposed, That an humble Address be presented to jon to Van 
Her Majesty, praying for the Discontinuance ofyinq 


Transportation to Van Diemen’s 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 after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till Thursday next. 


Jovis, 22° die Maii; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- pypjic 
LV mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 19th —- 
and 20th 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. Archibald Hastie reported from the Committee Caledonian 
on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of Railway 
the Caledonian Railway (Motherwell Branch Ex- ce 
tension and Lesmahagow Branches Lease) Bill, the tension and 
Agents for the Promoters had stated to the Com- Lesmahagow 
mittee, that it was not their intention to offer any ease) Bill 
evidence in proof of the Preamble of the present 
Bill, or to proceed any further therewith. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Caledonian 
to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to pro- uote _ 
vide for the Construction of certain Branch Railways Branch Ex- 
in the County of Zanark: And that Mr. Archibald tension and 
Hastie and Mr. Lockhart do prepare, and bring it in. amen 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Newry Writ 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Newry, 
in the room of the Honourable Francis Jack Need- 
ham, commonly called Viscount Newry and Morne, 
deceased. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Coal Duties 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; ( es a 
That in the case of the Petition for the Coal Duties and adjacent 
(London and Westminster and adjacent Counties) Counties.) 
(No. 2) Bill, no other Standing Orders are ee 
cable than those which were proved to have heen 
complied with before the Examiner upon the Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the first Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from sone 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Tmitcalth 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- pin, 


vision 
















(Mo 


tens 


i 
1 
q 
] 
















Coal Duties 
{ondon and 
Westminster 
and adjacent 
Counties. ) 


(Caledonian 
Railway 
(Motherwell 
Branch Ex- 
tension and 
lesmahagow 
Branches) Bill. 


Jslington 
Cattle Market 
Bill. 


Chorley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Sailway Bill, 


Edinburgh 
Royal Asylum 
for the Insane 


Liverpool 
Docks (Alte- 
tation of 
Management, 
&amp;c.) Bill, 


solidation Bill. 


Great Western 
ilway 
(Railways to 
connect the 
imingham 
and Oxtord 
Junction Rail- 
way with the 


London and North Western Rail- 
way at Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill, 








99° Maiz. 937 


J“ Mowe gremoed to take into consideration Baping 

the Hayling Bridge and Causeway Bill, as amended 2™8° 2n¢ | 

in the Committee. soe a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


14 Vicroriz. 


vision in the Cheltenham Improvement and Health 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of the Petition for the Coal Duties (Zon- 
don and Westminster and adjacent Counties) Bill, 
which was laid upon the Table this day, 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 Vend and Deli- 
very of Coals in London and Westminster, and in 
certain Parts of the adjacent Counties, and to allow 
a Drawback on Coals conveyed beyond certain 
Limits: And that Mr. Masterman and Sir James 
Duke do prepare, and bring it in, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to North Shields 
take into consideration the Worth Shields Quays Quays and 
‘and Improvements Bill, as amended in the Com- }uprovements 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sunderland 
take into consideration the Sunderland Improve- coca 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. is 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. William Marshall reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 14 of Railway Bills; That the (Group 14.) 


_ Committee met this day, pursuant to adjournment ; 


the Caledonian Railway Company to provide for | 
; : ; : but that Mr. Grenfell, one of the Members of the 
the Construction of certain Branch Railways in the | Committee, was nf t ptesent during the sitting of 


County of Lunark: And the same was read the | tl . 

firet tine. | the said Committee. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- C Ordered, - hat Mr. Grenfell do attend the said 

aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. | Te Seen 
Ordered, Thatijthe Examiner have leave to sit, 

and proceed To-morrow. 





Mr. Archibald Hastie presented a Bill to enable 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Argyllshire 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ "7" 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 





The Order for referring the Islington Cattle Mar- 


ket Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Se- 


present Parliament for the Shire of Argyll, in the 
room of Duncan M‘ Neil, Esquire, who, since his 
election for the said Shire, hath accepted the Office 


lect Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal of Judge of the Supreme Court in Scotland. 


Bill. Lord George Manners reported from the Com- Waterford 
The Chorley Waterworks Bill was read the third | mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That, in the and Limericks 
time. case of the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill, ®*!w4y 5 


they had examined the allegations of the Preamble, 
and had amended the same, in order to make it 
more consistent with the objects of the Bill as 
amended by the Committee, by inserting a state- 
ment of the expediency of empowering the Com- 
pany to levy Tolls on the Bridge over the Suir, in- 
tended to be constructed by them, and by omitting 
the statement of the expediency of granting mutual 
powers of amalgamation to the Waterford and 
Limerick and Waterford and Kilkenny Railway 
The Edinburgh Royal Asylum for the Insane| Companies; and found the same, as amended, to be 
Bill was read the third time. | true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
A Clause (Power to borrow Money) was thrice | Amendments thereunto. 
read, and added to the Bill. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Another Clause (Execution and Form of Bonds or | and be printed. 
Mortgages) was thrice read, and added to the Bill. | 
ae (Form of Transfer) was thrice | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Benefices. 
read, and added to the Bill. | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. House, a Return of all Benefices, Rectories or 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill; Vicarages, which have been united under the Act 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 98, s, 8, stating the Names of the 
United Benefices, with the Names of Incumbent or 
The Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Management,} Incumbents, the Amount of the Population, and the 
&amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. early Value of each, and the Distance that the 
A Clause (Reciting Agreement to demise Land to} Churches of each of the united Benefices are from 
the Board of Ordnance) was thrice read; and added | each other, with the County and Diocese in which 
to the Bill. | each is situated (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Paper, No. 524, of Session 1850). 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill; Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Eastern Union Railway 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. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Brackley Roads Consolidation Bill, as amended! Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bann Navi- 
in the Committee. | Copy of the Report of the Board of Works in sation Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Ireland on the “ Bann Navigation Bill.” 


The House proceeded to take into consideration, Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address Mercantile 
the Great Western Railway (Railways to connect | to Her Majesty, dated the 5th - of this instant Marine Act. 
the Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway with | May, for a Return, showing the Number and Pur- 
the London and North Western Railway at Sir- 
mingham, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

aden That the Bill be read the third time, 


| port of any Memorials presented to the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade against 
| the Operation of those Parts of the Mercantile Ma- 
| rine Act which relate to the Engagement and Dis- 
charge of Crews at Shipping Offices, and to Regu- 
Vou, 106, HH 3 lations 





Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forticth 
Report on 


Public 
Petitions. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land. 
No, 316. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 
No, 317. 
Trinity 
College 
(Dublin) Bill. 
No. 318. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c, 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Fees on 
Proceedings 


before Justices 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Highways 
(South Wales) 
Bill. 


Farm 
Buildings Bill. 


Hainault 
Forest Bill. 


Appointments 
to Offices, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


T.ondon and 


Blackwall Rail- 


way (Branch 
to Haydon- 


”] 


~ 


38 


lations for maintaining oe by Fines, with 
the Answers given to such Memorials, and any 
Correspondence, showing the Steps taken by the 
Board of Trade in respect thereof. 

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


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— May- 
nooth College ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;— 
Regium Donum ;—Religious Houses Bill and Ec- 
clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Van Diemen’s 
Land (Transportation) ; — Attornies Certificates ;— 
Carriages ;—Coffee ;— Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Borough 
Police Force ; —County Courts further Extension 
Bill; — Education ; — Education (Zreland) ; —~ Im- 
provement of Towns (Jreland) Bill ;—Poor Law ;— 
Prisons (Scotland) Bill; — Public-houses (Scot- 
land); —School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ;— 
and, Spirits,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Annuity Tax ( Queensferry) 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Annuity Tax (Edinburgh). 

A Petition relating to the Board of Customs 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Customs. 

A Petition relating to the Coalwhippers (Port of 
London) Bill was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Law of Partnership 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Law of Partnership. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Van Die- 
men’s Land, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trinity 
College (Dublin) Bill, which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill 
be read a second time after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land) Bill be read a second time after the Orders of 
the day. 


Ordered, That the Fees on Proceedings before 


22°—23° Maii. 





A. 1851. 


The Lords have agreed to the Whitby Waterworks Whitby 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Waterworks 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And ~~ 
also, ' 

The Lords have agreed to the Halesworth, Beccles Halesworth, 
and Haddiscoe Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to Beccles ang 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Regent’s Canal Regent's Cany 
Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Company Buy 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Scottish Central Scottish 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Content Rail: 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this “*7 Bu 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the North British Rail- North Britis, 
way Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- Railway Bi 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the London and Black- London ani 
wall Railway (Extension of Time for Widening, &amp;c.) Blackwall 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment pom 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— for Widening, 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Railway Bill 


&amp;c.) Bill, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Capital 
posed, That it is expedient that the Mitigations Punishment. 
which have been made in the Laws inflicting Capital 
Punishment in England be extended to Scotland, 
and, as far as possible, to the Colonial Possessions 
of this Country :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Education, 
That it is expedient to promote the Education of 
the People, in England and Wales, by the establish- 
ment of Free Schools for Secular Instruction, to be 
supported by Local Rates, and managed by Com- 
mittees, elected specially for that purpose by the 
Ratepayers ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 
f{Mr. William Fox, 49 
\Mr. Hume : | nat 
{ Mr. Hayter, 
\Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 139. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Hops. 
posed, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for the 


Justices (Jreland) Bill be read a second time after , Reduction of the Excise Duty on Hops ; 


the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Highways (South Wales) Bil 
be read the third time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Farm Build- 
ings Bill. 


Ordered, That the Hainault Forest Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be taken into conside- 
ration after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Appointments to Offices, &amp;e. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
consideration after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the London and Black- 
wall Railway (Branch to Haydon-square, White- 
chapel, &amp;c.) Bill without any Amendment: And 


square, White- also, 


chapel, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


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And the House having continued to sit till after 


| Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
1 ' 


Veneris, 23° die Maii, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Qi Law Hodges, 2 


Sir Edmund Filmer : 
{Mr. Hayter, 

(Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 88. 


j 
\ 
J 


ro- Kensington 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
Gardens. 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Order in Council, or Letter from the 
Treasury, sanctioning the Alterations lately made in 
Kensington Gardens by the First Commissioner of 
the Woods and Forests :—And, Copy or Extract of 
any Memorial or Application made to the Lords 
of the Treasury, or to the Commissioners of the 
Woods and Forests, for permission for Horsemen to 
ride in Kensington Gardens :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, 


























14 Vicroriz. 


ts (Van _ Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 

Diemen’s Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 

Land.) ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 

eturns of the Number of Convicts, Male and Fe- 

male, distinguishing the Number of each Sex, that 

have arrived in Van Diemen’s Land since July 1850, 

stating the Names of the Ships by which they ar- 

rived, the Number by each Ship, and also the Time 

of Arrival:—Of the Number of Convicts of all 

Classes in Van Diemen’s Land, in each year, on the 

31st day of December 1844 to 1850 inclusive, main- 

tained oe the Government; distinguishing Males 

from Females, and the Expenses or Charge to the 

Publie in each of those years :—And, of the Num- 

ber of Persons having Ticket of Leave in the Colony 

of Van Diemen’s Land, on the 31st day of Decem- 

ber 1849 and the 30th day of June 1850, in the 

several Police Districts of the Colony ; distinguish- 

ing the Unemployed from the Number of those Em- 

ployed in each of those Districts. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


sritish White Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Hering to amend the Acts relating to the British White 
fishery Bill Herring Fishery: And that the Lord Advocate 
| and Sir William Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Colwhippers The Select Committee on the Coalwhippers (Port 
(Port of 2 of London) Bill was nominated of Mr. Labouchere, 
don) Bill. Wir, Gladstone, Mr. Wawn, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Wegg- 
Prosser, Sir Edward Buxton, Mr. Forster, Sir 
William Clay, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Reynolds, Vis- 
count Seaham, Colonel Romilly and Sir John Walsh. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
P= mittee on the Charitable Institutions’ Notices Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of June next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


| Metical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ieland) pi, Mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(inn reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regu- 
Regulation lation Act Amendment Bill ; 


Act Amend- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


ment Bill. —_ upon Monday next. 
bl The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Valuation (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 2d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





Improvement The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireand) Bil pg on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 


ill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


/ Common The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tig mittee on the Common Lodging Houses Bill ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


wr Rail The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(No, 2) Bil A of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) 
ill ; 

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








Sale of Atvenic The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ij, ~~‘ take into consideration the Sale of Arsenic Regula- 


VoL. 106. 





























































292°—-93° Mair. 239 


tion Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 

Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Process and 
mong of the Process and Practice (Jreland) (eeeed) Bam 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Apprentices to 
consideration the Apprentices to Sea Service (Jre- Sea Service 
land) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee : (No. 2) Bill. 
—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the No, 319. 
whole House :—The House immediately 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, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Lodging- 
consideration the Lodging Houses Bill, as amended houses Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Se- 
lect Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colonial 
th Sa a oe 
Ba; of the Colonial Property Qualification Quai ia 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Stamp Duties (Jreland) Continuance Bill Stamp Duties 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and (Ireland) =_ 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for —" 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Petty Sessions 
reading of the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 2d day cf une next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) Fines, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 2d day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fees on. 
reading of the Fees on Proceedings before Justices ir eng = 
(Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 2d day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Hainault 
into consideration the Hainault Forest Bill, as Forest Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Appointments 
take into consideration the Appointments to Offices, to Offices, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; sane 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Saint Alvan’s 
mittee on the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission Bribery Com- 
Bill ; mission Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Gunpowder 
Committee, this day, upon the Gunpowder Stores — ' 
(Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill, was read; and jromption 
| discharged, Repeal Bill. 


HH4+ Resolved, 











British White 

Herring 

Fishery Bill. 
No. 320, 


Hops. 
No. 821. 


Wheat and 


240 


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


Sir William Gibson Craig presented a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to the British White Her- 
ring Fishery: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of this instant May, for Returns 
of the Quantity of Foreign Hops entered for Home 
Consumption in each of the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 
1849 and 1850; of the Quantity of Foreign Hops 
exported in the same years, and of the Quantity of 
Foreign Hops in Bond on the 1st day of January 


99°—23° Maiz. 


A, 1851. 


Shields and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, respectively, on 
the 5th day of January 1849, the 5th day of January 
1850, and the 5th day of January 1851. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions East naj, 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts 
respecting the Annual Territorial Revenues and Dis- 
bursements of the East India Company for three 
years 1846/47, 1847/48, 1848/49, according to the 
latest Advices; with a Statement of the same for 
the succeeding year partly estimated. 

General Rules and Orders for and concerning the County 
Practice and Proceedings of the County Courts in Courts, 
England, as certified to the Lord Chancellor by the 
Five Judges of County Courts appointed under the 
Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic.c. 101, s. 12, and approved of by 
Three of the Judges of the Superior Courts at West- 





in each of the same years, and on the Ist day of 
January 1851:—And, of the Quantity of British 
Hops exported in each of the same years, and to 
what Places. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of April 
last, for Copies of all Documents furnished by the 
Resident at Sattara to the Bombay Government, 
showing the Amount of Revenue received from all 
Sources in the State of Sattara since its Adminis- 
tration by the East India Company,and the Charges 
payable out of the said Revenue :—And, of all Cor- 
respondence between the Widow and the adopted 
Son of the Ex-Rajah of Sattara, and the Governor 
General’s Agent at Benares, and between that Offi- 
cer and the Governor General of India, from the 
ist day of December 1849 to the present Time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of March 


Oats(Ireland.) Jast, for Returns of the average Prices of Wheat 


Cheese. 


Ports of 

Shields and 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne. 


and Oats per Barrel, calculated upon the Returns 
advertised in the Dublin Gazette for each year, end- 
ing the 1st day of May, since 1839 :—And, of the 
average Prices of Wheat and Oats per Barrel, cal- 
culated on the same Returns, for the Period of 
Seven years immediately preceding each Ist day of 
May, since 1839. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of April 
last, for an Account of the Quantities of Cheese im- 
ported into the several Ports of Great Britain in 
each Month of the year 1849, distinguishing the 
European, United States and Colonial Pisliees : 
and of all European Cheese, exclusive of British 
Cheese, exported from England in the year 1850 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 430, 
of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of April 
last, for Returns giving a Copy of the Official Regu- 
lations of the Board of Customs, with reference to 
the Entry and Clearance of Vessels, which have 
been in force upon the River Tyne since the Sepa- 


ration of the Port of Shields from that of Newcastle, | 
in April 1848; and stating also all Cases in the | 





minster. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops 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, 23° die Maiti ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 








PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Caledonian 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Railway 
Bills; That in the case of the Caledonian Railway ea 
(Motherwell Branch Extension and Lesmahagow tension and 
Branches) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- oe 
plied with. — 





Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway (Mother- Caledonian 

| well Branch Extension and Lesmahagow Branches) oe ya 
Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. = Ex- 

tension and 

Lesmahagow 

Branches) Bill 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee pypjic 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 


_ Petitions presented upon the 22d day of this instant ‘ion rt) 


May; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


| 


| Ordered, That the Petition of Coal Factors and Coalwhippers 


the (Port of 


Merchants of the City of London, relating to Orncion) Bil 


Coalwhippers (Port of Zondon) Bill, which was 
fare ri upon Friday last, be referred to the Se- 
| lect Committee on the Bill ; and that the Petitioners 
be heard before the Committee on the prayer of 
| their Petition. 

United Kingdom where two or more independent | 
Ports exist upon one River or Estuary, where the | 
same Customs Regulations as those of the Tyne. 
have been introduced :—Of the Number of Vessels, | 
British and Foreign, which, under the present Cus- | 
toms Regulations, have entered Inwards or cleared | 
Outwards at the Custom House at Newcastle, as | 
loading or discharging their Cargoes within the Port | 
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and which have transacted | 
the Business of their Cargoes at that Custom House, 
but which actually never entered within the Limits | 
of the Port of Newcastle-on-Tyne, but remained | 
at Anchor or at their Moorings within the Port of | 
Shields, and loaded and discharged their Cargoes | 
within the Limits of that Port, for the years ending | 
the 5th day of January 1849, the 5th day of Janu- | 
ary 1850, and the 5th day of January 1851, res- | 
pectively ; also, the Total Amount of Duties paid at 
the Custom House at Newcastle upon Goods so dis- 
charged within the Port of Shields, during the same 
years:—And, of the Number of Ships and the 
Amount of Tonnage registered in the Ports of 





Ordered, That Sir William Gibson Craig be dis- gmithfield 
charged from further attendance on the Select Com- Market 
mittee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grey be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


Sir James Duke presented a Bill to amend the pope 


Acts relating to the Vend and Delivery of Coals in Westminster 
London and Westminster, and in certain Parts of andadjacent 
the adjacent Counties, and to allow a Drawback on Counties) Bill. 
Coals conveyed beyond certain Limits: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration pees 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Shrews-*y, Turs- 
bury and Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads Bill ; and the pi e-roads 
same was twice read ; and agreed to. __ Bill 

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 





Birmingham 


serene 


14 Vicroriz. 


The Birmingham Improvement Bill was read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for transferring to the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of the Borough of Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick, the Estates, Pro- 
perties and Effects now vested in certain Commis- 
sioners having Jurisdiction over Parts of the Bo- 
rough, and to provide for the better draining, light- 
ing, paving, supplying with Water, and otherwise 
improving the said Borough, and making Provision 
for the good Government, Regulation and Manage- 
ment thereof. ; 

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


Malmesbury The Malmesbury Turnpike-roads Bill was read 

To the third time. 

- Resolved, ‘that the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to renew the Term, and continue 
the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the 
first Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving several Districts of Ma/mes- 
bury Turnpike-roads, and other Roads connected 
therewith, in the Counties of Wilts, Berks and Glou- 
cester,” so far as relates to the first and second Dis- 
tricts. 

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

Waveney The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read the 

— pi, third time. 

ye Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Dec Standard The House proceeded to take into consideration 

_— the Dee Standard Restoration Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Great Central The House proceeded to take into consideration 

+t the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company Bill, 

pany Bil, | 28 amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Iondon City Sir Hurry Verney reported the London City 

Sewers Bill. Sewers Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

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

Civil Bill Ordered, That the Return, giving, in Tabular 

(ia) Form, the Number of Original Civil Bill Ejectment 

No. 399 Processes entered in 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 
"=" and 1850, in and for the Counties of Clare, Cavan, 
Cork West Riding and Longford, which was pre- 
sented upon Monday last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return, giving, in Tabular 
Form, the Number of Original Civil Bill Ejectment 
Processes, entered in each of the years 1844, 1845, 
1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, in and for the 
several Counties in Zreland, which was presented 
upon Monday last, be printed. 
gest and Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat and 
‘s(Iteland.) Qats (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 323. printed. 

Cheese. Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, 
No, 324. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

oo. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ports of 

ewcastle. Shields and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which was pre- 

wpon-Tyne, sented yesterday, be printed. 

No, 325. 

East India, Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East 

No. 326, India, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 





Vou. 106. 


23° Maiz. 





241 


contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by striking out recitals of certain 
Public Acts of the 12th and 13th Vic.; and had 
found the Preamble, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Mail Steamers 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Mail Steamers (Halifax and 


employed by Messrs. Cunard &amp; Co. in carrying the 
Mails to and from Halifax and the United States, 
from their earliest Commencement down to the pre- 
sent Time; giving the Names of the Vessels, their 
respective Tonnage, inclusive of the Space occupied 
by the Boilers and Machinery, and what Space is 
occupied by these ; the Horse Power of each Ves- 
sel, and the Contract Price paid for each year’s 
Service ; how many Summer and how many Winter 
Voyages they were and are bound to perform under 
their Contract, and when these Voyages begin and 
end; when the respective Contracts began and 
ended, and when the present one will expire. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Kayan Tribes, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to _ directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Sir James Brooke's Correspondence with 
the Kayan Chiefs of the Interior, and the Letters 
from the Kayan Chiefs to Sir James Brooke, com- 
plaining of the Conduct of Mr. Burns, and the 
Promise to forbear from Inter-Tribal Wars. 
Ordered, That 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 Board of Health, and of all Reports or Infor- 
mation on the Soft Water Springs in the Surrey 
Sands; together with any Estimates, Surveys, or 
any Minutes and Correspondence with the General 
Board of Health thereon, or in relation to the Com- 
bination of the new Sources with other Works. 





in the last Session of Parliament, and the 10th day 
of February last, for 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 Commissioners for England, before the 
ist 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 Period of 
such Revision, as well as any Inquiries or Instruc- 
tions 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 Net Income have been both 
given, the Grounds of Difference between the Gross 
and Net Income, as shown by the 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 Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners for England, in each year, 
since the Act to carry ~ effect the Fourth — 

I o 








Mr. Wawn reported from the Committee on Group path 
27 of Private Bills; That in the case of the Bath Improvement 
Improvement Bill, they had examined the allegations Bil 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolis 
Copies of Report by Mr. Rammell, an Inspector of Water Supply. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to several Feclesiastical 
Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of June, Commission. 





















































































































Arch- 
bishoprics and 
Bishoprics. 


Bibles and 
Testaments. 


Police 
Constables. 


No. 327. 


Bills of 
Indictment 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 328. 


County 
Treasurers. 


No. 329. 


Lists of 
Voters. 


No. 330. 


Sattara. 
No, 331. 


Turnpike- 


242 


of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues (3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 113), in respect of any 
Prebend or other Dignity in any Cathedral or Col- 
legiate Church in Wales, and of the Amount of such 
Sums as may have been appropriated by the Com- 
missioners, and how appropriated. And, for 
Returns of the Gross and Net Income of each Arch- 
bishopric and Bishopric in England and Wales, in 
each year (from the ist day of January 1844), spe- 
cifying all Sums received from or paid to the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners, and all Monies received 
from Rents, Fines, renewals of Leases, Building 
Leases, and from all other Sources :—And, of the 
various Items constituting, in every Instance, the 
Difference between Gross and Net Income. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of March last, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of Bibles and Testaments printed by the Queen’s 
Printer from the 1st day of January 1848 to the 
31st day of December 1850, inclusive; and the 
Amount of Drawback of Paper Duty received in 
the same Period :—Similar Return for the Univer- 
sity of Oxford:—And, similar Return for the Univer- 
sity of Cambridge, for Bibles and Testaments ; with 
a ; Mee of Drawback of Paper Duty received by 
the Printers of that University, from the 1st day of 
January 1838 to the 31st day of December 1850, 
inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, 
Nos. 82 and 293, of Session 1847). 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Police Constables, which was presented upon 
the 8th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Bills of Indictment (Jreland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 15th day of this instant May, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to County Treasurers, which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Lists of Voters, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. 

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





Resolved, Tnat an humble Address be presented to 


roads (Wales.) Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Property Tax 
Bill. 


Saint Bar- 
tholomew’s 
Hospital 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
first Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the detailed Expenditure by the Gene- 
ral Superintendent of Turnpike Roads in Wales. 
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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Property Tax Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for confirming certain Leases granted by the Mayor 
and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of Lon- 
don, Governors of the House of the Poor, commonly 
called Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, near West 
Smithfield, London, of the Foundation of King Henry 
the Eighth, and for enabling them to grant Building 
and other Leases of their Estates; to which the 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Several Petitions relating to Church Establish- 
ments ;—Church of Rome ;—Croagh Parish ;—Ec- 
clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Regium Do- 
num ;—Religious Houses Bill;—Religious Houses 
Bill; and, Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— 
Inhabited House Duty Bill ;—County Courts further 
Extension Bill ;—Education (Jreland) ;—Improve- 


93°—24° Maiz. 





A. 1851. 


ment of Towns (Jreland) Bill ;—Prisons (Scotland) 
Bill;—and, Valuation (Jreland) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) 
Bill was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecctesiasticy 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles As- sues ‘ 
sumption Bill. Be 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuausg, N° 1 (The Letters Apostolical declared 
unlawful and void). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, \ 49 

Yeas, LMr. Keogh: J y 

Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, } 291 

Noes, Mr. Grey: } 

Amendment proposed: In P. 2.1. 21, to leave 
out the words “the said brief, rescript,” in order to 
add the words “all such briefs, rescripts,” instead 
thereof. 

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. 23, 
after the word “ thereby ” to insert the words “ save 
“ in so far as the exercise or use of such jurisdic- 
“ tion, authority, pre-eminence or title shall be 
“ necessary for spiritual purposes.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

f The Earl of Arundel and 

Tellers for the 


Surrey, 61 
Yeas, Sir Henry Winston Bar- | . 
ron: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 


Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: } _ 
Another Amendment proposed: In P.2. 1. 23, 
after the word “ thereby,” to insert the words “ for 
“temporal purposes.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Sadleir, | 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ yf, Scully : J 57 
Tellers for the Noes, {tir —— Hill: lain 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 24° die Maiti, 18 51: 


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 Customs Bill. 


reading of the Customs Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


ments were read, and agreed to. 
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 


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


House 


ted 
Duty 


The Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill was, accord- Sale of Arsenic 


ing to Order, read the third time; and the Amend- a 


on 











_— a | 

























stamp Duties ; ; 
(Ireland) Con- into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties (Jreland) 


tinuance 


Appointments 
CB ices, &amp;e. 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


of Health Bill. 


Hainault 
Forest Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Common 
Todging- 
houses Bill, 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com. 
Mission Bill, 


Home-made 


Spirits in 
Bond. 


Highways 
South W: 
— 








14 Vicroriz. 93°—-94° Mazz. 


which Amendments this House doth desire the con- | 
currence of their Lordships. 


243 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Farm 
into a Committee upon the Farm Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 332. 
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 Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Continuance 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- 


h : , . 
tg be taken into consideration upon Monday | Ordered, That Sir Edward Buxton be discharged Enfranchise- 


'from further attendance on the Select Committee ment of Copy- 
The Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- | on the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill. os 
cording to Order, read the third time. Ordered, That Mr. Mullings be added to the 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Committee. 

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





Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn be added to the Select oranance 


| i S s 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | ee (Scotland. 


mittee of Su 


Resolved, Ordered, That Mr. Evans be discharged from Kafr Tribes. 


pply; | 
That this House will, upon Monday | further attendance on the Select Committee on 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| Kafir Tribes. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Ordered, That Mr. Hindley be added to the 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Ordered, That Mr. Roundell Palmer be dis- Mortmain. 
; charged from further attendance on the Select 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Committee on Mortmain. 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill; Ordered, That Mr. Napier be added to the Com- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | mittee, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 
| The Select Committee on the Lodging-houses Lodging- 
i j Sir | Bill. 
mittee on the Generel Boerd-of Health Bal | Bill was nominated of Lord Ashley, Mr. Henley, Sir houses 


. , | John Pakington, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Pennant, 
mong ye Aon ape d on —— Monday | Mr. Grey, Mr. Slaney, Colonel Thompson and Sir 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Harry Verney. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Common Lodging-houses Common 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


The Hainault Forest Bill was, according to Or- | 
a the Bill do pass. | Bill be committed to the same Committee. 
Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Saint Alban’s 


Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Bribery Com- 
The Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill was, according to | consider of authorizing the Commissioners of Her [Salaries _ 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a | Majesty’s Treasury to pay the Salaries of the Com- 


; Expenses. ] 

Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. _| missioners, and the Expenses incurred, under any 

| Act of the present Session for appointing Commis- 

The Process aud Practice (Ireland) Bill was, ac- | Sioners to inquire into the existence of Bribery in 
cording to Order, read the third time. the Bor ough of Saint Alban ; 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General for Zreland | jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 

do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their | Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 

concurrence. of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 


: | of the House. 
he oe by the day —— — — Com- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
ideas Tt ¢ the weld Gedir be Aecinnns Fr | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
rdered,'Tha r , 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select | 


; Ordered, That the Reports which, upon the 8th smithfield 
Committee. 


Market 


'and 19th days of July in Session 1828, were made 
(1828.) 


from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into 
| the state of Smithfield Market and the Slaughtering 
of Cattle in the. Metropolis, and to report their Ob- 
servations thereupon, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Saint Alban’s Bribery 
Commission 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 following Papers, pursuant to the directions Ramsgate 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Harbour. 
Table by the Clerk of the House-—An Account of 


the Revenue and Expenditure of the Royal Harbour 
of Ramsgate Trust, from 24th June 1849 to 24th 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| June 1850. 
mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; | Richmond Bridge Cash Account for the year Richmond 
Resoived, That this House will, upon Tuesday | 1850. Bridge. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. The following Paper was also laid upon the Poor and 
Table, by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an County pa 
Order, dated the 28th day of March last, for Re- &amp;* (ireland) 
turns of the Gross Amount paid for Poor Rate in 
Ireland in the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 
1850, separately :—Of the Gross Amount of County 
Rate paid in Jreland for the years 1846, 1847, 

I12 1848, 


The Highways (South Wales) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Emlyn do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

VoL. 106, 

















Q44, 


1848, 1849 and 1850, separately:—And, of the 
Amount paid by each County in Jreland for Ex- 
penses of Constabulary ; distinguishing the Tempo- 
rary from the Permanent Establishment, for 1850. 


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





Luna, 26° die Maiti ; 


Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 








PRAYERS, 


R. Bernal reported from the Committee on 

the Wicklow Harbour Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
the words “and to give power to raise a further 
sum of money for the purposes of the said Act and 
of this Act,” the more clearly to show the provi- 
sions of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Newark-upon-Trent Improvement and Market Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by striking out three recitals of the 12 Vic. 
c. 63, and 13 Vie. c. 94, in reference to the Public 
Health Act, which were considered unnecessary ; 
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. 


Newark-upon- 
Trent Im- 
provement and 
Market Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 23d day of this in- 
stant 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. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-first 
Report.) 


Cheltenham The House was moved, That the Report from one 

a of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, in 

“ty _ respect of the Petition for additional provision in 
the Cheltenham Improvement and Health Bill, 
which was laid upon the Table upon Thursday 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. 


Saint Bartho- 
lomew’s 
Hospital 
Estate BLL 


The Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Estate Bill 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee 
on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill; That the 
Parties promoting the Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee, that the evidence of Richard Sawtell, Stephen 
Lowe, George Smith, William Roake, Henry Win- 
der, William Walter Scales, Thomas Symonds, 
Robert Sayer and George Cave, was essential to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that their attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, that they do attend the 
said Committee on Wednesday next, at Twelve | 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That Richard Sawtell, Stephen Lowe, 


Smithfield 
Market 
Removal Bill, 


23°—24°— 





George Smith, William Roake, Henry Winder, Wil- 
liam Walter Scales, Thomas Symonds, Robert Sayer | 


26° Maii. A, 1851: 


and George Cave do attend the said Committee 
upon Wednesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Lord George Manners reported from the Com- Waterforg 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That, in the 2"4 Tramore 
case of the Waterford and Tramore Railway Bill, ®“"*y Bi, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had verbally amended 
the same ; and had found the allegations of the Bill, 
as amended, to be true ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. William Marshall reported from the Com- Dublin, 
mittee on Group 14 of Railway Bills ; That, in the 2undrum and 
case of the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Bn 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same verbally, and also by striking 
out the paragraph which had reference to certain 
proposed provisions for the purchase of lands b 
compulsion, and for ascertaining the value of nach 
lands by a different mode from that prescribed by 
the “ Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,” and 
also by striking out the paragraph which had refer- 
ence to the use by the Company of the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, between 
Bray and Waterford; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; that they 
had inserted provisions in the Bill, providing that 
if the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company shall, 
within a certain period, make a line to Bray, the 
Extension from Dundrum to Bray shall not be 
made by the Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham 
Railway Company (henceforth to be called the 
Dublin and Bray Railway Company). 

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


Mr. William Marshall reported from the Com- Waterford, 
mtitee on Group 14 of Railway Bills; That, in the nen 
case of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dub- bade 
lin Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations way Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by inserting a recital of the 
amount of the capital which the Company were 
authorized to raise by their original Act, and also a 
paragraph stating the expediency of reducing such 
capital in the manner authorized by the Bill, and 
also by striking out the paragraph which had refer- 
ence to the working me using by the Dublin and 
Kingstown Railway Company of the undertaking of 
the Company ; 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; 
and be printed. 


Mr. William Marshall reported from the Com- Dublin and 
mittee on Group 14 of Railway Bills; ‘That, in_the Kingstowt 
case of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Bill,” "” 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Wawn reported the East Stonehouse Water- East Stone- 
works Bill, with Amendments. house Waters 


' . ill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. sonatas 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on Shrewsbury 


and Chester 


Group 11 of Railway Bills; That, in the case of the Railway Bill 


Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by specifying 
the amount of the liabilities of the ery for 
payment of which provision is made by the Bill, by 

limiting 








Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Bill. 


Halesworth, 
Beccles and 
Haddiscoe 
Railway Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time for the 
Widening, 
&amp;e.) Bill, 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Regent’s Canal 
Company Bill. 


Scottish 
Railway Bill. 


Whitby 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Bolton, Black- 





26° Mazz. 245 


Roads Consolidation Bill was read | ay 
s - 
solidation Bilk 


14 Vicroriz. 


limiting the proposed stations at Birkenhead to the | The Brackley 
accommodation of goods traffic, and by striking out | the third time. 


so much thereof as relates to the booking, passage! Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
and transmission of traffic to and from the Shrews- | Title be, An Act to extend the Term and alter the 
bury and Chester Railway along the Chester and | Provisions of two Acts relating to the Buckingham, 
Holyhead Railway, from the point of junction of the | Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road, and of an 
said last-named Railway with the Shrewsbury and | Act relating tothe Towcester, Brackley and Weston- 
Chester Railway to Holyhead; and found the Pre- | on-the-Green Turnpike-rcad, and to consolidate the 
amble, as so amended, to be true, and had gone | Management of the said Turnpike-roads. 

through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto.; Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 
and be printed. 


} 


” : The Great Western Railway (Railways to con- Great Weste 
Ordered, That the Petition of certain Iron and! pect the Birmingham fon Ozjord Junction Rail. Railway oa 


Coal Masters, Merchants and Manufacturers of) way with the London and North Western Railway pe to 


South Staffordshire, deposited in the Private Bill | at Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill was read the thiru time. Seahaghe, 
Office upon Friday last, in favour of the’Shrewsbury| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the "4 Oxford 
and Birmingham Railway Bill, be referred to the | Title be, An Act for enabling the Great Western Junction Rail- 


‘ . . . . *' way with the 
Committee on Group 11 of Railway Bills. | Railway Company to construct a new Line of Rail- London and 


; _ | way to connect the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- North Western 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | tion Railway with the London and North Western aaiem ; 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hales-| Railway at Birmingham, and for other Purposes. _&amp;c.) Bill. 
worth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway Bill; and) Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


the same were twice read, and agreed to. ‘to the Lords, and desire their concurrence 

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 Hayling Bridge and Causeway Bill was read Hayling 
the third time. oe ary 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the . 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the London 
and Blackwall Railway (Extension of Time for the 
Widening, &amp;c.) 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 


| Title be, An Act to enable the Company of Pro- 
_prietors of the Hayling Bridge and Causeway to 
construct a Railway from their Docks and Wharves 
at Langstone, to join the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway, at Havant, in the County of 
Southampton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





ar vnee | The Manchester and Salford Extension Railway Manchester 


Bill was read the third time. = = 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bia in 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the North 
British 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 | veelds 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their | Was read the third time. 
Lordships. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bil 

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


The North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill North Shields 
Quays and 
Improvements 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Regent’s | 
Canal 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 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Scottish 
Central 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 


The Sunderland Improvement Bill was read the Sunderland 
third time. Improvement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the -_ 
Title be, An Act for the better Improvement and 
| Regulation of the Borough of Sunderland, in the 
County of Durham, and for other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Sir Hedworth Williamson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





A Motion being made, That the Warrington and Warrington 
Altrincham Junction Railway Bill be now read the ag oe gg 
third time ; Railwoy Bill. 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 





Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Whitby 


Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice read, 


and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 


Lordships. 
The Bolton, Blackburn, 


aa etheroe Yorkshire Railway Bill was read the third time ; 


Yorkshire 
Railway Bill. 


and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Clitheroe and West 


'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. 

| _ A Clause (Application of Monies raised), was 
| thrice read, and added to the Bill. 

Then 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. 

} 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. The Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Mar- Weston-super-~ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | ket Bill was read the third time; and Amendments = oncoteeel _ 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. were made to the Bill. 7 


Market Bill. 
VoL. 106. 





113 Resolved, 


\ 














Great Malvern 
Improvement, 
Police, Sewers, 
Waterworks, 
Gas and 
Markets Bill. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Act Repeal 
Bill. 

Saint David’s 
College, 
Lampeter. 


Wills and 
Administra- 
tions. 


Mercantile 
Marine Act. 


No. 334, 


Bibles and 
Testaments, 


No. 335. 


Poor and 
County Rate, 
&amp;c. (Ireland. ) 


No, 336. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
second Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


246 26° Mairi. A. 1851. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Great Malvern Improvement, 
Police, Sewers, Waterworks, Gas and Markets Bill, 
be re-committed to the former Committee :—And 
that they have leave to sit and proceed upon Friday 
next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Acts of Parliament Abbrevia- 
tion Act Repea Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Treasury Minute, dated on or about the 
21st day of June 1826, in relation to Saint David's 
College, Lampeter :—Of all Certificates given by 
the Bishop of Saint David's, and the Principals of 
Saint David’s College, Lampeter, as regards the 
Expenditure of the College, and the Means at the 
disposal of the College, with the Dates thereof :— 
And, Return of all Sums authorized by Parliament 
to be paid under the Treasury Minute, or under the 
Head of Miscellaneous Charges, or otherwise, for 
the Support of Saint David's College, Lampeter, 
from the 21st day of June 1826, down to the present 
Time. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Wills and Administrations 
transmitted to the Legacy Duty Office, in each year 
from 1839 to 1850, inclusive; distinguishing the 
Number transmitted in each year by each Regis- 
trar, or other Officer, and if such Registrar or Offi- 
cer shall have transmitted from more than one 
Court, the Names of the several Courts, and the 
Total Number received by the Legacy Office in each 
year (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
226, of Session 1839). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mer- 
eantile Marie Act, which was presented upon 
Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bibles and 
Testaments, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Poor and County Rate, &amp;c. (Jreland), which 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome; 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;-—-Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Religious Houses Bill ;— 
Universities (Scotland) Bill ; — Coffee ;—Newspa- 
pers, &amp;c. ;— Education (Jreland) ;— Expenses of 
Prosecutions Bill ;—Health of Towns ;—Improve- 
ment of Towns (Jreland) Bill ;— Ernest Charles 
Jones ;—Vrisons (Scotland) Bill ;— Spirits ;—and, 
Lieutenant Wyburd,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Annuities was also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Law of Partnership. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 





A Petition relating to the Ordnance Survey (Scot- 
land) was also presented, and read; and referred to 


the Select Committee on Ordnance Survey (Scot- 
land). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Metropolis 
Copy of Scale of Water Rates proposed to be in- Water Bil, 
serted in Schedule (B.) of the Metropolis Water Bill. No.333, 

Sir George Grey accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles As- Ti : 
sumption Bill. iin 


(In the Committee.) 


Crausz, N°1 (The Letters Apostolical declared 
unlawful and void). 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 2. 1. 24., to 
leave out the words “‘ unlawful and ” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 

Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: Gr 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. M‘Cullagh, 43 

Noes, Mr. Henry Grattan : } . 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the words “in England.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the as _ a } 39. 

_J Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes,} Lord ane Hin: | 84, 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ Provided, 
“ that nothing in this Ciause contained shall be 
“ construed to interfere with the ecclesiastical or 
“« spiritual functions of the Roman Catholic Arch- 
“ bishops or Bishops in the United Kingdom. ” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

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 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, _ a 59. 


Mr. Hayter, 


f 
Tellers for the Noes, {Lord Marcus Hill: \ saa. 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause to add the following words : “ Provided 
“ that nothing in this Act contained shall be con- 


‘ 


strued to affect any Archbishop or Bishop, or 
“ other person in Holy Orders, of the Church of 
Rome, officiating in any district, or having pas- 
toral superintendence of any congregation of 
persons professing the Roman Catholic religion, 
according to the usages and discipline of the 
Church of Rome, in the United Kingdom, as they 
existed previous to the 29th day of Septeinber 
1850.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas, {ir ee } 47. 
; 7 { Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, (Lord —. Hill: pore. 
Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause to add the following words : “ Provided 
“ that no criminal proceeding shall be commenced 
“ or indictment preferred under this section against 
any person ;” 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And 


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14 Vicroriz. 


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


Martis, 27° die Mati, 1851: 


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 the second 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Customs Bill. 


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

House Duty Reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

stamp Duties The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


(Ireland) Con- take into consideration the Stamp Duties (Jreland) 
timance Bill. Continuance Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and 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. 
Oath of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Jor Bill mittee on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; 


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


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. 


Prisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Gases) mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Bridges The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill. mittee on the Bridges (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Molen ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) pi], Mttee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; 

" _ Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee, 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Re- reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regu- 
gulation Act lation Act Amendment Bill; 

Amendment Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


Apprentices to The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


ca into a Committee upon the Apprentices to Sea Ser- 
(No, 2) Bin, vice (Jreland) (No. 2) 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. 

Vou. 106, 


96°—27° Mazi. 


DAT 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Gunpowder 


mittee on the Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Ex- Stores 


— Repeal Bill ; conden 
esolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Repeal Bill. 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second British White 

reading of the British White Herring Fishery Bill ; Borne 5.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colonial 
reading of the Colonial Property Qualification Bill 5 Qualification 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bil. 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Farm 
mittee on the Farm Buildings Bill; Buildings 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- Saint Alban’s 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- ——- , 
iy? ag ; 7 ommission 
rizing the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- | Soiaries and 
sury to pay the Salaries of the Commissioners, and Expenses.1 
the Expenses incurred, under any Act of the present 
Session for appointing Commissioners to inquire 
into the existence of Bribery in the Borough of 
Saint Alban ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Bankes, 19 
Yeas, Mr. Arkwright : . 
Tellers for the {Lord Marcus Hill, 54 


Noes, _\Sir William Gibson Craig : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be au- 
thorized to pay the Salaries of the Commissioners, 
and the other Expenses which may be incurred 
under any Act of the present Session for appointing 
Commissioners to inquire into the existence of Bri- 
bery in the Borough of Saint Alban; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Bankes, } 15 


Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp: 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, \ 50 
Noes. Sir William Gibson Craig: 4 


Original Question again proposed. 

Amendment proposed : To leave out the words 
“ the Salaries of the Commissioners and.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Lord Marcus Hill, 43 


Yeas, Sir William Gibson Craig: 
Tellers for the io Bankes, Lis 
Noes, Sir John Trollope : S Roa 


Original Question again proposed ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the { Mr. Bagge, 
Yeas, {Ms ‘Sahn 3 an 
Tellers for the fies Marcus Hill, } 4a 
Noes, Sir William Gibson Craig: : 
114 Original 








Education 
(ireland.) 


Coalwhippers 


(Port of 


London) Bill. 


Crown Estate 


Paving Bill. 


Justices of 
the Peace. 


248 


Original Question again proposed ; 

Wimp Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Lord Burghley, 15 

Yeas, Mr. Bankes : , 
Tellers for the {Lord Marcus Hill, 

Noes, {sir William Gibson Craig : 
Original Question again proposed; _ 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 

the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 


Teilers for the (Mr. Bagge, 1 
Yeas, { Mr. Bankes: | ses 

Tellers for the {Lord Marcus Hill, \ - 
Noes, {sir William Gibson Craig | aes 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
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 this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Translated Copies of the Letters Patent from Charles 
the First to the Archbishop of Armagh and his Suc- 
cessors, and from Charles the First to other Corpo- 
rate Bodies in Jreland, conveying certain Lands for 
the purpose of Education :—Of any Orders made by 
the Commissioners of Education in Jreland for the 
maintaining, supporting and providing for Free 
Students in the Royal Colleges of Armagh, Dun- 
gannon, Enniskillen, Raphoe and Cavan, with the 
Number of such Students in each College respec- 
tively, for each year between the 1st day of January 
1840 and the Ist day of January 1851:—Of the 
Amount of all Grants of Money (distinct from the 
Rents of the School Estates in Ulster) given, or 
granted for Educational Purposes, over which the 
Commissioners of Education have Control, parti- 
cularising the Name of each Grantor, and Date of 
each Instrument respectively, stating the Purpose 
for which the same was given, and where such Sum 
is now placed; and if on Interest, the Amount of such 
Interest annually derived, and how and for what 
Purpose the same is now applied :—And, of all 
Correspondence between Mr. Thomas Keiran, Mr. 
Joshua Michael Magee, the Commissioners of Edu- 
cation, and the Jrish Government, upon the Sub- 
ject of the Royal Colleges of Ulster, since the 1st 
day of January 1848. 


Ordered, That Mr. Farrer and Mr. John Henry 
Vivian be added to the Select Committee on the 
Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy be added to the Se- 
lect Committee on the Crown Estate Paving Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
I!er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Justices in the Commis- 
sion of the Peace in each County and Town of a 
es in England and Wales :—Of the Number 
of such Justices who have qualified :—Of the Total 
Number of Justices in the Commission of the 
Peace for Counties in England and Wales :—Of the 
‘Total Number who have qualified :—Of the Number 
of Borough Magistrates in England and Wales, in- 
cluding Mayors and Aldermen, and Justices ex of 
cio :—Of the Number of Stipendiary or Paid Ma- 
gistrates in England and Wales:—Similar Returns 
for Ireland :—And, Return of the Number of Ma- 
gistrates, Sheriffs and Procurators Fiscal, or Per- 
sons exercising Magisterial Functions in Scotland, 
distinguishing the Number paid and unpaid. 

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


26°—27° Maii. 





A. 1851. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Rome, 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of April 
last, for Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
between the British Government and any Embas- 
sies or Agents of the British Government Abroad, 
and between the British Government and any Fo- 
reign Governments, concerning the Affairs of Rome, 
during the year 1849. 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Property 7, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, &amp;c. “on 


dated the 11th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Names of all Persons being Collectors of the 
Property and Income Tax who have been in de- 
fault, showing the Amount in default; also what 
Sum or Sums recovered from their Sureties, from 
the 1st day of January 1848 to the 31st day of 
December 1850, inclusive :—And, similar Return 
of all Collectors of Assessed Taxes. 


Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of April Labouring 
last, for an Account of the Total Amount of Instal- Poor (Ireland. 


ments of Advances for the Labour Rate, under Acts 
10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 87, and 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 51 (Labour- 
ing Poor, Lreland), which have become payable at 
or previous to the Spring Assizes 1851, by each 
Barony or Electoral Division in it; the Amount 
thereof actually paid to the Treasurers of each 
County, and the Amount still leviable under out- 
standing Warrants (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 360, of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of April 
last, for a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before Charles Hunt, Esquire, R.M. and 
Edward Gonne Bell, Esquire, R. M. at the Investi- 
gation held by them at New Pallas (Limerick), into 
the Charges preferred by the Reverend J. O’ Dwyer, 
against the Police, in the Months of August, Sep- 
tember and October last, together with their Re- 
port, and the Decision of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment thereon. 

‘Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant May, for an Extract from the Dublin Ga- 
zette (7th August 1849], so far as relates to the six 
first Articles. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of this 
instant May, for a Copy of the Report of the Board 
of Works in Jreland, on the Bann Navigation Bill. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 








Martis, 27° die Maiti; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 


ORDERED, That the Committee on Group 11 
of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock 
and Midlands Junction Railway Company, praying 
that —- a be made in the Manchester, Bux- 
ton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Bill 
for enabling the said Company to complete the 
purchase of the Cromford Canal, and for other Pur- 

oses, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
xaminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Police 
(Limerick. ) 


Dublin 
Gazette. 


Bann Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 11.) 


Manchester, 
Buxton, 
Matlock and 
Midlands 
Junction 
Railway Bul. 


The Dee Standard Restoration Bill was read the Dee Standaré 


third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Colonel Estcourt do carry the Bill 





to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. - 
he 


Restoration 
Bill. 








eAaeceetteor aes 


cet at at oe PP 





























14 Vicroriz. 


Great Central The Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company Bill 

Gas Con- was read the third time. 

me Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


great South- - The House proceeded to take into consideration 
emand West- the Great Southern and Western Railway (Zreland) 
em Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 


d) B : 

said ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks =the Manchester Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
- Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Maryportand ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Carlisle the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill, as amended 
Railway Bil. i) the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
South Staf- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ene hes the South Staffordshire Railway (Branches to join 
to join the the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley 


Birmingham, Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
jsyene ye and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Valley Rail- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Stockton, Mid- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


desbrough, the Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yarm, &amp;c. Waterworks 
Yam, &amp;¢. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ulverstone The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Lancaster the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Caledonian The Caledonian Railway ( Motherwell Branch Ex- 
Moerwell tension and Lesmahagow Branches Bill), was, ac- 
Branch Ex- cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
tension and §=© mitted. 
rancho Bi Ordered, That the Bill he referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have power to appoint 
the Committee on the Bill to sit upon Thursday 
the 5th day of June next. 

Saint Pancras Ordered, That the Committee on the Saint Pan- 
reg cras (Middiesex) Paving Bill have leave to sit this 
gi day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 
Church Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
Preferment. Preferment, which was presented upon the 15th 
No. 337. day of April last, be printed. 
Victoria- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Victoria- 
street Sewer.  s#reet Sewer, which was presented upon the 2d day 
No. 338. of this instant May, he printed. 
Property Tax, Ordered, That the Return relative to Property 
&amp;e. Tax, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 


No. 339. printed. 


Private Bills 


om Lord Alfred Hervey reported from the Committee 


on Group 29 of Private Bills ; That the Committee 
met this day at Twelve o’clock, pursuant to adjourn- 
ment, and that Mr. Heyworth, 2 Member of the 
Committee, did not attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Heyworth do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Paupers receiving In and 
Out-door Relief in 607 Unions and single Parishes 
in England and Wales during the Half-years ended 
at Lady-day 1850 and 1851 respectively ; together 
with the average Prices of Provisions contracted 


Poor Relief. 


27° Mai. 


_ 249 


for during the aforesaid respective Periods by the 
Boards of Guardians for the different Counties. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Small Tene- 
Return of the Number of Parishes and Places ments Rating 
maintaining their own Poor, in which the Small 4% 
Tenements Rating Act (13 &amp; 14 Vic.c. 99) has been. 

adopted, up to the 25th day of March last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Court of 
Return of the Total Sum due or paid for Salaries Chancery. 
and Office Expenses under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 103, 
since the passing of the Act; and also of the Total 
Sum paid for Compensation for Loss of Offices and 
Profits to Officers, under the same Act, since the 
passing thereof up to the 25th day of November 
1850 :—Like Return of the Total Sum paid to each 
of the late Sworn Clerks appointed Taxing Masters, 
for Salary and Compensation, collectively and to- 
gether, under the same Act, since the passing 
thereof :—And, 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 Compensa- 
tions are now made and to be made. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Ernest Charles Ernest Charles 
Jones, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Jones. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Official 
Copy of the Treasury Minute, dated the 20th day Salaries. 
of May 1851, recording the Steps which have been No. 340. 
taken for giving Effect to the Recommendations of 
the Select Committee of 1850, on Official Salaries, 
so far as regards the Political and Diplomatic Sa- 
laries. 

Mr. Cornewgll Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Metropolis 
mand,—Copy of Seventh Report of the Commis- — 
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. 

Turnpike Trusts :—County Reports of the Secre- Turnpike 
tary of State, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: Trusts. 
No. 1.—Kent. 

Turnpike Trusts :—Copy of Reports of the Secre- Turnpike 
tary of State under 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80 :—23. Big- Trusts. 
gleswade to Alconbury Hill Road :—24. Wrotham 
and Maidstone Road:—25. Great Mariow and Sto- 
henchurch Road :—26. Whitwick Road :—27. Mil- 
tham and Wessenden Head Road. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise, Public 
&amp;c. ; — Bishops’ Leases (Jreland);— Church and Petitions. 
State ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— yige Forty- 
Religious Houses Bill, and Ecclesiastical Titles third Repors 
Assumption Bill ;—-Universities (Scotland) Bill ;— 2 Public 
Education ;—Friendly Societies Act ;—and, Money ae 
Payment of Wages,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Ceylon. 
posed, That this House, having taken into its con- 
sideration the Evidence adduced before the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the Affairs of 
Ceylon, is of opinion, that the punishment inflicted 
during the late Disturbances in that Island were ex- 
cessive and uncalled for:—And a Debate arising 





VoL. 106. 


thereupon ; 
KK And 








Court of 
Chancery. 


Borneo. 


Steam Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Home-made 
Spirits in 
Bond. 


Bridges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Apprentices to 


Sea Service 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Colonial 
Property 
Qualification 
Bill. 


250 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 28° die Maii, 1851: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Hes Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
add to the Commissioners appointed to inquire into 
the Practice and Proceedings in the High Court of 


97°— 28° Maii. 






A. 1851. 


__ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Saint Atbans 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Com- Bribery 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to pay the ryan 
Salaries of the Commissioners, and the Expenses penses.] 
incurred, under any Act of the present Session for 
| appointing Commissioners to inquire into the ex- 
_istence of Bribery in the Borough of Saint Alban, 
| @ Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 
| Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to pay the Salaries of 
_ the Commissioners, and the other Expenses which 
may be incurred under any Act of the present Ses- 


' 


Chancery two or more Persons not of the Profes-| sion for appointing Commissioners to inquire into 


sion of the Law, but such as to Her Majesty may) 
seem qualified as men of business to assist in and | 
make more effectual the Labours of the Commis-| 


sioners ; and also praying that Her Majesty would | 
be graciously pleased to cause Instructions to be, 
given to the said Commissioners to direct their im- | 
mediate attention to the course of Business before 
the Masters in Ordinary of the said Court, so as to 
report as speedily as may be their Opinion as to the | 
proper steps for regulating the business in those | 
Offices, in such manner as to diminish the Delay 
and Expense to the Suitors:—And a Debate aris- 
ing ree 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


mo existence of Bribery in the Borough of Saint 
an. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission 
Bill, that they have Power to make provision 


| therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Landlora and 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 11th day of June Tenant Bill, 
next, on the Landlord and Tenant Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to givedirections, that there be laid before this House, | 


Copies of all Correspondence which has taken place | 


between Her Majesty's Government and the Glas- | 
gow Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures re- | 
lative to certain Leases of Antimony and other 
Minerals in the District of Bintulu, in Borneo, 
stated to have been granted by the Sultan of Bor- 
neo to certain British Merchants, and afterwards | 
withdrawn, as is alleged by the Glasgow Chamber 
of Commerce, through the Influence of Mr. (now , 
Sir James) Brooke :—And, of all Despatches be- 
tween the Foreign Office and Sir James Brooke, in| 
consequence of the above Correspondence, relative | 
to the Leases of Antimony and other Minerals in| 
Bintulu, having been referred by Viscount Palmer- | 
ston for the Decision of Sir James Brooke. 
Ordered, That 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. Clay be added to the Select | 
Committee on the Steam Navigation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; | 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Bridges (Zreland) 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 upon Thursday 
next. 


The Apprentices to Sea Service (Ireland) (No. 2) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill de 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 
reading of the Colonial Property Qualification Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Charitable 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 11th day of June Institutions 
next, on the Charitable Institutions Notices Bill, es Bill 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 18th day of June next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Wednesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 











Mercurii, 28° die Maiti ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, 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 Crorep.eseest 
Petitions presented upon the 26th day of this in- Report.) 
stant 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. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New Forest 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Deer aeons, 
That in the case of the New Forest Deer Removal, *°”” 

&amp;c. Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 


The Order for reading the third time the Wrex- Wrexham 
ham {mprovement Bill 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 Monday next, with three se- 
lected Members. 


The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 
read the third time. : ray Bill 
A Clause (Preferential Shares not to be issued, ex- 
cept on payment of One Pound for Share) was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 
Ordered, That Captain Fordyce do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Tm 
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Wo 


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Midland Rail 


way(Purchase Bradford Railway and Increase of Capital) was 


Leeds an 


Increase OF. 
Capital) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Regula- 


tion and 
Increase 0 
Capital, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 


Dingle Union 
Workhouse. 


Post-office. 


Lieutenant 
Wyburd. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
third Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


TIneumbered 
Estates Leases 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Coroners’ Bill, 


Coroners, 





14 Vicroriz. 
The Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and 


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 Midland Railway (Regulation and Increase 
of Capital, &amp;c.) 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Manchester Improvement Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report made by Captain Spark, rela- 
tive to certain Charges of Proselytism in the Work- 
house of Dingle Union, and of the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken by him on the Inquiry; together with 
Copies of any Correspondence between the Poor 
Law Commissioners, the Protestant Chaplain, the 
Board of Guardians, and Captain Spark thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of the Annual Sums paid 
to the Gas Company for Gas used in lighting the 
General Post Office, separately, for the years ending 
the 5th day of January 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851 
oy a ; and stating the Causes of the Increase 
or Decrease in each year. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Mary Elizabeth Sea- 
ward and Ann Furrell, relating to the case of Lieu- 
tenant Wyburd, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. 


Several Peiitions relating to Maynooth College ; 
— Paper ;—and, County Courts further Extension 
Bi!l,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Church Rates, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Church Rates. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Incumbered Estates Leases (Ireland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coroners’ 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 from the 
word “ that” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “a Select Committee be appointed 
“ to consider the state of the Law and Practice as 
“ regards the taking of Inquisitions in cases of 
Deaths, and the Appointment and Remuneration 
of the Officers employed therein, and whether it 
is expedient that any and what Alterations should 
be made in any of such matters,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of June next. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the state uf the Law and Practice as re- 
gards the taking of Inquisitions in cases of Deaths, 
and the Aggsiahenat, Delles and Remuneration of 
the Officers employed therein, and whether it is ex- 
pedient that any and what Alterations should be 
made in any of such matters. 


28° Mai. 





251 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Audit of Rail- 


into a Committee u 
counts Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuauss, N° 8 (As to Examination of Accounts). 

Another Amendment proposed : In P. 4. 1. 42, 
after the word “payments” to insert the words 
“and the auditors shall in like manner, once at 
least in every year, require to be produced to 
them accounts of every sum of money paid to any 
engineer employed upon the line of Railway and 
Works of each Company, and also of every ac- 
count due by the Company for any work done 
upon such Railway; and it shall be lawful for 
the auditors, if they shall think fit, to refer all 
such accounts, whether paid or unpaid, to some 
competent person to examine the same, and to 
report to the auditors upon the charges in such 
accounts, and as to the expediency of submitting 
the same to the decision of a competent court.” 
Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: To leave out the words “and as to 
“ the expediency of submitting the same to the 
“ decision of a competent court ;” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment 
put, and negatived. 

Question put, That the words “ and the Auditors 
shall in like manner, once at least in every year, 
require to be produced to them accounts of every 
sum of money paid to any engineer employed 
upon the line of Railway and Works of each 
Company, and also of every account due by the 
Company for any work done upon such Railway ; 
and it shall be lawful for the auditors, if they 
shall think fit, to refer all such accounts, whether 
paid or unpaid, to some competent person to ex- 
amine the same, and to report to the auditors 
upon the charges in such accounts,” be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the Yeas, {var a \ 77. 
Tellers for the Noes, ‘ae oiyn } 42. 


Another Amendment proposed: In P. 5. 1. 8, to 
leave out from the word “ payment ” to the word 
“ to,” in 1. 9. 

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 now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, i — . } 62. 
Tellers for the Noes, oo — - } 56. 


The Chairman left the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 
To-morrow. 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


reading of the Prerogative Court (Ireland) Bill ; 


upon Wednesday the 18th day of June next. 





VoL. 106. 





to 


Ordered, 


KK 


/ . oe 
pon the Audit of Railway Ac be ecounts 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sequestration 
of Benefices 


The County Courts further Extension Bill was, County Courts 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- a Po 
ension 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Prerogative 
Court 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘*&lt;!#n4) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Audit of Rail- 
meaing of the Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) 
ill ; 


way Accounts 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Act Repeal 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Farm 
Buildings Bill. 
No, 341, 


Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


Captain 
Graham 
Moore. 


Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


Ships 
*« Leander,” 
“Phaeton,” &amp;c. 


Bann Navi- 
gation Bill. 


No, 342, 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 
a Health 
Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Pier and Port 
(Construction 
of New Pier, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Nartlepool 
Lier and Port 
(Consolidation 
of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Biil, 


252 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 
Repeal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


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 House, according to Order, resclved itself 
into a Committee upon the Farm Buildings Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Metropolis Water Bill be read 
a second time upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Monies received at the Bank of 
England or otherwise, to the Account of the Ex- 
chequer, in respect of the Treasure and other Ar- 
ticles on board the Spanish Frigates captured on 
the 5th day of October 1804, by the Ships under 
the Orders of Captain Graham Moore; with a Re- 
turn of the Manner in which the several Sums were 
appropriated, distinguishing the Amount that was 
awarded to the Captors. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie be added to the Se- 
lect Committee on the Lodging-houses Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Trials of Sailing of Her Ma- 
Jesty’s Ships ‘‘ Leander,” “ Phaeton,” “ Arethusa,” 
“* Indefatigable,” “ Thetis,” “ Arrogant” and 
“ Dauntless,” between the 12th day of Resch 1850 
and the 3d day of May 1851, stating by whom the 
said Ships were built, with the Report of Commo- 
dore Martin as to their several Qualifications for 
all Purposes as Vessels of War. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Bann 
Navigation Bill, which was presented upon Mon- 


day last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned til! To-morrow. 











Jovis, 29° die Maii ; 


Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


_—————— 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee onthe Chel- 

tenham Improvement and Health Bill have 

leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Whitmore reported the Hartlepool Pier and 
Port (Construction of New Pier, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Whitmore reported from the Committee on 
Group 22 of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Hartlepool Pier and Port (Consolidation of Acts, 
&amp;c.) Bill, the Parties promoting the same, had stated 


98°—29° Maii. 


A. 1851. 


to the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
proceed further with the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Private pins 
on Group 25 of Private Bills : That the Committee (Group 25.) 
met this day, pursuant to appointment; but that 
Mr. Mowatt, a member of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mowatt do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next. 


Lord Alfred Hervey reported from the Committee Kensington 
on Group 29 of Opposed Private Bills; That in Improvement 
the case of the Kensington Improvement Bill, they =. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and had 
amended the Preamble, to make it more accurately 
define the objects of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to betrue; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Harry Verney reported from the Committee cq, ‘ 
on Group A of Private Bills; That in the case of in «ah 
the Copper Miners in England Company Bill, they ©™pany Bill 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by inserting certain recitals, which were rendered 
necessary, in order to make the Preamble more con- 
sistent with the facts of the case, aud by making 
certain other alterations consequent thereon ; 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. 





Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill was read Price's Patent 
the third time. Candle 
Resolved, Yhat the Bill do pass. es 
Ordered, That Sir Harry Verney do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill was ThamesHaven 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made Dock and | 
to the Bill. ayes 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork and 
the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill, as amended in 
in the Committee. cette 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into considera- Great North- 
| tion the Great Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill, as = wy! 
| amended in the Committee. —— 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Killarney 
the Killarney Junction Railway Bill, as amended in etl 
the Committee. y 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Waterford 
the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill, as and Kilkenoy 
amended in the Committee. cmmaied 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sir Harry Verney reported from the Committee National — 
on Group 21 of Private Bills; That in the case of Caving Bill. 
the National Land Company Dissolving Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 

‘amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
| striking out that paragraph thereof which provided 
| that the establishment of the National Land and La- 
| bour Bank should be in connection with the Society, 
and made other Amendments consequent thereon, 
as the Committee considered such alterations were 

expedient ; 











Public 
Petitions. 


on Public 
Petitions. 


Hull Trinity 
House. 


Hull Trinity 
House. 


Tariffs, &amp;c, 
(British 
India.) 


Ordnance 


Survey, 
No. 343, 


Vide Forty- 
Report 





14 VicToriz. Q9° Marz. 953 


expedient ; and found the same, as amended, to be cumstances attending a fatal Collision which oc- 

true; and had gone through the Bill, and made curred in the Sutton Tunnel on the Birkenhead, 

Amendments thereunto. Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, on the 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 30th day of April 1851. 


was , . | Mr. Labouchere accordingly presented the said 
Several Petitions relating to Baptism ;—Church papery, ingly prese es 


and State ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill;; Q+dered. That the sai do |; th 
—Religious Houses Bill ;—Tithes ;—Universities Table; and be ow a Paper do lie upon the 


(Scotland) Bill;— New Zealand ;—Van Diemen’s 
Land (Transportation) ;—Newspapers, &amp;c.;—-An- Ordered, That Colonel Watkins have leave of Leave of 


nuities; — County Constabulary ;— Education ;— : nee. 

Education (Ireland) j—and, Shestolige Union,— , jr agg Gace wees, ee SOT 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 

the Table. | A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: a ~~ 
Mr. Speaker, ‘ 

That there be laid betore this Hotssy an Acgount, |, The Lords have agreed to the Royal Naval School Royal Nera 

: i - -.? Bill, without any Amendment: And also Scheel Bal. 

in Abstract, of the Amount collected by the Trinity | : y : 


House at Aull, in each year since 1845, distin- | The Lords have agreed to the Duffield and Duficld ana 


y é a : _ Sheffield Turn- 
guishing the Amount levied on British and on| 5 heffield Turnpike-road Bill, without any Amend pike-road Bill. 
ment: And also, ' 


Foreign Vessels in each year; and the Amount ex- | 

pended in each of these ‘aan in the Management | “eo — a . — to — OH Raikwey 
and Maintenance of the Buoyage and Beaconage | ‘ 0. 2) Du, without any Amendment: Andale, (yos)am. 
of the River Humber ; and also, an Account of the| The Lords have agreed to the Leicester Water- Leicester 
Manner in which the surplus Monies, after defraying | works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — 
those Expenses, were expended in each of these ' 


° ‘ ‘ if- Malt d 
years, and the Amount now in hand, if any (in con-| Eb Lofds have a the — _ D yf ty 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 288, of Ses- fie dy verge Railway Bill, without any Amen - Junction 
sion 1851), was read, and discharged. age : And also, Railway Bill. 

: : The Lords have agreed to the Derby and Ash- Derby and 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an | Borne Road Bill, pea any ‘doen: And yt 


Account, in Abstract, of the Amount collected by a)so, 


the Trinity House at Hull, in each year since 1845,' The Lords have agreed to the Aberdeen Public Aberdeen 
distinguishing the Amount levied on British and Records Bill, without any Amendment: And also, PublicRecords 


on Foreign Vessels in each year, and the Amount | : = 
expended in each of these years in the Manage- | The Lords have agreed to the Richmond and Richmond and 
ment and Maintenance of the Buoyage and Bea- Lancaster Turnpike-road (Western District Con- Lancaster 

; : inuation of Term, &amp;c.) Bill, without any Amend- [™mpike-toad 
conage of the River Humber; and also, an Account tinuation of term, c.) Bill, without any Amend- (Western Dis- 
of the Manner in which the surplus Monies, after ment: And also, a trict, oe 2 
defraying those Expenses, were expended in each taation of Term, Se.) 55% 


of these years, and the Amount now in hand, if any| The Lords have agreed to the Harwich Improve- Harwich 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 228, ment, Quays and Piers Bill, with Amendments ; enn 
of the present Session). to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- Piers Bill. 
: currence of this House: And also, 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, The Lords have agreed to the Commercial Docks Commercial 
Papers relative to Tariffs, &amp;c. (British India), in Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to which Docks Im- 


: e ° + ; rovement 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 116, of Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of fil) 


Session 1846, to the present Time :—And, Copies of this House: And also, 
Reports numbered respectively 5, 6 and 11, of the! The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern Great North- 


Commissioners appointed by Lord William Ben- Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill, with Amend- i ca 
tinck, to inquire into the system of Indian Customs ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the (No. 1) Bill. 


and Post-office Duties ; together with a Selection of concurrence of this House: And also, 
Documents from the respective Appendices to the! ‘The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Rail- South Wales 
same, in Cases where the material Points thereof way (No.1) Bill, with an Amendment; to which (Ne 1) Bill, 
do not appear in the said Reports. Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of © — 
this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act oo 

} ; . } osp! Q 
showing the Sums which have been voted for and |4‘Commoralty and Citizens of the City of London, © Bil 
expended in carrying on the Ordnance Survey in| Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods 
England, in each year from the Ist day of April | oF the Hospital of Edward, late King of England, 
1846 to the 31st day of March 1851; the Number 11. sixth, called Christ’s Hospital, and for enabling 


of Officers, and of all other Parties employed | : *1 a: ; 
thereon, in each year from the above Date, and the | them to grant Building and other Leases of their 


Hensher an employed, or to be employed, during the | Estates, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords 


‘ sacle reales t State | desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
COFTORS YORE 1——CREMENE GROWING CHO CERES ENANE) The Losds request that this House will com- Fees (Courts 
of and the Progress made in the Survey up to this 


~r Sema ‘municate to their Lordships a Copy of the Report of Law and 
Tae . an ae mma sell : Equity, &amp;c. 
date And, Reta containing similar Particulars |Fom the Select Commitee sppoited by tha House {ity © 
respectively, including Copies of all Memorials | H Fence a pe ae seer aang Sone 

relative to the Survey of Scotland, which have been fie . . . 

addressed to the Treasury, or to the Board of Ord- of Leen yen ty See Sane 


nance, by any Public Bodies or Private Parties, and the Amount thereof, and the Mode of Collection 


-,and the Appropriation of Fees in the Courts of 
the Answers which have been returned thereto (in | Law and Equity and in all inferior Courts, and 


Soin faaes Parliamentary Paper, No. 423, of in the Courts of Special and General Sessions in 
Ordered That din said Retwa do MS ween te! England and Wales, and in the Ecclesiastical Courts 
Table: and be printed P | and Courts of Admiralty ; and as to the Salaries and 
7 ore Fees received by the Officers of those Courts, and 


Colonel Anson presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 8th day of April last, for a Return, | ¢, 


Railway Acci- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| whether any and what Means could be adopted with 


dent (§ 
fi)" Cc 


No. 344, 


opy of the Report of the Officer appointed by the | a view of superintending and regulating the Collec- 
Commissioners of Railways to inquire into the Cir-| tion and Appropriation thereof; together with the 
VoL, 106, KK8 Minutes 








254 29°—30° Maik. A. 1851, 


Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix and Index 
thereto: And also, 

Fees (Courts § The Lords request that this House will commu- 

— and nicate to their Lordships a Copy of the First and 

quity, &amp;c.) : : 

(1850.) Second Reports from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment to inquire into and report to the House on the 
Taxation of Suitors in the Courts of Law and Equity 
by the Collection of Fees, and the Amount thereof, 
and the Mode of Collection, and the Appropriation 
of Fees in the Courts of Law and Equity, and in all 
inferior Courts, and in the Courts of Special and 
General Sessions in England and Wales, and in the 
Ecclesiastical Courts and Courts of Admiralty; and 
as to the Salaries and Fees received by the Officers 
of those Courts, and whether any and what means 
could be adopted with a view of superintending and 
regulating the Collection and Appropriation thereof; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Committee, and the Appendices and Indices 
thereto: And also, 

ReadingUnion The Lords request that this House will commu- 

Bill (1850) nicate to their Lordships a Copy of the Minutes of 

* Evidence taken before the Committee appointed by 
this House, in the last Session of Parliament, on the 
Reading Union Waterworks Bill:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last parts of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


New Forest Ordered, That the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. 


7. cae Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 
Ceylon. The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, “That this House, having taken 
“ into its consideration the Evidence adduced before 
“ the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the 
“ Affairs of Ceylon, is of opinion, that the punish- 
“* ment inflicted during the late Disturbances in that 











“ Tsland were excessive and uncalled for ;” 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Veneris, 30° die Maiti, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

, {Mr. Beresford, . 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. ee ated }202. 

Tellers for the Noes, feet yr anol Hill: \oo2. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House is of opinion, that the execution 
of eighteen persons, and the imprisonment, trans- 
portation and corporal punishment of one hundred 
and forty other persons on this occasion, is at vari- 
ance with the merciful administration of the British 
Penal Laws, and is not calculated to secure the 
future affections and fidelity of Her Majesty’s Colo- 
nial subjects :—That this House is of opinion, that 
these severities are the more sincerely to be depre- 
cated as they were exercised after the suppression 
of the disturbances, during which none of Her Ma- 
jesty’s troops or public servants were killed, and 
only one soldier slightly wounded: —That this 
House is of opinion, that the conduct of the late 
Governor of Lasko, in keeping in force Martial 
Law for two months, after his chief legal adviser 
had recommended its discontinuance, and during 





which period the Civil Courts were sitting without 


danger or interruption, and also his refusal to allow 
a short delay in the execution of a priest, at the re- 
quest of the Queen’s Advocate, who wished further 
investigation into the case, was in the highest degree 
arbitary and oppressive :—That this House is there- 
fore of opinion, that the conduct of Earl Grey, in 
signifying Her Majesty’s approbation of the con- 
duct of Lord Torrington during and subsequent to 
the disturbances, was precipitate and injudicious, 
tending to establish precedents of rigour and seve- 
rity in the government of Her Majesty’s Foreign 
Possessions, and injurious to the character of this 
Country for justice and humanity :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pectesisstiog 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; Titles 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Barumption 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Customs Bil, 
reading of the Customs Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Inhabited 
reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill ; House Duty 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 2! 
this day. 


The Stamp Duties (Jreland) Continuance Bill Stamp Duties 
was, according to Order, read the third time. (Treland) Con. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Bridges 
into consideration the Bridges (Zreland) Bill, as (Ireland) Bill 
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- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fee Farm 
reading of the Fee Farm Rents (Ireland) Bill ; tireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill; a ; eland) 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- gaint Alban’s 
mittee on the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission Bribery Com- 
Bill; mission Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regu- Creland) Re- 
lation Act Amendment Bill ; -— gulation Act 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ane 


this day. : 


The British White Herring Fishery Bill was, ac- British While 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- veer 38. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 7 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Segue 
reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill; _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. 
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Acts of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
jament reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 
Abutepeal ‘Repeal Bill; 
Bill. dered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
i Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
Wier Supply. dated the 23d ph of this instant May, for Copies 
No. 345. of Report, by Mr. Rammell, an Inspector of the 
Board of Health, and of all Reports or Information 
on the Soft Water Springs in the Surrey Sands ; 
together with any Estimates, Surveys, or any Mi- 
nutes and Correspondence with the General Board 
of Health thereon, or in relation to the Combina- 
tion of the new Sources with other Works. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 

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

Veneris, 30° die Maii; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
Saint Bar- M®&amp; Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report 
pe i from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
fuxepil. Private Bills; That in the case of the Saint Bar- 
tholomew’s Hospital Estate Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders have been complied with. 
ailway Bills © Ordered, That the Committee on Group 11 of 
(Group 11.) Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
(Forty-third on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 27th, 28th and 29th 
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. 
Grat Malvern Mr. Bernal reported the Great Malvern Improve- 
Pilice Somer, Ment, Police, Sewers, Waterworks, Gas and Mar- 
Waterworks, kets (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
Gasand | ments. 
Markets Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
—— The Christ’s Hospital Estate Bill was read the 
Tatite Bill, first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
ppd The Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- 
po Railway” land) Bill was read the third time. 
(Iteland) Bin, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ae The South Staffordshire Railway (Branches to 


way(Branches JO the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Val- 
‘ojom the ley Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time; and 
Wolves an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
tn and Stour _. /tesolved, ‘That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Valley Rail. Title be, An Act for enabling the South Stafford- 
 &amp;e.) Bill. shire Railway Company to make a certain Branch 
Railway, for authorizing Arrangements with the 
London and North Western Railway Company, and 
for other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Littleton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yarm, &amp;c. Water- 
Ys works Bill was read the third time; and Amend- 
a orks ments were made to the Bill. 

VoL. 106. 


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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 Clerkenwell 
the Clerkenwell Improvement (Transfer of Powers Improvement 
to the Corporation of London, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended {Transfer of 


« ; Powers to the 
in the Committee. Corporation 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. = se 
c 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London (City) 
the London (City) Sewers Bill, as amended in the Sewers Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Coal Duties (Zondon and Westminster and Coal Duties 
adjacent Counties) Bill was read a second time ; (London and 
and committed. cal aliennn 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Counties) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on News- Newspapers. 
papers have leave to sit this day till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Viscount Drumlanrig have leave Leave of 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his 4sence. 
family. 


Sir Thomas Birch reported from the Committee Itchen Bridge 
on Group 19 of Opposed Private Bills ; That in the #24 Roads Bill. 
case of the Itchen Bridge and Roads Bill, they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had amended the Preamble, 
more accurately to describe the objects of the Bill, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- N@visation. 
gation, Month ended 5th May 1851, and four Months No. 346. 
ended 5th May 1851. 

Mr. Talealos also presented,— Return to an Or- Steam Vessel 
der, dated the 8th day of April last, for a Return of Accidents. 
every Steam Vessel Accident, reported to the Board 
of Trade, by the respective Owners, Masters, or other 
Persons, since the 1st day of January 1847, stating 
the Date and Nature of the Accident, the Number of 
Lives lost, and the Date of the Report to the Board ; 
also, the Number of Cases investigated, agreeably 
to the Steam Navigation Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic, c. 100. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of April Steam Vessel 
last, for a Copy of the Reports of the Board of“ Sitius,” &amp;. 
Trade Inspector, under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 100, 
on the Loss of the Steamers “ Sirius,” “ Tribune,” 
and “ Fin Mac Coul,” on the Coast of Ireland; of 
the “ Orion,” on the Coast of Scotland; of the 
“* Dumbarton Castle,” on the Coast of England ; and 
of the “ Royal Victoria,” in the Baltic :—Also, 
any Report on the Necessity of ‘Systematic Super- 
vision of Steamers,” and of the present State of 
“ Denoting Lights ” on Board of Steamers. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation do lie upon the Table; and be printed ; 
and that the Returns relative to Steam Vessel 
Accidents; and, Steam Vessel “ Sirius,” &amp;c., be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Steam Na- 
vigation Bill. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the Steam Navi- 
House in the present Session, relative to the Steam gation Bill. 
Navigation Bill, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Bill. 


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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s roan Fund 


Command,—Copy of Thirteenth Annual Report of Board 





the (Ireland. } 


KK 4 





956 . 


the Commissioners of the Law Fund Board of Jre- 

land, pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 91. 
Charitable Copy of Sixth Report of the Commissioners of 
Donations Charitable Donations and Bequests for [reland. 


and Bequests 
(Ireland. ) Sir George Grey also presented,—Supplemental 
Coroners’ § Return toan Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th 
Tnquests. = day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
a Return, from the Clerks of the Peace of the se- 
veral Counties in England and Wales, of the Number 
of Inquests (super Visum Corporis) held by each Co- 
roner, 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, distin- 
guishing the County and its Divisions, where actually 
made as provided by Statute, or where divided by 
agreement of the Coroners themselves ; the Number 
of Inquests for each year to be stated separately ; 
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 the Seven 
years aforesaid (distinguishing the same by the 
Name of the Deceased), the Fees for which have 
been disallowed; the Verdict of the Jury in each 
Case, and the spevific Grounds of such Disallow- 
ance :—And, similar Returns from the Town Clerks 
of Cities and Boroughs having Coroners. 
Bibles and Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Prayer Books 9th day of April last, for Copy of the existing Patent 
Gaens.) granted to George and John Grierson, for printing 
Bibles and Prayer Books in Jreland; also, a Return 
of the Number of Copies of the Holy Scriptures 
and Prayer Books printed by them, in each year, 
since the granting of said Patent. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of April last, for a Return of how many 
Orders have been made under the Joint Stock Com- 
panies Winding-up Acts for winding-up abortive 
Railway Companies, and the Date of the first of 
such Orders, and how many of such Companies 
have been finally wound up. 

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


Railway 
Companice, 


Mr. Hawes presented,—-Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of April last, for 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative to 
Emigration to the Australian Colonies, in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to this House in February 
1850. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of April last, for Copies or Extracts of any 
Despatches relative to Emigration to the North 
American Colonies, in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented to this House in July 1849. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of April last, for Copies or Extracts of any 
Despatches received at the Colonial Office from any 
of the Governors of the Australian Colonies and 
New Zealand, on the subject of Steam Communi- 
cation, between the years 1846 and 1851; also, 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches addressed by 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, during the 
same Period, to any of the Governors of the Aus- 
tralian Colonies and New Zealand. 

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


Emigration. 
No. 347. 


Einigration. 
No. 348. 


Steam Com- 
munication 
(Australia and 
New Zealand.) 


No. 349. 


Local Acts. 
No, 63. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


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A. 1851. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 
The Lords have agreed to the Sheffield, Rother- Shefielg, 
ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rotherham, 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which Wateay 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of Huddersfiga 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. #4 Goole 
ailway Bill, 
Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise, Public 
&amp;c. ;—Universal Suffrage ;— Church of Rome ;— Petitions, 
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— Oath of Vide For 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill;— Religious Houses Bill ; fourth Rev 
and, Ecclesiasticl Titles Assumption Bill ;—Univer- Public 
sities (Scotland) Bill;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Agri- Fetition, 
culture ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill ;— 
County Courts further Extension Bill ;—Education 
(Scotland) ;— Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Ex- 
emption Repeal Bill ;— Intoxicating Liquors ; — 
Poor Law ;—School Establishment (Scotland) Bill ; 
—and, Spirits,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to the Civil Bills, &amp;, (Zre- 
land) Bill was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
A Petition relating to the Steam Navigation Bill 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Rcclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles As- i ‘ 
sumption Bill. famngin 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1 (The Letters Apostolical declared 
unlawful and void). 

Amendment again proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the words, “ Provided that no cri- 
“ minal proceeding shall be commenced, or indict- 
“ ment preferred under this section against any 
“ person.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: At the end thereof to add the words “ ex- 
“ cept with the consent of Her Majesty's Attorney 
“ General for the time being for that purpose first 
“ had and obtained.” 

Question, That those words be added to the pro- 
posed Amendment——put, and agreed to. 

Question, That the words, “ Provided that no 
“ criminal proceeding shall be commenced or in- 
“« dictment preferred under this section against any 
“ person, except with the consent of Her Majesty's 
“ Attorney General for the time being for that pur- 
“ pose first had and obtained,” be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause 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. 

Original Question put. 

The Committee divided : 

j Mr. Hayter, } 
ay Marcus Hill: 
Mr. Reynolds, } - 
Mr. Keogh ; ae 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 244, 


Tellers for the Noes, { 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this Boune will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Customs Bil. 
reading of the Customs Bill ; j 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. Th 
e 





et et 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Oath - ‘ 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Gunpowder 
Stores 

(Liverpool) 
Exemption 
Repeal Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;¢c. 
Bill, 


Bridges 


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The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Ex- 
emption Repeal Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; 

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


The Bridges (Jreland) Bill was, according to 


(Ireland) Bill. Qrder, read the third time. 


General Board 


Resolved, That 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- 


of Health Bill. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; 


Fee Farm 
Rents 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
Regulation 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Home-made 
Spirits in 
Bond. 


Lela 
perty 
Qualification 
Bill 


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


The Fee Farm Rents (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission 
Bill; 

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


The Court of Chancery (Jre/and) Regulation Act 
Amendment Bil! was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; 

Resolved, That this Honse will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Colonial Property Qualification 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 ; 

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


Sabbati, 31° die Mati, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Mr. Hutt, | 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mtr. Aglionby : J 72. 

Mr. Stanford, : 
Tellers for the Noes, Geleust Divetters 5 ™ 


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 18th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Fattiament 
Repeal Bill; iota 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bil. 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second gequestration 
reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill ; of Benefices 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ou. 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Tues- metropolis 
day next the Metropolis Water Bill, was read, and Water Bill. 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill pands Clauses 
to alter and amend certain Provisions of the Lands Consolidation 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, so far as relates to (Ireland) Bill. 
Ireland: And that Mr. Labouchere, Sir William 
Somerville and Mr. Attorney-General for Zreland do 


prepare and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill gurvey of 
to continue the Survey of Great Britain, Berwich- Great Britain, 
upon- Tweed and the Isle of Man: And that Colonel ** Bil. 
Anson and Lord Clarence Paget do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That the Copy of Report on the Annuity Annuity Tax 
Tax in the City of Edinburgh and Canongate, with (Edinburgh) 
Appendices, which was presented upon the 4th day _— 
of Hey 1849, be referred to the Select Committee 
on Annuity Tax (Edinburgh). 

Ordered, That the Copy of Letter from J. G. Shaw Annuity Taz 
Lefevre, Esquire, Deputy Clerk of the Parliaments, ow 
to the Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, ns 
respecting the Annuity Tax in Edinburgh, which 
was presented upon the 16th day of May, in the 
last Session of Parliament, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Quit and 
posed, That the Commissioners for the Sale of In- Crown Rents 
cumbered Estates in Jreland do amend the Return “**"4) 
relative to Quit and Crown Rents (Ireland) (Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 245, of the present Session), 
furnished by them, which is not in the Form moved 
for, nor in Obedience to the Order of this House :-— 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Charitable 
for further remedying a Defect in the Titles of Lands —— oo 
purchased for charitable Purposes, and for obviat- ws 
ing Difficulties as to Copyhold or Customary Lands 
conveyed for such Purposes: And that Mr. Mul- 
lings, Mr. Coles and Mr. Heald do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Select Lodging- 
Committee on the Lodging-houses Bill; That they houses Bill. 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments No. 350. 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

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258 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Survey of Colonel Anson presented a Bill to continue the 
Great Britain, Survey of Great Britain, Berwick-upon- Tweed and 
oo. the Isle of Man: And the same was read the first 


No.351. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 
Charitable Mr. Mullings presented a Bill for further remedy- 
a ing a Defect in the Titles of Lands purchased for 
No. 352 charitable Purposes, and for obviating Difficulties 
““ as to Copyhold or Customary Lands conveyed for 
such Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next; and to be printed. 
Electoral The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
Divisions = the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
(ireland) ‘the 3d day of March last, for a Return of the Rates 
which have been made on each of the several Elec- 
toral Divisions in Ireland, for the years 1848, 1849 
and 1850; distinguishing the Dates on which such 
Rates have been made. 
Education The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
(relant.) = of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Annual 
Report of the Commissioners of Education in Jre- 
land to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, for the 
year ending the 25th day of March 1851. 


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


Luna, 2° die Junii ; 


Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 








PRAYERS. 


M® Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report 
a from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
lands Junction Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Railway Bill. additional provision in the Manchester, Buxton, 
Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Manchester, 


Christ’s Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
ae one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 


That in the case of Christ’s Hospital Estate Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Railway Bills 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 11 of 
(Group 11.) 


Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Wrexham Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the Wrexham |m- 
en provement (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
CRortp-te urth 0% Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 30th day of May 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. 
2 ow A Petition of Class A. Shareholders of the Saint 
Railway. Andrew’s and Quebec Railway Company, for leave 


to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Company to divide the shares of 
the Company into two classes, one of such classes 
to represent the land, and the other the money 
value of such shares, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


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A. 1851, 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Wexford Fre. 
on Group 25 of Private Bills; That in the case of Bridge Bil, 
the Wexford Free Bridge Bill, the Orders of the 
House of the 28th day of February last, requiring 
the Bill to be presented not later than three clear 
days from such date, and also requiring that the 
provisions extending the time for levying rates should 
be omitted from the Bill, had been complied with to 
the satisfaction of the Committee ; that they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by specifying 
the difficulties that are to be removed by the Bill, 
as the mode of presenting and levying rates, and 
making the same a sufficient security for money bor- 
rowed, issuing new debentures, and more effectually 
providing for the construction of the proposed new 
Bridge; 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. 


The Cork and Waterford Railway Bill was read the Cork ana 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill, Waterford 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bil, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill was Great North. 
read the third time. ern or 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No, 2) Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Killarney Juncticn Railway Bill was read Killarney 


the third time; and an Amendment was made to Junction 


the Bill. Railway Bil. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Henry Herbert do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read the Manchester 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill, Improvement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Be. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester Waterworks Bill was read the Manchester 
third time. Waterworks 
Resolved, That, the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Maryport and Carlisie Railway Bill was read Maryport 
the third time; and an Amendment was made to 24 Carlisle 
the Bill. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Ulverstone and Ulverstone 
Lancaster Railway Bill be now read the third time ; a 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- ew 
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; 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 Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill was Waterford 
read the third time. % ' oe me Bil. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the MNewark-upon- Trent Im- Newark-upoo- 
provement and Market Bill be re-committed to nero ont 
the former Committee :—And that they have leave Market Bill. 


to sit and proceed upon Wednesday next. Th 
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Wicklow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Wicklow Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


gouth Wales Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords 
pailway to the South Wales Railway (No. 1) Bill be taken 


(No.1) Bil. into consideration To-morrow. 


saint Bar- Ordered, That Saint Bartholomew's Hospital 
— Estate Bill be read a second time. 
osp 
te Bill. ‘ ‘ 
Saiaaes The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Det Removal, reading of the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;e. Bill; 
sc, 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. Hayter, 
Yeas, LMr. Hawes: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Grantley Berkeley, \ ,. 
Noes, The Marquis of Worcester :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 Select Committee. 


82. 


Cheltenham The Marquis of Chandos reported from the Com- 

Improvement mittee on Group 27 of Private Bills; That in the 

— case of the Cheltenham Improvement and Health 
Bill, they had, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House of the 26th day of May last, inserted clauses 
for additional provision in the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
that provisions should also be made for regulating 
Markets and Fairs and Interments, and otherwise 
for the Improvement of the Borough of Cheltenham ; 
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. 


Private Bills Lord Alfred Hervey reported from the Committee 
(Group 29.) on Group 29 of Private Bills That the Committee 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment; and that 
Mr. Pinney, one of the Members of the Conimittee, 
was not present at the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 
, That Mr. Pinney do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Calhippers Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Coal- 
da) whippers (Port of London) Bill have Power to send 


for persons, papers and records. 


Kafr Tribes. 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 Correspondence rela- 
tive to the Kafir Tribes, between the years 1837 
and 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. 


me in Aid Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
4) an Account of all Sums levied and issued to each 
Union in Jreland under the Act 12 Vic. c. 24, fora 
General Rate in Aid in reland, showing, inColumns, 
for each Union, Ist. the Name of the Union; 2d. 
the Net Annual Value thereof when the Order for 
the Rate in Aid of 1849 was issued ; 3d. the Sum 
ordered to be raised by it; 4th. the Sum paid to 
Vox. 106. 








14 VicToriZ. 2° Juni. 259 


the “ General Rate in Aid” Account, by the Trea- 
surer of each, prior to the 23d day of December 
1850; 5th. the Sum issued to each to that Date by 
Grant, special Issue, or Advance; 6th. the Net 
Annual Value of each when the Rate in Aid of the 
23d day of December 1850 was ordered ; 7th. the 
Sum ordered to be raised by it; 8th. the Sum paid 
to the “General Rate in Aid” Account by the 
Treasurer of each after that Date; and, 9th. the 
Sum paid to each Union after that Date; with a 
Summary by Provinces. 


lief of the Poor in each year from 1831 to 1850 
inclusive, on the Annual Value of Property rated 
for the Metropolitan Parishes of Saint Juke (Mid- 
dlesex), Shoreditch, Clerkenwell, Saint Mary-le-bone, 
Hackney Union, Saint Pancras with Hampstead, 
Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Islington, Kensington, 
Saint George, Hanover-square and Bermondsey. 


by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses (as - 
Supplement of the Return, No. 288, ordered to be 
printed 14th May 1851), Copies of all Correspon- 
dence between the Commissioners and the Treasury, 
or the Admiralty, and of the Documents therein 
referred to, in regard to Portpatrick Harbour Light, 
or in regard to the Loss of the “ Orion ” Steamer. 


Health, in reference to the Sanitary Condition of 
Agar Town, Saint Pancras. 


Return of the Number of Seizures or Prosecutions 
made or authorized by the Commissioners of the 
Excise, for Adulteration of Tea, Tobacco, Pepper 
aud Coffee, since August 1840, specifying the Arti- 
cles adulterated, and the year in which such Sei- 
sures or Prosecutions occurred. 


Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of May last, for 
Copy or Extract of a Despatch from the Governor 
General of Canada to the Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, dated the 24th day of December 1850, 
relative to Mr. Rylana’s Pension, formerly Clérk to 
the Executive Council of Canadas (in continuation 
of the Papers presented 18th April 1850). 

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


for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. 


ford, Farmer, now a prisoner in Her Majesty’s Gaol 
of Newgate, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner has been a prisoner in the cus- 
tody of the Serjeant-at-Arms of the House, and in 
Her Majesty’s Gaol of Newgate, by Order of the 
House, for a period of seven weeks and upwards ; 
that the Petitioner is a tenant farmer occupying 
337 acres of land in the county of Hertford, at the 
annual rent of £.352; that the Petitioner has no 
bailiff or manager, but is entirely dependent upon 
his own exertions for the due management and 
cultivation of the same, and, at this important sea- 
son of the year, and at a time when more than or- 
dinary vigilance and exertion are required to meet 
the difficulties which beset all agricultural pursuits, 
the long-continued imprisonment, and consequent 
absence of the Petitioner from his farm, has inflicted 
and still inflicts most grievous and irreparable in- 
jury upon him ; that the Petitioner has a wife, in a 
very precarious state of health, and seven children, 
entirely dependent upon his exertions for support ; 





that the Petitioner entirely submits himself to the 
LL2 House, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief 
Return of the Rate in the Pound levied for the Re- (Metropolis.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Portpatrick 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Agar Town, 
Copy of a Report lately made to the Board of Saint Pancras. 


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


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Mr. Ryland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Grattan have leave of absence Leave of 


A Petition of Henry Edwards, of Great Han- Saint Alban’s 
steads, near Saint Alban’s, in the county of Hert- Election. 


260 2° Juniz. A. 1851. 


House, and begs to express his unfeigned sorrow 
and regret for having incurred its displeasure ; but 
he ventures most humbly to hope that the House 
will, in its mercy and justice, deem that the long and 
harassing imprisonment the Petitioner has already 
undergone, and the very serious loss and inconveni- 
ence thereby entailed upon him and his family, are 
a sufficient expiation for any offence he may have 
committed against the privileges of the House ; and 
praying that the House will order his discharge out 
of custody. 

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


Public Several Petitions relating to Oath of Supremacy ; 
Petitions: =—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- 
Vide Forty. tion Bill;— Regium Donum ;— Religious Houses 
fifth Report Bill; — Religious Houses Bill; and, Ecclesiastical 
— Titles Assumption Bill; — Universities (Scotland) 
— Bill ;— Borneo (Destruction of Pirates) ;— Newspa- 
pers, &amp;c.;— Property Tax ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zre- 
(and) Bill ;—Distress (Zreland) ;—General Board of 
Health Bill;—Money Payment of Wages ;—Petty 
Sessions (Ireland) Bill ;— Police and Improvement 
(Scotland) Act;—Poor Law ;—School Establish- 
ment (Scotland) Bill ;—Spirits ;—Spirits (reland) ; 
—and, Valuation (Ireland) Bill,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Gunpowder Stores 
(Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill were also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Ordnance Survey (Scot- 
land) was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Ordnance Survey (Sco¢- 
land). 

A Petition relating to the Steam Navigation Bill 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Merchant Ordered, That the Account of the Income and 
Seamen. Expenditure of the President and Governors of the 
No. 353. Corporation for Relief of Seamen in the Merchant 
Service, their Widows and Children, at the Port of 
London, and the various Outports under their ma- 
nagement, from 1st January 1848 tu 31st December 
1848 inclusive :—And, the 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 Out- 
ports of the United Kingdom, from 1st January to 
31st December 1848, which were presented upon the 
3d day of May 1849, be printed. 


Bibles and Ordered, That the Return relative to Bibles and 
Prayer Books Prayer Books (Jreland), which was presented upon 
(ireland.) —_ Friday last, be printed. 

No. 354. 
Education Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(ireland.) = ([reland), which was presented upon Friday last, be 

No. 355. printed. 


Dublin Ordered, That the Return relative to the Dublin 


Gazette. Gazette, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
No. 356. _ printed. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
Hereford, Ross _ The Lords have agreed to the Hereford, Ross and 
and Gloucester Gloucester Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
Railway Bill. and also 
&gt; 

Manchester The Lords have agreed to the Manchester and 
ns Ra ong Ashion-under-Lyne New Road Bill, without any 
New Road Bill, Amendment: And also, 
Leeds and The Lords have agreed to the Leeds and Thirsk 
Thirsk ~~ Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
Railway Bill ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 
Great Western ‘The Lords have agreed to the Great Western 
Nailway (At- Railway (Arrangements with reference to the Pur- 


t . . 
with reference Chase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth, 





&amp;c. Railways) Bill, with Amendments; to which to 4, 
: e Pur. 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of chase, &amp;, of 
this House: And also, ~ Wilts, 
merset and 
Weymouth, &amp;c. Railways) Bill, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Administra. 
for further improving the administration of Criminal tion of Cri. 
Justice; to which the Lords desire the concurrence poh 
of this House: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Offences 
for the better Prevention of Offences; to which the Prevention 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :-—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now read ; Orders of 
and the same being read ; the Day. 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to the nomination 
~ the Select Committee on Income and Property 
ax. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Income ana 
upon the 8th day of May last, That a Select Com- Property Tax, 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the present mode 
of assessing and collecting the Income and Property 
Tax, and to consider whether any other system of 
levying the same, so as to render the tax more 
equitable, can be adopted, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Hume be one of the Members of 
the said Committee ; 

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 Order for the appointment of the said Com- 
mitted be discharged,” 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. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {ur Agliotby . }193. 
sMr. Freshfield, } 94 
UMr. Mackenzie: , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hume be one of the Members 
of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Chancellor of the Exchequer be 
one other Member of the said Committee :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The House, accerding to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles As- Titles 


i i tion 
sumption Bill. ee 


(In the Committee.) 


Criavuse, N°2 (Titles to pretended Sees or Dio- 
ceses, &amp;c. in the United Kingdom not to be as- 
sumed). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 2. Is. 25 and 26, 
after the words “any person” to insert the words 
“shall hereafter obtain or cause to be procured 
“from the said Bishop or See of Rome, or shall pub- 
“lish or put in use, any brief, rescript, letters apos- 
“tolical, or other instrument or writing for the 
“purpose of constituting within the Kingdom of 
“ England a hierarchy of Bishops named from Sees 
“and with Titles derived from Places belonging to 
“the Crown of England.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion and Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another 














Customs Bill. 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


14 Vieroriz. 


Another Amendment proposed: In P, 2. 1. 26, 
after the words “ by law,” to insert the words “ or 
« who shall have been recognised as Roman Ca- 
“ tholic Archbishop of any Province, Roman Ca- 
“ tholic Bishop of any Diocese, or Roman Catholic 





“ Dean of any Deanery, by any of Her Majesty’s 
“ Superior Courts of Law or Equity.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 
The Committee er » 
r. M‘Cullagh, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Benth: } 45. 
r. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, Lend ion Hill: } 2091. 
Another Amendment proposed : In P. 2. 1. 28, 
after the word “ Ireland,” to insert the words “ as 
“ long as the said Church shall continue to be the 
“ United Church of England and Ireland.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, be aoe as } 36. 
Tellers for the Noes, oe a soni Hill: } 240. 


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, 3° die Junii, 1851: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

"nelend 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 Customs 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 Inhabited House Duty Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


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

PREAMBLE postponed. 

Cravuses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3, disagreed to. 


Criausss, N° 4 to N° 8, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cuiavse (That the Prison Board of each County 
shall publish Accounts of their Revenue and Ex- 
penditure, under and for the purposes of the said 
recited Acts and this Act, annually at Whit-Sunday ; 
which Accounts shall be printed, and a copy thereof 
be furnished to the Commissioners of Supply of 
the County, and to the Town Councils of the Burghs 
situated therein)——brought up, read 1°; 2°. 

An Amendment made, by inserting in 1. 2, after 
the word “ publish,” the word “ detailed.” 


9° 3° Junie. 





261 


Another Amendment proposed : To leave out the 
word “ Whit-Sunday,” in order to insert the word 
“ Martinmas,” instead thereof. 

Question, That the word “‘ Whit-Sunday” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the words “and they shall likewise, 
“« if required, furnish to the said Commissioners of 
° eaake, on or before the 20th of April, a detailed 
“ Account of their Expenditure for the current year, 
** made up to the latest possible period.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wail 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Fee-Farm Rents (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 

lil. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
meee on the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission 

ill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Regula- 
tion Act Amendment Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (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 Petty Sessions (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 Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upor 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill; 
Friday next. 


The House, accordin 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Fee-Farm 
Rents 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 357. 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
Regulation 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Fees on 


reading of the Fees on Proceedings before Justices Proceedings 


before Justice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


to Order, proceeded to Farm 


take into consideration the Farm Buildings Bill, as Buildings Bill. 


amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Home-made 


mittee on Home-made Spirits in Bond ; 
_ Resolved, That this 
itself into the said Committee. 








VoL. 106. 


LL3 





ouse will, this day, resolve 


The 


Spirits in 
Bond. 








262 9°— 3° Juniz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 
Repeal Bill ; i ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Friday next. 


A. 1851. 


same was read tie first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
— Repeal Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Greenyic, 
Copy of the Annual Report on Greenwich Hospital Hospital 
Schools, made to the Admiralty by Her Majesty’s Schools. 
Seleten- Inspector of Schools. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
houses Bill. 


mittee on the Lodging-houses Bill ; ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Fees (Courts 
| that part of the Message from the Lords of Thurs- of Law and 
| day last, wherein their Lordships request that this cise &amp;e) 
Irish Fisheries Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | House will communicate to their Lordships a Copy 
Bill. to consolidate and amend the several Acts relating of the Report from the Select Committee appointed 
to the Jrish Fisheries: And that Mr. Conolly und , by this House, in Session 1849, to inquire into 
Colonel Taylor do prepare, and bring it in. _and report to the House on the Taxation of Suitors 
in the Courts of Law and Equity, by the Col- 


Valuation Ordered, That there be laid before this House, lection, of Fees, and the Amount thereof, and the 


(Ireland. ) 


Returns stating the Date of the Completion of the 
Field Valuation in each Barony in the County of 
Tipperary :— Of the Number of Parishes where 
Revisions were held previous to the issuing of the 
Primary Valuation, with the Names of the Parishes | 
where hottie were held more than once :—Of | 
the Number of Appeals lodged against the Primary 
Valuation in each Barony: —Of the Number of 
Appeals lodged against the final Valuation, and | 
untried, at the last Quarter Sessions held at Thurles, 
stating the Cause of the same not being tried :—And, | 


Mode of Collection, and the Appropriation of Fees 
in the Courts of Law and Equity, and in all inferior 
Courts, and in the Courts of Special and General Ses- 
sions in England and Wales, and in the Ecclesiastical 
Courts and Courts of Admiralty; and as to the Sa- 
laries and Fees received by the Officers of those 
Courts, and whether any and what means could be 
adopted with a view of superintending and regulat- 
ing the Collection and Appropriation thereof; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix 
and Index thereto. 


of the Sums expended in the Valuation of the | Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
County of Tipperary up to the 1st day of May | port be communicated to the Lords as desired by 
1851, specifying, 1st. The Cost up to the Date of | their Lordships: And that Mr Cornewall Lewis do 
Primary Valuation; 2d. Cost of Sub-commis- deliver the same. 

sioners’ Court of Appeal, and also Cost of hearing | 
Appeals in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the | 
Peace. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fees (Courts 
that part of the Message from the Lords of Thurs- of Law and 
| day last, wherein their Keston request that this C1es0y ane 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill House will communicate to their Lordships a Copy 
to amend an Act of the eleventh and twelfth Years of the First and Second Reports from the Select 


of Her Majesty, relating to Poor-Rate Poundage | Committee appointed by this House, in the last 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
Valuation 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Gunpowder 
Stores 
(Liverpool) 
Exemption 
Repeal Bill. 


Irish Fisheries Mr. Conolly presented a Bill to consolidate and | 


Bill 
No. 358. 


Common 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


No. 359. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 360. 


and the Valuation of Ecclesiastical Property in 
Ireland, and to provide for the Renewal of Leases 
of Lands disappropriated from Bishoprics: And 
that Mr. Attorney General for Zreland and Sir 
William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War be dis- 


charged from further attendance on the Select Coin- | 


mittee on the Kajir Tribes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere be added to the 


Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Gunpowder Stores 
(Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill was nominated 
of Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. 
John Tollemache, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Sir Thomas 
Birch, Mr. William Brown, Admiral Berkeley, Cap- 
tain Boldero, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Armstrong and Ad- 
miral Bowles. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


amend the several Acts relating to the Jrish Fishe- 
ries: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
80th day of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Henley reported from the Select Committee 
on the Common Lodging-houses Bill; That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


to amend an Act of the eleventh and twelfth Years 
of Her Majesty, relating to Poor-Rate Poundage 
and the Valuation of Ecclesiastical Property in Zre- 
land, and to provide for the Renewal of Leases of 
Lands disappropriated from Bishoprics: And the 


| Session of Parliament, to inquire into and report 
|to the House on the Taxation of Suitors in the 
Courts of Law and Equity by the Collection of 
| Fees, and the Amount thereof, and the Mode of 
| Collection, and the Appropriation of Fees in the 
| Courts of Law and Equity, and in all inferior Courts, 
and in the Courts of Special and General Sessions 
in England and Wales, and in the Ecclesiastical 
Courts and Courts of Admiralty ; and as to the Sa- 
laries and Fees received by the Officers of those 
Courts, and whether any and what means could be 
adopted with a view of superintending and regu- 
lating the Collection and Appropriation thereof ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Committee, and the Appendices and Indices 
thereto. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
ports be communicated to the aed as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis do 
| deliver the same. 





that part of the Message from the Lords of Thursday 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will communicate to their Lordships a Copy 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of Parliament on the Reading Union Waterworks 
Bill. 

Resolved, That a Copy of the said Minutes of 


Evidence be communicated to the Lords, as desired 





Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented a Bill | 


by their Lordships: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis 


do deliver the same. 


the 7th day of March last, for Returns of the Quan- 
tity of Grain and Flour of all Sorts imported into 
Ireland; distinguishing each Kind, from Foreign 
Countries and Colonies, for each year, from the 1st 
day of January 1849 to the 1st day of January 





1851, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Reading Union 
Waterworks 
Bill (1850.) 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table, by Grain, Flour, 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ** 








Adjournment, 


Public 

lies 
orty-fifth 

Report. ) 





14 Vicroriz. 


1851, distinguishing each year :—Similar distin- 
uishing Returns, and for the same Period, of all 


Sorts of Grain or Flour imported into Jreland from | 


Ports of Great Britain: —Similar distinguishing Re- 
turns, and for the same Period, of the Quantity of 
Grain and Flour of all Kinds, and also of all Sorts of 
Agricultural Produce, Live or Dead, imported into 
Great Britain from Ireland—(if there be no means 
of ascertaining the Import of Live Stock generally 


9°__ 3° 4° Juni. 





from Ireland into Great Britain, then a Return of 
the Number of Pigs sold in the Markets of Liver- 
pool, Glasgow, Greenock, Gloucester and Bristol, in 
each of the same years):—Similar distinguishing 
Returns, and for the same Period, of the Quantities 
of all Kinds of Grain and Flour and Live Stock im- 
ported into Great Britain and Ireland from Foreign 
Countries and Colonies; distinguishing the Quan- 
tity imported from each Foreign Country and Co- 
lony, and distinguishing each year, and each Kind 
of Grain, Flour, Meal and Live Stock, and also 
adding, in parallel Columns, the Declared Value of 
British and Irish Manufactures exported in each 


of the same years to the Countries from whence | mined the allegations contained in the Preamble o 
such Corn, Meal and Live Stock was imported, and | 
specifying the Value of such Manufactures taken | out the allegation respecting the Report of Her Ma- 


by each :—And, of the Number of Emigrants from 
Ti 


eat Brituin and Ireland, distinguishing Ireland | the Law and Practice in respect to the occupation 


from Great Britain, to our various Colonies and to 


Foreign Countries, distinguishing, if possible, Farm- not being necessary to be stated in the Preamble 
ers or Tradesmen from Agricultural Labourers or | of a Private Bill; and by inserting the Titles of the 
Artisans ; or, if this be impossible, then distinguish-| Acts under which the College are restricted from 


ing Cabin from Steerage Passengers, in each of the 
same years :—The above Returns to be tabularized, 
as far as possible. 


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, 3° die Junii : 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


fa House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair; and again counted the 

ouse ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 4° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
IR Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 2d 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. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Christ’s Hospital Estate Bill be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for Cameron’s Coal- 
brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Rail- 
way (No. 2) Bill. 

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263 


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


Mr. Bernal reported the Brighton Extra-mural Brighton 
Cemetery Bill, with Amendments. se 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. fe: 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Warkworth 
Warkworth Harbour Dock Company Bill; That Fee _ 
they had examined the allegations contained in the ~°"P™Y 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by inserting the words, “ and the several persons 
“ hereinafter named, with others, are willing, at 
“ their own expense, to construct the same ;” 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. 


M r. Bernal re orted from the Committee on the Trinity 
Trinity College (Dublin) Bill; That they had pe (Datla) a 


the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
jesty’s Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of 


of land in Ireland of the 14th February 1845, as 


leasing for longer terms than 21 years and 40 years 
respectively, and also by a statement, that as the 
tenants of the College complained that the shortness 
of such leases prevented them expending money 
upon improvements, it would be for the advantage 
of the College if they were enabled to extend their 
terms of leases not exceeding 99 years in certain 
cases, and to make grants in perpetuity in certain 
other cases; 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. 


The Clerkenwell Improvement (Transfer of Pow- Clerkenwell 
ers to the Corporation of London, &amp;c.) Bill was read anal 
the third time. Powers to the 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Corporation of 
Ordered, That Sir James Duke do carry the Bill — &amp;c.) 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Itchen Bridge 
the Jtchen Bridge and Rvads Bill, as amended in — Roads 
the Committee. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Commercial 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Com- Docks 
mercial Docks Improvement Bill; and the same pit 
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 Great North- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great em Railway 
Northern Railway Amendment (No. 1) Bill. (Ne 1) Bal. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time ~ 
(and it appearing that the recital in the Preamble 
was struck out to carry out the intention of this 
House, which removed from the Bill the Clauses to 
which the same relates, and is therefore superfluous), 
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 





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264 


Harwich The House proceeded to take into considera- 

aoe tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 

Pier Bill. Harwich improvement, Quays and Pier 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. 
Sheffield, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a, the Amendment made by the Lords to the Shef- 
Wakeficla, field, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield 
Huddersfield and Goole Railway Bill; and the same was twice 
a Nag read, and agreed to. 
etnias Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do — the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 
South Wales § The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
two 1) Bil consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 


to the South Wales Railway (No. 1) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into consideration upon Monday the 16th day of 
this instant June. 


Copper Miners 
in England 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Copper Miners in England Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dublin, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oer and the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway 
Rathfarnham Bil}, as amended in the Committee. 


——dew (Company to use the Railway of the 
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway 
Company on such Terms as may be agreed upon) 
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. 
Waterford The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Limerick the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. amended im the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Waterford, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Wexford, 


the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 


Wicklow and way Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 


Dublin Rail- 


way Bill. Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Mr. Ryland. Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Ryland, 
No. 361. which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, Flour, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon Monday last, be 


Grain, Flour, 
&amp;c. 


No. 362. printed. 
Public Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome; 
Petitions. 


—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Lord’s 
Day ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Regium 
Donum;— Religious Houses Bill ;—ReligiousHouses 
Bill; and, Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— 
Universities (Scotland) Bill ;—Cape of Good Hope; 
— Coffee ; — Newspapers, &amp;c.; — Beerhouses ; — 
County Constabulary ;—County Courts further Ex- 
tension Bill ;—Disarmament ;—Savings Banks ;— 
School Establishment (Scotland) ;—School Esta- 
blishment ( Scotland) Bill;—and, Spirits,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Church Rates was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Church Rates. 

Several Petitions relating to the Gunpowder 
Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- 
ject Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Ordnance Survey (Scot- 
land) was also presented, and read ; and referred 


Vide Forty- 
sixth Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


4° Juniz. 





A. 1851. 


to the Select Committee on Ordnance Survey ( Scot- 
land). 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Gun- Gunpowder 
wder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill] Stores 


1ave Power to send for persons, papers and records, Ciaverpoo) 


Bill. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropotita 
for constituting Commissioners for the Supply of Water up) 
Water to the Metropolis: And that Mr. Moet, oat ob 
Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr. Lushington do prepare, tive Body) 
and bring it in. Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Saint Albany 
Return of any Account transmitted by Messengers Election. 
employed under the Authority of this House relative 
to the Apprehension of Witnesses summoned by 
the Saint Alban’s Election Committee, who have 
been induced to abscond. 


Ordered, That the Sequestration of Benefices Sequestration 
Bill be read a second time after the Orders of the of Benefiee 
day. 


Ordered, That the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, as Prisons 
amended in the Committee, be taken into conside- Comey 
ration after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday Home-made 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon Home- - meg in 
made Spirits in Bond. - 


Mr. Mowatt presented a Bill for constituting Metropolitan 
Commissioners for the Supply of Water to the Water Supply 
Metropolis: And the same was read the first time. Neg 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- tive Body) 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 0.363. 
and proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Pirates 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of April last, for (Hastert ) 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from the Offi- “""'P"** 
cer commanding the “ Nemesis’”’ War Steamer, and 
Officer commanding the British Forces, and also 
from Sir Raja Brooke, of Sarawaak, respecting their 
Military Operations against alleged Pirates on the 
River Moratatias and other Places in the Eastern 
Archipelago, in March and April 1849. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sind tp? 
reading of the School Establishment (Scotland) Bill; Vacotiand) 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ”’ stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Viscount Melgund, lie 4 
Yeas, UMr. Ewart : or 
Tellers for the f Mr. Mackenzie, h 37 
Noes, Viscount Drumlanrig: ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. The 


























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14 Vicroriz. 


pesidences reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences (Jreland) 
(ireland) Bill. Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


Churches The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ani Chapels. reading of the Churches and Chapels (Ireland) 
(irdand) Bill. Bi) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


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

ofEngland = reading of the United Church of England and Ire- 

and Ireland Yond Bill ; 

Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Charities mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; 
(Ireland) Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
County Courts The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ran into a Committee upon the County Courts further 
= * Extension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
No.364. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
~ ir 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 Wednesday the 18th 
day of this instant June. 
Charitable The Charitable Purchase Deeds Bill was, ac- 
Purchase = cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Deeds Bil. mitted to a Committee of the whole House for 
Wednesday the 18th day of this instant June. 
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. 
Common The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
om mittee on the Common Lodging-houses Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Tcclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Valatina reading of the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation 


(Ireland) Bill. (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


—. The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Bill, ) take into consideration the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
pymabary Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
Bases to consider the allegations contained in the Petition 


of Thomas Hughes Bradford, which was presented 
upon the 2d day of May last, complaining of the 
forgery of his signature to the Petition against the 
Return for the Borough of Aylesbury, and praying 
for inquiry; and also the Petition of John Strutt, 
which was presented upon the 5th day of May last, 
denying the statements contained in the said Peti- 
tion of Thomas Hughes Bradford, have Power to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 


together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 


Vou, 106. 


4° Junit. 
yockesiastical © The Order of the day being read, for the second 








265 


Mr. Greene reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That er | had agreed to a Report, which 
they had directed him to make to the House, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock ; and 
be printed. 


The Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- Administra- 
ment Bill was read the first time; and ordered to tion of Cri- 
be read a second time upon Friday the 13th day of = 
this instant June ; and to be printed. Bi 

No. 366. 


The Prevention of Offences Bill was read the Prevention 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time of Offences 
upon Friday the 13th day of this instant June ; and 
to be printed. No. 367. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Commission. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
directed to be made by section 35 of the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vice. c. 41. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Manchester 
Copies of Memorial presented to the Treasury, dated Bonding. 
the 25th day of June 1849, from the Corporation of 
Manchester, relative to the bonding of Foreign Pro- 
duce in Manchester :—And, of Memorial from Wine 
and Spirit Merchants and others residing in Man- 
chester and Neighbourhood, relative to the bonding 
of Foreign Produce in Manchester. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits. 
an Account of the Quantity of Spirits distilled in No, 368. 
Ireland, the Quantity of Spirits on which Duty was 
paid for Home Consumption in Jreland, and the 
Quantity of Spirits imported from Ireland into Eng- 
land on which Duty was paid in each year, from 
1841 to 1850 inclusive. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an pistiliers 
Order, dated the 14th day of April last, for a Re- (Ireland.) 
turn of the Number of Licensed Distillers in Jre- No. 369. 
land in each year, from the vear 1835 to 1850 in- 
clusive, specifying the different Places where their 
Distilleries were situate. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Magneto- 
Group 26 of Private Bills; That in the case of the — ‘ 
Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company Bill, they Company Bill. 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
introducing the recital of a matter of fact proved 
before them in evidence; 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on guropean and 
Group 26 of Private Bills; That in the case of the American 
European and American Printing Electric Telegraph ra an Teeeeagh 
Company Bill, they had examined the allegations Company Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by introducing the recital of a 
fact proved in evidence before the Committee; and 
found the allegations of the Bill, as amended, to be 

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266 


true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


United Kinge Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 

— ag Group 26 of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 

Company pi, United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by introducing a recital of a matter of fact proved 
in evidence before the Committee; 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. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Receipt and Disbursement of Dock and Light Du- 
ties at the Port of Liverpool, from the 25th June 
1849 to the 24th June 1850. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 5° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


East Anglian Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Railways Bill. Past Anglian Railways Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same, by omitting so much of 
it as related to a change in the number of directors 
of the Company, and with regard to the reduction of 
the amount of preferential dividend now payable on 
some of the shares in the Company; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Newark-upon- 
Trent Im- 
provement and 
Market Bill. 


Mr. Bernal yo the Newark-upon- Trent Im- 


provement and Market (re-committed) Bill, with 
further Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Cam Navi- Sir Thomas Birch reported the Cam Navigation 
gation (No. 2) (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments 
-_ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Manchester, 
Buxton, 
Matlock and 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Midlanos in respect of the Petition for additional Provision 
Junction — in the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands 
Railway Bill. Junction Railway Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table 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. 


Great Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 
nn _ the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
with reference Western Railway (Arrangements with reference to 
the Purchase, &amp;c. of the Wilts, Somerset and Wey- 
ae So of mouth, &amp;c. Railways) Bill; and the same were 
Somerset and tWice read, and agreed to. 
Weymouth, Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
ee Railways) to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
; hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


to the Pur- 


4°—5° Juniz. 





A. 1851, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds Thirsk Raj, 
and Thirsk Railway Bill; and the same were twice "87 Bill. 
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 theig,Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- Shrewsbury 
tion the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill, as and Chester 
amended in the Committee. Railway Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Waterford and Tramore Rail- Waterforg 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken and Tramore 
into consideration this day, at Five of the clock, way Bil. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis 
reading of the Metropolis Water Bill; Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day, at Five of the clock. 


Mr. Heyworth reported the Saint Pancras (Mid- Saint Pancras 
dlesex) Paving Bill, with Amendments. ners 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. **"™8 Bill 


Several Petitions relating to Regium Donum ;— Public 
Universities (Scotland) Bill; — Coffee ; — News- Petitions. 
papers, &amp;c. ;—and, Spirits,—were presented, and yige Forty: 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. sixth Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Charity 
mand,—Copy Second Report of the Commissioners Co™mssion. 
for inquiring into those Cases which were investi- 
gated and reported upon by the Charity Commis- 
sioners, but not certified to the Attorney-general. 

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


Ordered, That the Sequestration of Benefices Sequestration 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. of Benefices 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Aylesbury 
consideration the Report which was yesterday made "¢t™. 
from the Select Committee appointed to consider 
the allegations contained in the Petitions of Thomas 
Hughes Bradford and John Strutt, relating to the 
Agden Election Petition ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stint Alpin’ 


. : : ty Com- 
into a Committee upon the Saint Alban’s Bribery mission Bill. 
Commission Bill. No. 370. 
(In the Committee.) 

Cravuse, N° 14 (Limitation of Actions). : 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do now leave the Chair; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. John Stuart 

Tellers for the Yeas, alc Galway : } 10. 

Tellers for the Noes, a aoe: Ellice, } 54. 

Clause amended, and 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 printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
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3 pF wel eee oe 


— ee te 


wae 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Briton ed 
Docks an 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


gmithfield 

Market 

Removal Bill. 
No. 371. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Pro} Tax 
aaa 

Sale of Arsenic 
Regulation 


Royal Naval 
School Bill, 


Tondon and 
Blackwall 
Railwa’ 
(Bran 
Haydon. 
eat, _ 
Br’ ** 
Duffield and 
Sheffield 
pike- 
Bill, 


Mayfield 
way 


(No, 2) Bill, 


Leicester 
aterworks 
Bill, 





14 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Briton Ferry Docks 
and Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Rail- 
way (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence ‘of 
this House: And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee 
on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill, to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That the Order of the House of the 11th day of 
March last, had been complied with ; and that they 
had heard counsel in support of several of the said 
Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and that they had examined the 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 Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
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 Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are 
as follow: 

An Act to continue the Duties on Profits arising 
from Property, Professions, Trades and Offices, and 
to amend the Act imposing the same : 

An Act to regulate the Sale of Arsenic : 


An Act for extending the Benefit of the Royal 
Naval School to Children at present ineligible to 
be admitted therein, and for authorizing the Es- 
tablishment of a Chapel in connection with the 
said School, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto : 

An Act for making a Branch Railway from the 
London and Blackwall Railway, to Haydon-square, 
Whitechapel, and for amending some of the Powers 
of the Acts relating to the London and Blackwall 
Railway Company: 


An Act for repairing and managing the Roads 
from the North End of the Town of Derby, in the 
County of Derby, to Sheffield, in the County of 
York, and from Duffield to Wirksworth, in the 
County of Derby : 

An Act for the making of a Railway from May- 


field, in the County of Sussex, to join the Railway 


from Tunbridge Wells to near Hastings, of the South 
Eastern Railway Company, and to be called “The 
Mayfield Railway :” 

An Act to amend “The Leicester Waterworks 
Act 1847,” to make certain Alterations in the Works, 
and to extend the Period for completing such 
Works, and also to authorize an Arrangement with 
the Local Board of Health for the Borough of Lei- 
cester : 

Vou. 106. 


5° Junii. 





267 


An Act for repairing the Road leading from ghrews 
Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth, and several other Roads and Bridge 
therein mentioned : north Turn- 

om 

An Act for supplying the Inhabitants of the Town Whitby 
of Whitby, and adjacent Places, with Water: — arhe 


An Act to enable the Scottish Central Railway Scottish 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money : Central Rail- 

way Bill. 

An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of Regent’s Canal 
the Regent’s Canal to enlarge the Reservoir on the Company Bill. 
a Brent, and to amend the Acts relating to the 

anal : 


An Act for making a Railway from Halesworth Halesworth, 
to Beccles and Haddiscoe, with a Branch therefrom, Beccles and 
to be called “ The Halesworth, Beccles and Haddis- Railway Bill 
coe Railway :” 

An Act for enabling the North British Railway North British 
Company to enlarge their Station at Edinburgh, Railway Bill. 
and to make certain short Railways there, and at 
Dalkeith, and for other Purposes : 


An Act for extending the Time limited for London and 
widening the London and Blackwall Railway, and Blackwall _ 
for making the Branches to the London and Saint Railway (Ex- 
Katherine Docks, for erecting a Station, and other Time for the 
Works at Rhodeswell, in the Parish of Saint Anne, Widening, 
and for amending the Acts relating to the said oo 
Railway : 


An Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Malton and 


Line and Levels of the Malton and Driffield Junc- —— 
. . . unction 
tion Railway, and to amend the Act relating Railway Bill. 


thereto : 

An Act for continuing the Term of the Derby, Derby and 
Ashborne and Hurdloe Road Act, and for other os 
Purposes : — 


An Act for erecting and maintaining new Public Aberdeen 
Offices for the County of Aberdeen, for altering and FuvlicRecords 
enlarging the present Record Office of the County, 
and for other Purposes : 


An Act for continuing the Term and amending Richmond 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to and Lancaster 
the Western District of the Richmond and Lancaster (Wettwe Dan 

P 1s- 
Turnpike-road : trict, Con- 
A 

An Act for making a Railway from the Gloucester Hereford, Ross 
and Dean Forest Railway, in the Parish of West- 224 Gloucester 
bury, in the County of Gloucester, to the City of ®*!wey Bul. 
Hereford: 

An Act to continue the Term of the Act of the Manchester 
sixth Year of George the Fourth, chapter fifty-one and Ashton- 
(local), so far as relates to the Turnpike-road between See nenae. 
Manchester and Audenshaw, in the Parish of Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne, all in the County Palatine of Zan- 
caster, and to make better Provision for the Repair 
of the Road, and for other Purposes. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group 25 of Private Bills; That the Committee (Group 25.) 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment ; but that 
Mr. Stuart Knox,a Member of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Knox do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow. 


A Petition of Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal Cameron's 
and Swansea and Loughor Railway Company, for yma wal 
leave to bring in a Bill for changing the Name of the pay tal 
Company registered by the Name of Cameron’s Coal- and Loughor 
brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Rail- ayo. 3) Bil 
way Company, to that of the Loughor Steam Coal “* 
Company, and for classifying the Shares in the Com- 
pany, and for other Purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 








Standing Orders. 
MM2 Ordered, 


Steam Com- 
munications 


with India, &amp;c. 


No. 372 


Waterford 
and Tramore 
Railway Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


Emigrants. 


268 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the existing Steam Communications 
with India and China, and into the practicability of 
effecting any Improvement therein, and also into the 
best mode of establishing Steam Communications 
between England, India, China, Australia, New 
Zealand, or any of them, as well as any points upon 
the several routes between them, have * eons to re- 
port their Observations thereupon to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them from time to time. 

Viscount Jocelyn 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, and an 
Appendix. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Waterford and Tramore Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Application of Monies) 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 Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolis Water Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the opinion of this House, that no Bill for 
“ the Supply of Water to the Metropolis shall be 
o proceeded with, unless the works _— for an 
“‘ improved and complete Supply of Water to the 
Metropolis shall be put up for competition as to 
“ the terms on which they shall be executed and 
“‘ maintained, upon a contract for a Term of years, 
** on a general Rate,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
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. Hayter 
Tellers for the Yeas, teed Mierene ARR: \ 95. 


Mr. Moffatt, \ 

Tellers for the Noes, on Berumi Hall: f 79. 

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- 
raittee of Selection. 


“ 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of April last, for 
Copies of the Advertisement issued by the Colonial 
Land and Emigration Commissioners in March 
1851, for Tenders for the Board and Lodging of 
Emigrants in Depdts to be provided at London or 
Plymouth, or London and Southampton :—Of any 
Correspondence relative thereto between the Com- 





5° Junii. 





A. 1851. 


missioners and the Parties tendering :—Of the Re- 
port of Lieutenant Lean or other Officer of the Com- 
missioners upon the proposed Depéts:—Of any 
recent Correspondence relating to the proposed 
Depots at Plymouth or elsewhere, between the Com- 
missioners and other Government Departments :— 
And, of the Tenders delivered in pursuance of the 
aforesaid Advertisement, and of any special Stipu- 
lations entered into on the part of the Commission- 
ers with Persons whose Tenders have been accepted ; 
stating their Names, the Period for which such 
Tenders have been accepted, the Terms of the Par- 
ties, and whether they had held previous Contracts, 
and during what Period. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,— Return to an Kayan Tribes 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of May 
last, for Copy of Sir James Brooke's Correspondence 
with the Kayan Chiefs of the Interior, and the 
Letters from the Kayan Chiefs to Sir James Brooke, 
complaining of the Conduct of Mr. Burns, and the 
Promise to forbear from Inter-tribal Wars. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
27th day of May last, for Copies of all Corres- 
pondence which has taken place between Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government and the Glasgow Chamber of 
Commerce and Manufactures, relative to certain 
Leases of Antimony and other Minerals in the Dis- 
trict of Bintulu in Borneo, stated to have been 
granted by the Sultan of Borneo to certain British 
Merchants, and afterwards withdrawn, as is alleged 
by the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, through 
the Influence of Mr. (now Sir James) Brooke :—And, 
of all Despatches between the Foreign Office and 
Sir James Brooke, in consequence of the above Cor- 
respondence, relative to the Leases of Antimony 
and other Minerals in Bintulu, having been referred 
by Viscount Palmerston for the decision of Sir 
James Brooke. 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Fourth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners for administering the Laws for Relief of 
the Poor in Jreland, with Appendices. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of Febru- 
ary last, for Returns from the Treasurers of the 
Counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Lancaster, 
Gloucester and Warwick, in England, and from 
the Treasurers, Procurators Fiscal, or Clerks of 
Supply, of the Counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Ren- 
frew, Perth, Forfar and Fife, in Scotland :—1. Of 
the Amount paid out of County Rates in each of the 
Counties above-mentioned, during the year ending 
Michaelmas 1849, for the Expenses of every Descrip- 
tion of Criminal Prosecution :—2. Of the Amount 
paid out of County Rates of the above Counties for 
the Maintenance of Convicted Prisoners of every de- 
scription during the year ending Michaelmas 1849: 
—3. Of the Amount repaid by the Treasury to each 
of the Counties on Account of their Disbursements 
for Crimiual Prosecutions during the said year 
ending Michaelmas 1849 :—4, Of the Amount re- 
paid by the Treasury to the respective Counties on 
account of the Disbursements of those Counties for 
the Maintenance of Convicted Prisoners during the 
said year ending Michaelmas 1849 :—5. Of the 
Amount paid out of County Rates in each of the 
Counties above-mentioned, during the year ending 
Michaelmas 1849, for the Expenses of Criminal 
Prosecution, and not repaid by the Treasury :—6. 
Of the Amount paid out of County Rates of the 
above Counties for the Maintenance of Convicted 
Prisoners, during the year ending Michaelmas 1849, 


and not repaid by the Treasury. Siinien 
etu 


Borneo. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 


Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Middlesex, 
&amp;c.) 





GEeFZ 


Blectors 
(Ireland. ) 


Castlebar 
Union. 


Chicory. 


Improvement 
-of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill, 


‘British White 


Income and 


Property Tax. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 


Farm 


Suildings Bill. read the third time ; and Amendments were made 


14 VicTroriz. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Registered 
Electors in each County in Jreland, under the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 69; distinguishing each Class of 
Electors :—And, similar Return for each County 
of a City, County of a Town, and Borough in 
Ireland, returning one or more Members to Par- 
liament. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of April 
last, for a Return of the Sums due for Poor Rate, 
up to and. for the 1st day of April last, in the 
Union of Castlebar; distinguishing the Names of 
the Parties owing the same, and the Amount due 
by each, not only of the Rate last struck, but also 
of the Arrears. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That it is the opinion of this House, that 
the Directions of the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury to the Officers of the Excise, 
signified by Orders of the 6th and 25th August 
1840, namely, “ That no objection be made on the 
part of the Revenue to Dealers in and Sellers of 
Coffee mixing Chicory with Coffee,” are opposed to 
the Excise Tlagetetians in force regarding other 
articles of consumption, have encouraged very much 
the practice of Fraud, and ought therefore to be 


5°—6° Junie. 





revoked ; 


269 


And the House — continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on riday morning ; 


Veneris, 6° die Junii, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a _ ogee 89. 


; SMr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: § 94 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolis 
for further improving the Police in and near the Police Bill. 
Metropolis, and within the City of Zondon and the 

Liberties thereof: And that Colonel Sibthorp and 

Mr. Arkwright do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public 
Return of the Names, alphabetically arranged, of Committees. 
all Members who have served on Public Committees 
in each Session of the present Parliament, with the 
Date of the first and last Day of the Sitting of each 
Committee, the Number of Days of Attendance of 
each Member on each Committee, and the Number 
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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the British White Herring 
FisheryBill; 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


upon Monday last, “That the Chancellor of the 
‘¢ Exchequer be one other Member of the Select 
“ Committee on Income and Property Tax ;” 

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


The Farm Buildings Bill was, according to Order, 


to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend the Provisions of “The 
Drainage of Lands Act 1849” to the Advance of 





VoL. 106. 





Private Money for the Erection of Farm Buildings 
on Lands in Great Britain and Ireland. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lodging- 
mittee on the Lodging Houses Bill ; houses Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medica? 

mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; Charities 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday (Ireland) Bill. 

the 25th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common 
mittee on the Common Lodging Houses Bill ; Lodging- 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve "¥#s Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Prisons (Scotland) Bill was, according to Prisons 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were (Scotland) 
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. 


Colonel Sibthorp presented a Bill for further im- Metropolis 
proving the Police in and near the Metropolis, and Police Bill. 
MM 3 within 



























Removal Bill. 


Saint Alban’s 
Election, 


Clerks of 
the Bills 
Scotland.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 1).) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-sixth 
Report.) 


Baggotrath 

and Sandy- 

mount Im- 

— 
ill 


270 506° 


within the City of London and the Liberties thereof: | 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Smithfield Market Removal Bill have Power to re- 
port the Minutes of their Proceedings, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of April last, for a Return of Spirits 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 361, 
of Session 1846), of all Spirits Distilled in each 
Excise Collection of Ireland, specifying, in Gal- 
lons, viz. The Number of Gallons brought to 
Charge in each Excise Collection in Jreland, for 
each of the years ending the 5th day of January 
1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851:—The Number 
of Gallons Bonded in each Excise District Collec- 
tion in Ireland, for same years, distinguishing each 
year :—The Number of Gallons of Spirits taken out 
of Bond for Home Consumption and for Export re- 
spectively, of each Excise Collection, for same years, 
distinguishing each year :—'l'he Number of Gallons 
of Spirits taken out of Bonded Warehouses in each 
Excise Collection, for same years, distinguishing 
each year :—The Deficiency Duty thereon in Gal- 
lons, and Amount in each year, as above :—The 
Number of Gallons remaining in Bonded Ware- 
houses in each Excise Collection, for years ending 
the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 
and 1851 :—And, Similar Returns for England and 
Scotland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this 
instant June, fora Return of any Account transmitted 
by Messengers employed under the Authority of 
this House relative to the Apprehension of Wit- 
nesses summoned by the Saint Alban’s Election 
Committee, who have been induced to abscond. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of ‘Trea- 
sury Warrant, granting additional Compensation to 
James Skene, as late one of the Principal Clerks of 
the Bills in Scotland, 1851. 


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, 6° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Committee on Group 
11 of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant 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. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
on Group 25 of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Baggotrath and Sandymount Improvement Bill, 
the agent for the Promoters had informed the Com- 
mittee that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Junit. A. 1851, 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported the Saint Helen’s Saint Helen, 
Improvement (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. Tmprovement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. (No.2) Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Metropolitan 
of the House relative to Memorials complaining of Water Suppi 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, might be {Po"ttel of, by 
read ; and the same being read ; tive Body) Bi 

Ordered, That any Parties complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of 
the Metropolitan Water Supply (Control of, by 
Representative Body) Bill, be heard upon their 
Memorials, provided the same be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office on or before Wednesday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Caledonian Railway Caledoniay 
(Motherwell Branch Extension and Lesmahagow Railway 
Branches) Bill, with Amendments. oe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tension an 


and be printed. Lesmahagow 
P Branches Bill, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the prectric 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill; That they had Telegraph 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble Co™pany Bil. 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by insert- 
ing the Money already paid up; 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. 


Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select Civil Bills, &amp;. 
Committee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill, to (Ireland) Bill 
whom several Petitions were referred ; That they No.384, 
had considered the said Petitions; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to aCom- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 16th 
day of this instant June. 


Sir Thomas Birch reported the Lincolnshire Es- Lincolnshire 
tuary Bill, with Amendments. Estuary Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal Cameron's 
and Swansea and Loughor Railway Bill be re-com- Coalbrook 


mitted to the former Committee. =, 


and Loughor Railway Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Stone- 
the East Stonehouse Waterworks Bill, as amended a 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Malvern 
the Great Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, a? 
Waterworks, Gas, and Markets Bill, as amended in waterworks, 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to Gas and _ 
the Bill. Markets Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kensington 

the Kensington Improvement Bill, as amended in Improvemen 
, Bill. 

the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House roceeded to take into consideration National Land 
the National Land Company Dissolving Bill, as Sa aNee 
amended in the Committee. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House pao to take into consideration Wexford Free 


the Wexford Free Bridge Bill, as amended in the Bridse = 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital Estate Bill oe 
was read a second time ; and committed. Hospital 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Fstate Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 
Mr. 





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14 Vicroriz. 





Standing Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Orders 5 Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 
gaintAndrew’s 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Saint An- 
and Quebec drew’s and Quebec Railway, Petition for leave to 
tied deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 
Cameron’s 2. Resolved, That in the case of Cameron’s Coal- 
Guten brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Rail- 
eowaneee way (No. 2) Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
and Loughor to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted 
a to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
Ga?) sented not later than three clear sitting days after 
the presentation of this Report. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 
Harwich A Petition of William Cass Randfield and James 
Election. 


Pain, whose names are thereunto subscribed, both 
of the borough of Harwich, in the county of Essex, 
and who voted at the Election of a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough, held on the 
twenty-seventh day of May, One thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-one, and the polling for which 
took place on the twenty-eighth day of the same 
month of May, was delivered in, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are electors of the bo- 
rough of Harwich, and were entitled to vote and 
did vote at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said borough ; that the said 
Election commenced on the twenty-seventh day of 
May, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, 
and that Francis Freeling Hart, Esquire, Mayor of 
the said Borough, was the returning officer at the 
said Election; that Henry Thoby Prinsep and Ro- 
bert Wigram 4 Esquires, were the candi- 
dates at the said Election, and a poll having been 
demanded, was granted and proceeded with, and 
the said Robert Wigram Crawford was, by the said 
&gt; and returning officer, declared to be elected 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said borough, and was returned accordingly ; that 
the Petitioners voted at the said Election for the 
said Henry Thoby Prinsep ; that the polling at the 
said Election commenced before the said returning 
officer at eight of the clock in the forenoon of the 
said twenty-eighth day of May, being the day next 
following the day fixed for the said Election, but 
that the poll was finally closed by the said returning 
officer before four of the clock on the afternoon of 
the same day ; that the poll was prematurely and 
unlawfully closed by the said returning officer before 
the expiration of the time fixed by law, without any 
sufficient cause for or notice of such closing ; that 
afterwards, and after the said closing of the poll on 
the said twenty-eighth day of May, the said re- 
turning officer declared that the said Robert Wi- 
gram Crawford had one hundred and thirty-three 
votes, and the said Henry Thoby Prinsep had one 
hundred and twenty-seven votes, and thereupon 
that the said Robert Wigram Crawford was duly 
elected a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough ; that at the time when the said poll 
was so closed a large number of voters of and for 
the said borough, and who were entitled to vote at 
the said Election, remained unpolled; that by rea- 
son of the poll being so improperly and unlawfully 
closed, several voters of the said borough were pre- 
vented from giving their votes for the said Henry 
Thoby Prinsep, as they would have done had the 
a been kept open until the proper time allowed 

y law for polling; that persons entitled by law to 
tender votes at the said Election, and who were 
ready to have tendered the same for the said Henry 
Thoby Prinsep, were by the irregular and undue 
closing of the said poll prevented from so tendering 
their votes; that by the said improper and unlaw- 
ful closing of the poll divers persons who were en- 
titled to vote at the said Election, and exceeding in 

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271 


number the majority declared to have been polled 
for the said Robert Wigram wr aes. ay remained 
unpolled, and were thereby deprived of the oppor- 
tunity and right of voting at the said Election, and 
that by reason of the premises aforesaid, the said 
Election was and is null and void ; that the pro- 
ceedings at the said Election were, before the said 
final closing of the said poll, interrupted and ob- 
structed by open violence, and that the said return- 
ing officer ought not to have finally closed the poll, 
but was bound by law to have adjourned the same 
until the following day, and that by reason thereof 
the said Election for the said Borough was and is 
null and void; that many persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote for the said Robert Wigram 
Crawford who were not entitled to vote at the said 
Election, such persons not being duly qualified, and 
having been improperly retained or inserted on the 
register of voters in force at the time of the said 
Election by the express decision of the revising 
barrister who had revised the list of voters from 
which such register was formed, or having been 
at the time of their said voting disqualified from 
or incapable of voting on the ground of legal inca- 
pacity under and by virtue of a statute or statutes 
then in force, or having been at the time of their 
said voting so disqualified from voting on the 
ground of legal incapacity which had arisen sub- 
sequently to the expiration of the time allowed for 
making out the list of voters from which the register 
of voters in force at the time of such Election had 
been formed, and that the said persons for the reasons 
aforesaid were not entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, and that their votes ought to be struck from 
the said poll; that divers persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote for the said Robert Wigram Craw- 
ford at the said Election, who had asked, received 
and taken money or other reward by way of gift, 
loan or other device, or had agreed or contracted 
for money, gift, office, employment or other reward, 
to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Robert Wigram Crawford, and to forbear to give 
their votes for the said Henry Thoby Prinsep, and 
that such persons were thereby disqualified from 
voting, and incapable of voting, at the said Elec- 
tion, and that their votes ought to be struck from 
the poll; that the votes of divers persons were ten- 
dered and refused for the said Henry Thoby Prinsep 
| which ought to have been received and added to 
'the poll for the said Henry Thoby Prinsep ; that 
by the improper admission of the said bad and in- 
valid votes, and the several illegal ways and by the 
other corrupt and unlawful means aforesaid, the 
said Robert Wigram Crawford obtained a colourable 
and fictitious majority of votes over the said Henr 
Thoby Prinsep, and procured himself to be saeneek 
and was returned, to serve for the said borough in 
this present Parliament, whereas the said Henry 
Thoby Prinsep had a majority of legal votes at the 
| said Election over the said Robert Wigram Craw- 
ford, and was duly elected and ought to have been 
returned as a Member to serve in Parliament in- 
stead of the said Robert Wigram Crawford ; that 
before, at and during and after the said Election 
the said Robert Wigram Crawford was, by himself, 
his agents, friends, partisans, and others on his be- 
half, guilty of bribery, treating, intimidation and 
other unlawful acts and practices, in order to pro- 
| cure the votes of the Electors for him, the said Ro- 
bert Wigram Crawford, and prevent their votes 
from being given to the said Henry Thoby Prinsep, 
'and that by reason thereof the said Robert Wigram 
Crawford is incapable of being elected or of sitting 
in Parliament for the said borough, and the Return 
of the said Robert Wigram Crawford is null and 
void ; that by reason of the said illegal votes so re- 
ceived for the said Robert Wigram Crawford, and 
by the refusal of the votes so tendered on behalf of 
the said Henry Thoby Prinsep, and by the said 
bribery, treating, intimidation, and other unlawful 
MM4 acts 














Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


Lighting 
the House. 


Coalwhippers’ 
(Port of Lon- 


don). 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 





272 


acts and practices, the Election and Return of the 
said Robert Wigram Crawford was procured, and is 
wholly null and void; and praying the House will 
cause all proper and necessary steps to be taken for 
inquiring into the premises, and will declare that the 
said Election was null and void, or that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Robert Wigram Craw- 
ford was null and void, and that the said Robert 
Wigram Crawford was not duly elected to serve in 
Parliament for the said borough, and ought not to 
have been returned; and that the said Henry Thoby 
Prinsep was duly elected to serve in Parliament for 
the said borough, and ought to have been returned ; 
and that the said Robert Wigram Crawford may be 
adjudged and declared not to be duly elected, and 
that the said Henry Thoby Prinsep may be adjudged 
and declared to be duly elected to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said borough; and that the House will 
give the Petitioners such further or other relief as 
under the circumstances the House may think 
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 ofthe matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint a Committee for the 
Metropolis Water Bill, consisting of Five Members, 
as in the case of Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney’s Memorial to 
the Treasury, June 14th, 1849, on Lighting the 
House ; and subsequent Correspondence between 
the Treasury, Office of Woods and Mr. Hume. 


Ordered, That the annual Returns of the Com- 
missioners under the Coal Whippers’ Act, since 
1843, be referred to the Select Committee on the 
Coal Whippers’ (Port of London) Bill. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Regium 
Donum ;—Religious Houses Bill and Ecclesiastical 


seventh Report Titles Assumption Bill ;—Sunday Trading Preven- 


on Public 
Petitions. 


Adjournment. 


Royal Palaces, 


No. 374. 


tion Bill ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ; 
— William Avery and James Coombs ;—Beerhouses ; 
— Education (Jreland) ;— Poor Law ; — School 
Books (Ireland) ;—School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill ;—and, Spirits,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Customs was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Customs. 

A Petition relating to the Steam Navigation Bill 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


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


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of March last, for 
an Account of the Public Money expended on each 
of the Royal Palaces, Gardens, Parks, and the Ap- 
purtenances thereof, stating the Amount of Expen- 
d'ture from Parliamentary Grants, Crown Revenues 
surrendered to the Public by the Civil List Acts, 
and other Sources; and a Statement thereof in de- 
tail in the same Form as that for 1842 in each year 
from 1843 to 1851 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 343, of Session 1843) :—And, a 
Return of the Amount of the Salaries and other 
Emoluments of the Rangers and Deputy Rangers 
of the Royal Parks in each of those years; and also, 
of the Number of Houses and Tenements purchased 
for enlarging the Ground attached to Buckingham 
Palace (so far as relates to the Department of 





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A. 1851. 


Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 
ings). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and he printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to alter and 
amend certain Provisions of the Lands Clauses 


Consolidation Act 1845, so far as relates to Ire- ‘ 


land: And the same was read the first.time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on 
Group 11 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
striking out so much thereof as related to the ex- 
tension of time for the construction of Branches 
already authorized; to the formation of new 
Branches and Stations other than the Bilston 
Branch ; to the use of the Mavigation-street Sta- 
tion in Birmingham ; to the power to make arrange- 
ments with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Company for the formation, maintenance and joint 
use of a Station at Birkenhead ; and for interchange 
of traffic (which latter powers had been withdrawn 
from the Bill by the Promoters), and by inserting 
therein the estimated cost of constructing the said 
Bilston Branch, and also by inserting recitals rela- 
tive to the powers granted by the Bill to the Com- 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
Ireland) Bill. 


No. 375, 


Shrewsb: 
and Birmizg. 

am Railway 
Bill. 


pany to complete and open for traffic so much of 


the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley 
Railway as lies between the junction of the said 
Bilston Branch therewith, and the joint line of the 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Birmingham, 
Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Compa- 
nies, in the event of the failure of the London and 
North Western Railway Company, to do so before 
the 31st December 1851, and to use the same por- 
tion of the said Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
Stour Valley Railway ; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill, who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of Proceed- 
ings, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, to the House; That they had 
directed him to report the same to the House ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and, together with the Report made yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Causes of Relief of the 
170,286 Adult able-bodied Paupers relieved in 606 
Unions and Parishes in England and Wales, on the 
ist day of January 1850, and the 144,177 relieved 
on the ist day of January 1851, as contained in 
Parliamentary + No. 3, of Session 1851; dis- 
tinguishing such Causes of Relief under the several 
Heads expressed in the Appendix to the Second 
Annual Report of the Poor Law Board, presented 
to Parliament by command of Her Majesty, Page 
152. 


Smithfield 
Market Re- 
moval Bill. 


No.376.. 


Poor Relief. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee Islington 
on the Islington Cattle Market Bill, to whom — _ 


Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That they 
had heard counsel in support of the said Petition, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and 
that they had examined the allegations 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. 

Resolved, 








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14 Vicroriz. 


Mr. William Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Napier. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there belaid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence and other 
Documents relating to the Suspension and ultimate 
Removal from the Public Service, of Mr. William 
Napier, late Lieutenant Governor of Labuan, from 
the 24th day of December 1849 to the latest Date. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Incumbered Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Estates =8©6.a Copy of any Statement addressed to the Chief 
Commiss‘on “Secretary for Ireland, from the Commissioners of 


(iran) _Incumbered Estates in that Country, with reference 
to an Order of this House, dated the 11th day of 
March last, 

Poor Rate Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Assessment. Return showing the Amount of Property assessed 
to the Relief of the Poor in each County, and Divi- 
sion of a County, and in each of the Boroughs and 
Cities, returning Members to Parliament in Eng- 
land and Wales, for the year ending on the 25th 
day of March 1850. 


Messagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: 


the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
a The Lords have agreed to the Compound House- 
Bill. holders’ Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Stroud and The Lords have agreed to the Stroud and Glou- 

Gloucester = cester Road Bill, without any Amendment: And 

Road Bile Jeg 

Killarney The Lords have agreed to the Killarney and Va- 

and Valencian Jencia Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 

Railway Bill And also, 

Saint Andrew’s The Lords have agreed to the Saint Andrew’s 

Railway Bill. Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

South Devon § The Lords have agreed to the South Devon Rail- 

Railway Bill. way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Church The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

yom boyy to amend the Church Building Acts; to which the 

zi” ~‘Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 
also, 

Duchy of Lan» ‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

caster (High to define and amend the Mineral Customs of cer- 

ee tain Parts of the Hundred of High Peak, in the 

Mineral County of Derby, Part of the Possessions of Her 

Courts) Bill. Majésty’s Duchy of Lancaster; to make Provision 
for the better Administration of Justice in the Bar- 
mote Courts therein ; and to improve the Practice 
and Proceedings of the said Courts; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Cubitt’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill. to authorize the grant of New Leases of a certain 
Estate in the Bailiwick of JVeat, in the Parish of 
Saint George, Hanover-square, in the County of 
Middlesex, in Lease to Mr. Thomas Cubitt, and for 
other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

Athawes? The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Hstate Bil. t¢ authorize the Sale to the Honourable Richard 
Cavendish of certain Freehold Hereditaments in the 
County of Buckingham, devised by the Will of 
Samuel Athawes, deceased, and for directing the 
Investment of the Purchase-money in other Here- 
ditaments to be settled upon the Trusts of the same 
Will; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Steam Com- The Lords request that this House will communi- 

ee cate to their Lordships a Copy of the Report from 

dia, &amp;e. the Select Committee appointed by this House in 
the present Session of Parliament to inquire into the 
existing Steam Communications with India and 
Vou, 106, 





6° Junie. 273 


China, and into the practicability of effecting any 
Improvement therein ; and also into the best Mode 
of establishing Steam Communications between Eng- 
land, India, China, Australia, New Zealand, or 
any of them, as well as any Points upon the several 
Routes between them; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the said Committee, and 
the Appendix 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. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


The Duchy of Lancaster (High Peak Mining Duchy of Lan- 


Customs and Mineral Courts) Bill was read the first caster (High 
Peak Mining 


time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- a - 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Courts) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. No. 377. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons. 
mand,—Copy of the Fifteenth Report of the In- 
spectors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 88, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain: 1. Home District. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates Pirates 


(Eastern Archipelago), which was presented upon (Eastern 
Wednesday last, be printed. Archipelago.) 


No. 378. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigrants, Emigrants. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 379. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 380. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint Al- Saint Alban’s 


ban’s Election, which was presented yesterday, be Election. 
printed. No. 381. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Electoral 
to Electoral Divisions (Zreland), which was presented Divisions 
: (Ireland. ) 
upon Friday last, be printed. No. 382. 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Registered 
to Registered Electors (Jreland), which was pre- Plectors 


sented yesterday, be printed. ee 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Income and 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Property Tax. 


upon Monday last, “That the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer be one other member of the Select Com- 
mittee on Income and Property Tax ;” 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles As- — , 
sumption Bill. — 

(In the Committee.) 

Cuavusz, N° 2 (Titles to pretended Sees or Dio- 
ceses, kc. in the United Kingdom not to be as- 
sumed.) 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 2. 1. 30, to 
leave out the words “ under any designation or de- 

“ scription whatsoever.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas, tio d Mu, onal. }ao7. 
Mr. Reynolds, 7 

Tellers for the Noes, { Mr.Johs O’ Connell : f 38. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p.2,1.36,after 
the words “ united Church” to insert the words 
“ or if any person after the passing of this Act shall 

NN “ obtain 


| 
/ 
; 
} 
| 





Customs Bill. 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
Bill. 


274, 


« 
“ 


obtain or cause to be procured from the said 
Bishop or See of Rome, or shall publish or put 
in use within any part of the United Kingdom 


“ 
“ any Bull, Brief, Rescript, Letters Apostolical, or 
“ any other instrument or writing for the purpose 
“ of creating any Archbishop or Bishop named from 
“ any Province or See, or with Titles derived from 
“ places within the United Kingdom.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the [Sir Henry Willoughby, }129 

Yeas, Sir Frederic Thesiger : , 

Tellers for the (Mr. eo a } 33 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: , 

Another Amendment proposed : In P. 2.1.37 and 
38, to leave out the words ‘‘ One hundred pounds,” 
in order to insert the words “ Five hundred pounds,” 
instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “One hundred 
“ pounds ” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. : 

Tellers for the Yeas, {TN Py sd Hill: 299. 

Tellers for the Noes,{Mr. Gut : } 63. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 2. 1. 39, 
after the word “ thereof’ ’ to add the words “or 
“ by action of debt, at the suit of any person in one 
“ of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law, with 
“ the consent of Her Majesty’s Attorney General in 
“ England and Ireland, or of Her Majesty’s Advo- 
“ cate in Scotland, as the case may be.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. i 

Mr. Keogh, } 41. 
306. 


Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr. Reynolds: 


Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, { Cond  arall Hill: 
Original Question again proposed. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {ute Revol “eo \ 29. 


Tellers for the Noes, {Mr. Hayter, Hill : \oao, 


(Lord Marcus 
Original Question put ; 
hh 30. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, h 66 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: , 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Sir Frederic Thesiger, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Yeas, LMr. Mackenzie : 





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


Sabbati, 7° die Junii, 1851: 


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 
20th day of this instant June, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 16th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Inhabited House Duty Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant June. 


6°—7° Juniz. 





A. 1851. 


The Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Great Britain, 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- &amp; Bill 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Woods, 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; Forests, &amp;¢, 

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


‘ 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Boag 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bil, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill; Abjuration 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the ‘2°™*) Bill 
16th day of this instant June, 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 Thursday 
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 Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Valuation 
mittee on the Valuation (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 9th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Petty Sessions 
reading of the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) a — 
Bill; seemieae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fees on 
reading of the Fees on Proceedings before Justices 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


gs 
before Justices 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regula- poner f Re- 
tion Act Amendment Bill; ae ‘Act 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the Amendment 
16th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the Bill 


said Committee. 


Fee Farm 
Rents (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fee Farm Rents (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 second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation ee 
(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 third 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act 4 &gt;) reviation 
Repeal Bill ; Act Repeal 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon Bill. 
Thursday next. 


Acts of 
Parliament 


itself Home-made 
resolved 1 she Spirit in 
Bond. 


The House, according to Order, re ( 
into a Committee, to take into consideration 
present 











al &gt; 





Sequestration 
of Benefices 
Bill, 


British White 
Herring 
Fishery Bill, 


Lodging. 
houses Bill, 


Common 
lodging- 
houses Bill, 


a and 
town Re 
(cand) 


14 Vicroriz. 
resent mode of levying the Duty on Home-made 
E oirits in Bond. 

(In the Committee.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {on ae we Hill: } 123. 

Tellers for the Noes, {iin ick _ } 140. 

1. Resolved, That the Duties payable on British 
Spirits, when taken out of warehouse for home con- 
sumption, shall be charged on the quantity ascer- 
tained by the measure and strength of the sum 
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 and 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 months, 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 exportation 
to Foreign parts, no Duty shall be charged on any 
deficiency that may occur in 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. 
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 the 16th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 17th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the British White Herring 
Fishery Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Lodging Houses Biil; 
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 Tuesday 
the 17th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Common Lodging 
Houses 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 Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Estates in Jreland on which the Quit 
and Crown Rents were purchased by the Commis- 
VoL, 106. 


6°—7? Juniz. 


275 


sioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates ; speci- 
fying the Rate of Purchase; and also the Number 
of Years’ Purchase at which such Estates were sold, 
calculated on the Rental of the Estate when held 
by the Proprietor ; and further stating any Charges 
subject to which such Estate was sold; also the 
Poor Law Valuation and Griffiths’ Valuation at the 
Time the Petition for Sale was presented. 


Athawes’ Estate Bill was read the first time. 


Athawes’ 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- =state Bill 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Cubitt’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 


Cubitt’s 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table, Agar Town, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, aint Pancras. 


dated the 2d day of this instant June, for Copy of 
a Report lately made to the Board of Health, in 
reference to the Sanitary Condition of Agar Town, 
Saint Pancras. 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April Distillers. 


last, fora Return of Licensed Distillers in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Freland ; specifying the Situation 
and Excise Collection in which such Distilleries are 
situate ; whether entered to use Stills pursuant to 
the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, and 6 Geo. 4, c. 80; whe- 
ther using Stills not sanctioned by any Act of Par- 
a if so, the Date of License for using such 
tills :— 


No. 386. 





ENGLAND. 





Stills, called Pa- | Date of Li- 

tent, not con-| cense for 
structed pursu- | using Stills 
ant to Acts of} not sanc- 
Parliament for} tioned by 
the Regulation | Actof Par- 
of Distilleries. | liament. 


Descriptions of 
Stills con- 
structed pur- 
suant to 4 
Geo. 4, c. 94, 
and 6 Geo. 4, 
ec. 80. 


Excise 
Collection. 


Situation. 


Using 
legal Stills, 
or Stills 
calledPatent, 
alternately. 

















| | 
| | 


| 





Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of May Wills ana 


last, fora Return of the Number of Wills and Admi- 
nistrations transmitted to the Legacy Duty Office, 
in each year from 1839 to 1850, inclusive ; distin- 
guishing the Number transmitted in each year by 
each Registrar, or other Officer, and if such Regis- 
trar or Officer shall have transmitted from more 
than one Court, the Names of the several Courts, 
and the Total Number received by the Legacy Of- 
fice in each year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 226, of Session 1839). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of April 
last, for Copies of the Memorial of the Inhabitants 
of Castletown, in the Isle of Man, to the Lords 
Commissioners of the Treasury, praying for an Im- 
provement in the Approach to the Harbour of Cas- 
tletown, dated the 30th day of May 1850 :—Of the 
Report of the Admiralty to the Treasury thereupon : 
—Of all Correspondence on the part of the consti- 
tuted Authorities and Inhabitants of the Isle of 
Man, with the Treasury and Admiralty, on the Im- 
provement of the Harbours of the Isle of Man, from 
the 1st day of January 1846 to the present Date: 
—And, of all Correspondence between the Treasury 
and the Admiralty on the same Subject. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table, 
by the Clerk of the House,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury 
of the East India Company, from Ist May 1850 to 
30th April 1851 :—2. Estimate of the Receipts and 
Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the East 
India Company, from 1st May 1851 to 30th April 
1852:—3. An Account of the Debts and Credits in 
England of the Government of India on 1st May 
1851:—4, A List of the several Establishments 








NN2 of 


Administra- 
tions. 


No. 387. 


Harbours (Isle 
of Man.) 


East India 
(Home Ac- 
counts.) 


No. 385. 





Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-se- 
venth Report. 


Cameron’s 
Coalbrook 
Steam Coal 
and Swansea 
and Loughor 
Railway 
(No, 2) Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
CNo, 2) Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill. 


276 


of the East India Company in England, and the 
Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court of 
Directors in respect thereof, on the Ist May 1851: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, 
Establishments or Pensions payable in Great Bri- 
tain, granted or created between Ist May 1850 and 
ist May 1851:—6. Allowances, Compensations, 
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 1850 and ist May 1851:— 
7. Compensations granted between Ist May 1850 
and Ist May 1851, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 85, s. 7, to the Widows and Children of deceased 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company 
in England, and to the Families of deceased Offi- 
cers of the Company’s late Maritime Service in the 
Form of Annuities. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Distillers ; 
and, Wills and Administrations ; and, the Paper rela- 
tive to East India (Home Accounts), be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Thursday 
next. 





Jovis, 12° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Duncan reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 


) examined the Petitions presented upon Friday 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 was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam 
Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway (No. 2) 
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 changing the Name of the Company registered 
by the Name of “ Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal 
and Swansea and Loughor Railway Company,” to 
that of “The Loughor Steam Coal Company,” and 
for classifying the Shares in the Company, and for 
other Purposes: And that Mr. Lacy and Mr. Brem- 
ridge do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Saunders Davies do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 7, 1. 11, by leaving out from the word 
** Milltown” to the letter (A.) in I. 16. 

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: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize a Deviation in the 
Line of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and 
to amend the Acts relating thereto, and for other 
Purposes. 

Ordered, That Sir Henry Winston Barron do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


6°—7°—-12° Junie. 





A. 1851. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bath 
the Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterworks and wae 
BathCommons or Freemen’s Estate Bill, as amended and Be 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to Commons op 
the Bill. men’s 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, ™**e Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration European 
the European and American Printing Telegraph 204 American 
Company, &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee, 7. ous 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. oo al 
Bil, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Trinity ¢o 
the Trinity College (Dublin) Bill, as amended in (Dublin) Bip, 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The House 
the Wrexham 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


roceeded to take into consideration Wrexham 
mprovement Bill, as amended in the Improvement 


Christ’s Hospital Estate Bill was read a second Christ's 
time ; and committed. Eotue bit 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


_| mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Order, County Cess 
dated the 18th day of March last, for a Return of (Ireland) 
the Amount of County Cess remaining unpaid to 
the Treasurer of each County in Jreland, at and 
after the Spring Assizes of 1851, by the Collectors 
of each Barony, or of the County of the City or 
County of a Town; distinguishing the Amount due 
under the Warrant of Summer Assizes 1850, and 
under the Warrant of any previous Assizes, on 
which there may be an arrear due (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 401, of Session 1850.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of May pubiin 
last, for a Return, showing the Number of Patients Hospitals. 
admitted into the following Hospitals in the City of 


| Dublin ; viz. the Westmoreland Lock Hospital; the 


Lying-in Hospital; Dr. Stevens’ Hospital; the 
Cork-street Fever Hospital ; the Whitworth, Hard- 
wicke and Richmond Hospitals, in the years ending 
the 31st day of December 1847, 1848, 1849 and 
1850 respectively, classifying the Diseases under 
which such Patients ar to | and specifying the 
Numbers admitted under each of the following 
Heads ; viz. 1. Fevers and other Infectious or Epi- 
demic Diseases of the general System. 2. Chronic 
Diseases requiring Medical Treatment. 3. Injuries 
and Diseases requiring Surgical Treatment. 4. 
Syphilis. 5. Childbirth, and Diseases of Females ; 
and specifying also, as far as can be ascertained, 
the Country, City, Town or Place where such Pa- 
tients were born, or have been usually resident, pre- 
viously to their Admission into such Hospitals :— 
And, similar Returns, with like Particulars, of the 
Number of sick Persons received into the Infirma- 
ries of the North and South Dublin Unions re- 
spectively, during the same years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of May Dingle Union 
last, for Copy of a Report made by Captain Spark, Workhouse. 
relative to certain Charges of Proselytism in the 
Workhouse of Dingle Union, and of the Minutes 
of Evidence taken by him on the Inquiry ; together 
with Copies of any Correspondence between the 
Poor Law Commissioners, the Protestant Chap- 
lain, the Board of Guardians and Captain Spark 
thereon. 

Return to on Order, dated the 6th day of this Incumbered 
instant June, for a Copy of any Statement ad- , ane 
dressed to the Chief Secretary for Jreland from the (reland.) 
Commissioners of Incumbered Estates in_ that 
Country, with reference to an Order of this House, 
dated the 11th day of March last. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 
Several 








14 VicToriz. 


= public Several Petitions relating to the Religious Houses 
ts, petitionss Bill ;—Universities (Scotland) Bill pam, see ever ; 
, Tmorty- —Court of Chancery ;— Disarmament ;— Dublin 


, vi pert Hospitals ;— Education (JZreland) ;-— Improvement 
aa Public §=— of Towns (Zreland) Bill ;—Poor Law ;—and, School 
Petitions: Establishment (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to the Metropolis Water Bill 
. was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 

Several Petitions relating to the New Forest Deer 
Removal, &amp;c. Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 

and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Navigation 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Laws 
(Netherlands. ) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid beforethis House, 
a Copy of any Law passed or Regulations made by 
. the Government of the Netherlands, relaxing the 
Restrictions on Navigation in the Intercourse with 
Holland, or her Colonial 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. 


A Petition of William and George Thomas Wood- 
rooffe, of Lincoln’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, 
Gentlemen, Attornies of George de Fraine and 
John Griffits, of Aylesbury, in the county of Buck- 
ingham, Proprietors of the Bucks Chronicle, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That John 
Strutt, of No. 18, Buckingham-street, Adephi, in 
the county of Middlesex, on the 28th day of May 
1851, obtained a rule in Her Majesty’s Court of 
Queen’s Bench, at Westminster, whereby it was or- 
dered that the said George de Fraine and John 
Griffits should show cause why an information 
should not be exhibited against them for certain 
misdemeanors in printing and publishing certain 
alleged libels ; that the alleged libels referred to in 
the said rule are contained in an article set forth 
in the affidavit of the said John Strutt, sworn on 
the 27th day of May 1851, and upon which affi- 
davit, with others, the said rule was obtained, and 
which said article was printed in the Bucks Chro- 
nicle of the 3d day of May 1851, and purports 
to set forth an account of the circumstances under 
which a Petition purporting to be signed by one 
Thomas Hughes Bradford, against the Return of 
Richard Bethell, Esquire, for the borough and 
hundreds of Aylesbury, in the county of Bucking- 
ham, was presented, or caused to be presented, by 
the said John Strutt to the House, and contains 
certain remarks upon such circumstances, and upon 
other matters connected with the recent Elections 
at Aylesbury ; that the Petitioners have instructed 
counsel to show cause against the said rule so ob- 
tained by the said John Strutt, and are advised that 
it is material and necessary for the defence of the 
said George de Fraine and John Griffits, that the 
Minutes of the Evidence of the several persons exa- 
mined before the Select Committee appointed by 
the House to consider the allegations contained in 
the Petition of Thomas Hughes Bradford, presented 
to the House on the 2d day of May 1851, and also 
the allegations contained in a Petition of the said 
John Strutt, denying the statements contained in 
the Petition of the said Thomas Hughes Brad- 
ford, should be proved and read in the said Court 
of Queen’s Bench, on showing cause against the 
said rule ; that the Petitioners are advised that it is 
requisite for that purpose, that the short-hand 
writer who took down the said Minutes of Evi- 
dence should be at liberty to prove such Minutes 
by affidavit ; and praying, That the said short-hand 
writer may be at ee to prove such Minutes 
by affidavit, or that the House will be pleased to 
make such further or other Order in the premises 
as to the House may seem meet. 

VoL. 106. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 





12° Juni. 








277 


Ordered, That leave be given to the short-hand 
writer to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- ook 
mand,—Copy of Cismeneniaaan with the Teen nt ' 
of the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the State of 
the Kafir Tribes and to the recent Outbreak on 
the Eastern Frontier of the Colony (in continuation 
of Papers presented to Parliament March 20th and 
May 2d 1851). 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, clogheen 
Copies of Correspondence between the Commis- Workhouse. 
sioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of 
the Poor in Jreland, and the Guardians of the 
Clogheen Union, relative to the Manufacture of . 
Articles for Sale in the Workhouse of that Union, 


BP — - the day being read, for the Com- gupply; 
ittee of Supply ; : 
Ordered, oy hat the Estimates for Civil Services aa 
for the year 1851-52, be referred to the Committee. Civil Services. 

Ordered, ‘That the Commissariat Estimate for 
year 1851-52 be referred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Commissariat. 
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 views with disapprobation the conduct 
“ of his Excellency Sir William Denison, Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, in re- 
voking, without sufficient cause, and contrary to 
the adjudications of the proper tribunals, the 
“ tickets of leave lately held by the three State 
“ prisoners, Messrs. Macmanus, O’ Doherty and Messrs, 
O’ Donohue, and in removing those prisoners from Macmanus, 
“ the free districts of the island to the penal settle- } ne cg 
“ ment of Tasman’s Peninsula, otherwise Port . 
“ Arthur, there to undergo the term of three 
“ months’ punishment or probation amongst the 
“ convicts of that settlement,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair: —The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven palr-Pay 
hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and (Navy and 
forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to an) 
defray the Charge of Half-pay to Officers of the 
Navy and Royal Marines, and for the Retirement 
of an additional number of Admirals, Captains, 
Commanders and Lieutenants, which will come in 
course of payment in the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Naval Stores, 
sum, not exceeding Eight hundred and forty-two *¢- 
thousand one hundred and ninety-three pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

aval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit of 
the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a sum, not exceeding Five hundred and sixty- 
one thousand four hundred and sixty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Naval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit 
of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, which will 

NN3 come 


“ 





New Works. 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Miscellaneous 
Services. 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances. 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances. 


Freight of 
Ships, &amp;c. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


General Board 


278 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1852; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { a a } 38. 

Tellers for the Noes, ee hea sd Hill ,}106. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and ninety-eight thousand three hundred 
and eighty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of New Works, Improvements 
and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand 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 31st day of March 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
two thousand nine hundred and forty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Miscellaneous om which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1852. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four hun- 
dred and eighty-eight thousand four hundred and 
fifty-two soaidh , be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray 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 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and 
eighty-nine pounds be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allow- 
ances, Which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred 
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 1852. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 13° die Junii, 1851: 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &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 Com- 


of Health Bill. ;nittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; 


Ways and 
Means. 


Saint Alban’s 


Bribery Com- jittee on the Saint 


mission 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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


being read, for the Com- 
ban’s Bribery Commission 


The Order of the da 
Al 


Bill ; 


19°—-13° Junii. 





A, 1851 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fee Farm 
mittee on the Fee-Farm Rents (Jreland) Bill ; Rents 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “eland) Bit, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts o¢ 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act Parliament 
Repeal Bill; ‘Abbreviation 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon Bill. Repeal 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Common 
take into consideration the Common Lodging-houses Lodging 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Houses Bill, 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 

ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Aylesbury 
consideration the Report of the Select Committee Election. 
appointed to consider the allegations contained in 
the Petitions of Thomas Hughes Bradford and John 
Strutt, relating to the Aylesbury Election Petition ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into con- 
sideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- smithficla 
mittee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill ; Market 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Removal Bill 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill was, according petty sessions 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill was, Cottection of 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Fines, &amp;. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (eland) Bill 
Monday the 23d day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second fees on 
reading of the Fees on Proceedings before Justices Proceedings 
(Ireland) Bill; aed) Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon —_ 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation 6 ee ll 
(Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The British White Herring Fishery Bill was, ac- British White 

cording to Order, read the third time. veers Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. serait 
Ordered, That Sir William Gibson Craig do carry 

the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concur- 

rence. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Pharmacy 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of regulat- Bill. 
ing the Qualifications of Pharmaceutical Chemists, 
and for other purposes connected with the practice 
of Pharmacy. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
regulating the Qualifications of Pharmaceutical 
Chemists, and for other Purposes connected with 
the practice of Pharmacy. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. 





14 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly reported a Reso- 
Jution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Qualifications of Pharmaceutical 
Chemists, and for other Purposes connected with 
the Practice of Pharmacy:—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Jacob Bell and Mr. Ewart do pre- | 
pare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That during the future sittings of the 


Passengers? ; - 

Act. Select Committee on the Passengers’ Act Three be 
the Quorum. 

Kew Forest The Select Committee on the New Forest Deer 


Deer Removal, Removal, &amp;c. Bill was nominated of Lord Seymour, 
ae, Bill Sir William Gibson Craig, Viscount Duncan, Mr. 
Henry Drummond, Mr. Compton, Lord Charles 
Wellesley, and Five Members to be added by the 
Committee of Selection. 
Ordzred, 'That Five be the Quorum, 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 28th day of May last, That a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed to consider the State of the 
Law and Practice as regards the taking of Inquisi- 
tions in cases of Deaths, and the Appointment, Du- | 
ties aud Remuneration of the Officers employed 
therein, and whether it is expedient that any and 
what alterations should be made in any of such 
matters, might be read ; and the same being read ; | 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Fitzroy, | 
M». Freshfield, Mr. John Evans, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. | 
Child, Mr. Edmund Denison, Mr. Bremridge, Mr. | 
Nicholl, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Legh, Mr. Geach, Mr. 
Wakley, Mr. Napier, Mr. Corbally and Lord Dud-| 
ley Stuart, with Power to send for persons, papers | 
and records, 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Coroners. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Reports of Mr. David Stevenson and | 
Mr. Calver on the Victoria (Redcar) Harbour and 
Docks Bill. | 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Victoria 
(Redcar) 
Harbour and 
Docks Bill, 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Proceedings and | 
Evidence taken before the Select Committee on | 
the Harwich Election Petition, be laid before this 
House. 


Harwich 
Election, 


CourtofRome, Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma-, 
jesty’s Command,—No. III. Copy of further Cor- | 
respondence respecting the Relations existing be- 
tween Foreign Governments and the Court of Rome | 
(in continuation of Papers presented to Parliament, | 
May 15, 1851). | 

Extracts from the Letter from the India Board | 
to the Viscount Canning, of the 7th of January | 
1845, and of its Inclosures, respecting an Expedi- | 


Borneo, 


tion by the Honourable Erskine Murray, up the | 


River Coti, on the South East Coast of Borneo, in 
the year 1844. é 


Table. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


$2°—13° Juniz. 





279 


Veneris, 13 die Junii; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


M®* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cubitt’s 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Estate Bill. 


Bills; That in the case of Cubdiéz’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Athawes’ 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill 
That in the case of Athawes’ Estate Bill no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


second time. 


second time. 


Ordered, That Athawes’ Estate Bill be read a Athawes’ 
Estate Bill 


Ordered, That Cubitt’s Estate Bill be read a Cubitt’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee pypiic 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 


Petitions presented 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 


. . (Forty-eight 
yesterday ; and had directed Report.) 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, Birkenhead 


praying that provision may be made in the Birken- Docks (further 
head Docks (further Powers to Birkenhead Dock a tire bel 
Company, &amp;c.) Bill, empowering the Petitioners to Dock Com- 
make certain alterations in the works authorized by pany. &amp;c.) Bill. 
the Acts recited in the said Bill, or some or one of 

them, and to construct certain new works in con- 

nection with the Docks of the Petitioners, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners of 

Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Briton Ferry, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Briton Docks, and 
Ferry, Docks and Railway Bill; and the same were *#iway Bill 
twice read ; and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gwyn 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 gouth Devon 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South Railway Bill. 
Devon Railway Bill ; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Copper Miners’ Company in England Bill Copper Miners 
was read the third time; and Amendments were in England | 
made to the Bill. Company Bul. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir De Lacy Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Rail- pubiin, 


way Bill was read the third time ; and Amendments —— and 
were made to the Bill. Railway Bill 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


; | The Great Malvern !mprovement, Police, Sewers, Great Malvern 
rdered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | Waterworks, Gas and Markets Bill was read the Improvement, | 


| 


| 


till One of the clock on Friday ae 


adjourned till this day. 


VoL. 106. 








third time. 


wa ar 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Gas and 


Title be, An Act for the Improvement of the Town Markets Bill 


of Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, and 
for supplying the same with Water. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
NN4+ The 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow, 
and Dublin 
Railway Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 
and Health 
Bill. 


East Anglian 
Railways Bill. 


Electric ‘ 
Telegrap 
Company Bill. 


Magneto- 
Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Newark- 
upon-Trent 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


United King- 
dom Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Christchurch 
(Southwark) 
Parish Bill. 


Cameron’s 
Coalbrook 
Steam Coal 
and Swansea 
and Loughor 
Railway 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water Bills. 


Mails on 
Railways. 


No. 6.—I. 


Agar Town, 
St. Pancras. 
No. 388. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 
"No. 389. 
Victozsia 
(Redcar) 
Harbour and 
Docks Bill. 
No. 390. 
County Cess 
(Ireland.) 
No. 391, 


280 


The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 
Railway Bill 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cheltenham Improvement and Health Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the East Anglian Railways Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Electric Telegraph Company Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. ' 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newark-upon- Trent Improvement and Market 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Christchurch (Southwark) Parish Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for changing the Name 
of the Company registered by the Name of “* Came- 
ron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and 
Loughor Railway Company” to that of “The 
Loughor Steam Coal Company,” and for classify- 
ing the Shares in the Company, and for other Par- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to refer the several Bills con- 
nected with the Supply of Water to the Metropolis 
to the same Committee to which the Metropolis 
Water Bill is to be referred. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Mails on Railways, which was presented upon 
the 24th day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Agar 
Town, Saint Pancras, which was presented upon 
Friday lust, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Incum- 
bered Estates Commission (Jreland), which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the rig wl relative to the Victoria 
(Redcar) Harbour and Docks Bill, which was pre- 
sented yesterday; be printed. 


| Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to County Cess (Jreland), which was presented yes- 
terday, be. printed, 


13° Juniz. 


A. 1851. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Committee of 
leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during Selection, 
the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Cameron's Coal- Cameron's 
brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Rail- nessa 
way (re-committed) Bill be revived :—And that they and Swansea 
have leave to sit and proceed upon Monday next, ~ Loughor 


at Three of the clock. way Bill, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Paper Milks, 
Return of the Number of Paper Mills at present 
in work in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, 
distinguishing the Number in each Country; also 
the Number of “ Beating Engines” at present at 
work in each Mill, and the Number at present 
silent. 


A Petition of Henry Edwards, of Great Han- Saint Alban’s 
steads, near Saint Albun’s, in the county of Hert- Election. 
ford, Farmer, now a prisoner in Her Majesty’s Gaol 
of Newgate, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner has been a prisoner in the cus- 
tody of the Serjeant-at-Arms of the House, and in 
Her Majesty’s Gaol of Newgate, by order of the 
House, for a period of nine weeks and upwards; 
that the Petitioner is a tenant farmer, occupying 
three hundred and thirty-seven acres of land in the 
county of Hertford, at the annual rent of three hun- 
dred and fifty-two pounds ; that the Petitioner has 
no bailiff or manager, but is entirely dependent upon 
his own exertions for the due management and cul- 
tivetion of the same, and, at this important season 
of the year, and at a time when more than ordinary 
vigilance and exertion are required to meet the diffi- 
culties which beset all agricultural pursuits, the long- 
continued imprisonment, and consequent absence of 
the Petitioner from his farm, has inflicted and still 
inflicts most grievous and irreparable injury upon 
him; that the Petitioner has been confined to his 
bed since Thursday last, with a serious illness, 
brought about by his long imprisonment; that the 
Petitioner has a wife in a very precarious state of 
health, and seven children, entirely dependent upon 
his exertions for support; that the Petitioner begs 
again to express his deep contrition for a breach of 
the Privileges of the House of Commons, of which 
the House has found him tv have been guilty, and 
most humbly asks pardon; that the Petitioner en- 
tirely submits himself to the mercy of the House, 
and begs to express his unfeigned sorrow and regret 
for having incurred its displeasure ; and he ventures 
with great submission most humbly to hope that the 
House will, in its mercy and justice, deem that the 
long and harassing imprisonment the Petitioner 
has already suffered (the effects of which have been 
much augmented by the continued severe illness of 
himself and his wife), and the very serious loss and 
inconvenience thereby entailed upon him and his 
family, are a sufficient expiation and punishment for 
any offence he may have committed against the 
Privileges of the House; and praying that the 
House will, in mercy to the Petitioner, order his dis- 
charge out of custody. 

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


Several Petitions relating to the Ecclesiastical Ti- Public 
tles Assumption Bill ;—Carriages ;— British White — 
Herring Fishery Bill ;— Copyholds ;— Disarma- vide Forty- 
ment ;—National Land Company ;— Ramsgate Har- ninth eer 
bour ;—Spirits ; Spirits (Jreland);—and, George Pesitions. 
Ward,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Metropolis Wa- 
ter Bill,--were also presented, and read; and referred 





to the Committee on the Bill. 
Mr, 











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Public Works 
m (Ireland.) 
of 
Turkey and 
Persia. 


Public 
Business. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Court of 
Chancery 
and Judicial 
Committee 
Bill 


Chief Justices’ 


14 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
te pr: of Nineteenth Report from the 
Board of Public Works in Jreland; with Appendices. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of 
April last, for a Return of the Persons employed by 
the British Government in settling, in conjunction 
with Persons employed by the Russian Govern- 
ment, existing differences between the Governments 
of Turkey and Persia, in regard to the Boundary 
Line between those two States; together with the 
Date of their respective Appointments, and an Ac- 
count of their Salaries, and of the other Expenses 
hitherto incurred by them in the execution of their 
Duties. 

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


Resolved, That after the 1st day of July next, 
Orders of the day have precedence of Notices of 
Motions upon Thursdays. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed 
until after the Notices of Motions relative to the 
Court of Chancery, and Chief Justices’ Salaries. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to improve the Administration of Justice in the 
Court of Chancery, and the Judicial Committee of 
Privy Council: And that Lord John Russell, Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Bill. to regulate the Salaries of the Chief Justice of the 


Supply. 


Eanistymon 
Union, 


Kaffir War, 





Court of Queen’s Bench and the Chief Justice of 
the Court of Common Pleas: And that Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


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 “a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
“ into the allegations contained in the Petition of 
“ the late Guardians of the Ennistymon Union, and 
“ inquire into the causes assigned for their dis- 
missal, and the administration of the affairs of 
the Union,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding Three hundred thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expenses of the Kaffir War, beyond the ordinary 
Grants for Army, Navy, Ordnance and Commis- 
sariat Services, for the years 1850-51 and 1851-52. 

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. 


Resolution to be reported. 


“ 
“ 





VoL. 106, 






13°—14° Juniz. 981 


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


Sabbati, 14° die Junii, 1851: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
a That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 





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. 


upon the 2d day of this instant June, That the Chan- 

cellor of the Exchequer be one other Member 

. the Select Committee on Income and Property 
ax; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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

Then Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Dis- 
raeli, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Henley, Mr. Vesey, Mr. 
Mackenzie, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. 
Roebuck, Colonel Romilly, Lord Harry Vane and 
Mr. Sotheron, 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. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty to 
defray the Charge of Half-Pay to Officers of the 
Navy and Royal Marines, and for the Retirement 
of an additional Number of Admirals, Captains, 
Commanders and Lieutenants, which will come in 
course of payment in the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1852. 


hundred and forty-two thousand one hundred and 
ninety-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Naval Stores for the Build- 
ing, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase 
of Steam Machinery, and for other Purposes con- 
nected therewith, which will come in course of Pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1852. 


hundred and ninety-eight thousand three hundred 
and eighty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of New Works, Im- 
provements and Repairs in the Naval Establish- 
ments, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 


to defray the Charge of Medicines and Medical 
Stores, which will come in course of payment dur- 
ing the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1852. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Miscellaneous Services, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1852. 


and fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Al- 
lowances, which will come in course of payment 





during 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Income and 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Property Tax. 


Supply; 


Half-Pay 


hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and (Navy and 


Mariues. ) 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Naval Stores, 


&amp;e. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two New Works. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding ‘Twenty- Medicines and 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, MedicalStores, 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Miscellaneous 
two thousand nine hundred and forty-nine pounds, 5¢tvices. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Military 


. . ” ” P H ‘ nd 
hundred and eighty-eight thousand four hundred (specs 














282 


during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and 
eighty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred 
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 1852. _ 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances. 


Freight of 
Ships, &amp;c. 


The Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


Administration 
of Criminal 
Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Prevention of Offences Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Prevention of 
Offences Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Petty Sessions (Jre- 
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 printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 23d 
day of this instant June. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 392, 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Jre- 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

Survey of 


Great Britain, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Survey of Great Bri- 
tain, &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 upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Report of the Select Committee ap- 
— to consider the allegations contained in the 

etitions of Thomas Hughes Bradford and John 
Strutt, relating to the Aylesbury Election Petition; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken in considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Aylesbury 
Election, 


The Common Lodging Houses Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Local Authority may impose Penalties 
from Officers against Regulations) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Common 
Lodging 
Houses Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolis Police Bill ; 


13°—14° Junii. 





A. 1851. 


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 Sesetion 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Owners ana 
to provide Facilities for Owners and Lessees of Lessees of 
Mines in Jreland to obtain Entry on Lands for (Ireland) 
searching for and working such Mines: And that Bill, 

Sir William Somerville and Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Summary 
consolidate and amend the Acts relating to certain Jurisdiction 
Offences and other Matters, as to which Justices of py 
the Peace exercise summary Jurisdiction in Ireland: ~ 
And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to improve Court of 
the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chan- Chancery and 
cery and in the Judicial Committee of the Privy i meng | 
Council: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday Ne, 


next ; and to’ be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to pro- Owners and 
vide Facilities for Owners or Lessees of Mines in Lessees of 
Ireland to obtain Entry on Lands for searching for (ireland) Bill. 
and working such Mines: And the same was read * y, 94 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second saat 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Jacob Bell presented a Bill for regulating the Pharmacy 
Qualifications of Pharmaceutical Chemists, and for Bill. 
other Purposes connected with the Practice of Phar- No. 395. 
macy: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of July next; and to be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Harwich 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— lection. 
Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence taken before No. 396. 
the Select Committee on the Harwich Election 
Petition. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the vont 

Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an (Ireland) 
Order, dated the 2d day of this instant June, for 
Returns stating the Date of the Completion of the 
Field Valuation in each Barony in the County of 
Tipperary :—Of the Number of Parishes where Re- 
visions were held previous to the Issuing of the 
Primary Valuation, with the Names of the Parishes 
where Revisions were held more than once :—Of the 
Number of Appeals lodged against the Primary 
Valuation in each Barony:—Of the Number of 
Appeals lodged against the Final Valuation, and 
untried, at the last Quarter Sessions held at Thurles, 
stating the Cause of the same not being tried :— 
And, of the Sums expended in the Valuation of the 
County of Tipperary up to the 1st day of May 
1851, specifying, 1st. the Cost up to the Date of 
Primary Valuation ; 2d. Cost of Sub-Commissioners 
Courts of Appeal, and also Cost of hearing Appeals 
in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 6th day of 
February last, for an Account of the Number of 


Gallons of Foreign Wine imported, of the 
ities 








14 Vicroriz. 


Wine. tities upon which Duty has been paid for Home 
Consumption, and the Quantities exported; also, 
the Quantities retained for Home nsumption, 
after deducting the Amount exported subsequently 
to the Payment of Duty, for the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1851; distinguishing Cape, French, 
Portugal, Spanish, Madeira, Rhenish, Canary, 
Fayal, Sicilian, and other Sorts ; together with the 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1851, distinguishing London 
from the Country: And, for an Account of 
the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, distinguish- 
ing West India, East India and Foreign ; also of 

Spirits. Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial or 
Jersey Spirits imported; of the Quantities upon 
which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, 
the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped 
as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1851; together with the 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1851, distinguishing London 
from the Country (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 499, of Session 1850). 

Ordered, That the Minutes relative to the Har- 
wich Election Petition be printed. 





St. David's Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
a. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of May 
mw last, for Copies of a Treasury Minute, dated on or 
about the 21st day of June 1826, in relation to Saint 
David's College, Lampeter :—Of all Certificates 
given by the Bishop of Saint David's, and the Prin- 
cipals of Saint David’s College, Lampeter, as re- 
gars the Expenditure of the College, and the 
Means at the Disposal of the College, with the 
Dates thereof:—And, Return of all Sums autho- 
rized by Parliament to be paid under the Treasury 
Minute, or under the Head of Miscellaneous 
Charges, or otherwise, for the Support of Saint 
David's College, Lampeter, trom the 21st day of 

June 1826, down to the present time. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


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








Lune, 16° die Juni; 


Anno 14° Victoriz Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
Pesky had M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
(High Peak = one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Mining Bills; That in the case of the Duchy of Lancaster 


— aud (High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts) 
Courts) Bi, Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


SaintAndrew’s A Petition of Class A. Shareholders of the Saint 


Baie Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for enabling the said Class A, 
Shareholders to divide the Shares in the Under- 
taking into two classes, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

ao Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 

vay, ne of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Saint An- 
drew’s and Quebec Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, 
— Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 


(Forty-ninth mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
Report. the Petitions presented upon the 13th day of this 
instant June ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 
Vou. 106, 





13°—14°—16° Junii. 


283 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Andrew's 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Saint Railway Bill. 


Andrew’s Railway Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to, . 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bili 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into South Wales 


consideration the Amendment made by the Lords ey 


to the South Wales (No. 1) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into consideration upon Monday the 30th day of 
this instant June. 


The European and American Printing Telegraph 
Company, &amp;c. 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. 


) Bill. 


European 


and American 
Printing 
Telegraph 
Company, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Jtchen Bridge and Roads Bill was read the Itchen Bridge 
third time ; and an Amendment was made to the = Roads 


Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The London (City) Sewers Bill was read the third London (City) 


time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Trinity College (Dublin) Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Wicklow Harbour Bill 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 Wrexham Improvement Bill 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Caledonian Railway (Motherwell Branch Ex- 
tension and Lesmahagow Branches) Bill,as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cam Navigation (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Admiral Berkeley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Ex- 
emption Repeal Bill, and to whom several Petitions 
were referred ; That they had heard Counsel in sup- 
port of several of the said Petitions; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee. of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of March last, 
for a Return, showing the ay pes. the Annual 
Value of Property rated to the Poor’s Rate, the 





002+ Expenditure 


Sewers Bill 


Trinity Col- 
lege ( Dublin) 
Bill. 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bil 


Wrexham 
Impruvement 
Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Motherwell 
Branch 
Extension and 
Lesmahagow 
Branches) Bill. 


Cam Navi- 
gation (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Gunpowder 
Stores 
(Liverpool) 
Exemption 
Repeal Bill. 


No. 397, 


Population, 
Poor Relief, 
&amp;c. (Scotland.) 








































284 


Expenditure for the Relief and Maintenance of the 
Poor, the Rate in the Pound on the Value of rated 
Property of such Expenditure, the Total Number of 
Paupers relieved, including casual Poor; the Pro- 
portion per Cent. to the Population of the Persons 
relieved, and the Rate per Head of the Expenditure 
on the Total Number of Paupers relieved, in the 
several Highland Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross, 
Sutherland and Caithness, for the years 1849 and 
1850 respectively :—And, a similar Return, in re- 
ference to the whole of Scotland, with the exception 
of the above-mentioned Counties of Argyll, Inver- 
ness, Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, for like Pe- 
riods respectively (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 395, of Session 1847). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of March last, for a Return, in reference 
to the Record of Applications to the Board of Super- 
vision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland; stating 
in each case the Amount of Relief, whether in Food 
or Money, but if in Food giving its Money Value, 
and which formed the Subject of Complaint; the 
Decision of the Board as to such Allowance being 
insufficient or the contrary, and stating in Cases 
where the Ground of Complaint was removed, the 
additional Amount of Relief that was granted, for 
the year 1849 :—And, similar Return for the year 
1850 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
450, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of May 
last, for a Copy of any Correspondence that has 
taken place between Admiral Austen, or any other 
( Person, with the Admiralty respecting the Supply of 
Coal by the Eastern Archipelago Company. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of May 
last, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Mail 
Steamers employed by Messrs. Cunard and Co. in 
carrying the Mails to and from Halifax and the 
United States, from their earliest Commencement 
down to the present Time ; giving the Names of the 
Vessels, their respective Tonnage, inclusive of the 
Space occupied by the Boilers and Machinery, and 
what Space is occupied by these ; the Horse-power 
of each Vessel, and the Contract Price paid for each 
Year's Service; how many Summer and how many 
W inter Voyages they were and are bound to perform 
under their Contract, and when these Voyages begin 
and end; when the respective Contracts began and 
ended, aud when the present one will expire. 

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


Eastern 
Archipelago 
Company. 


Mail Steamers 
(Halifax and 
United States.) 


Turnpike The Order made upon the 23d day of May last, for 

Roads(Wales.) presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address, that 
She would be graciously pleased to give directions, 
that there be laid before this House, a Return of the 
detailed Expenditure by the General Superintendent 
of Turnpike Roads in Wales, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


J peered ni Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Coeas Gatien Copy of the Report of the Officer appointed by the 
Commissioners of Railways to inquire into the Cir 
cumstances attending a fatal Collision which oc- 
curred near the Clay Cross Station, on the Midland 
Railway, on the 19th day of May 1851. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Officer appointed by the 
Commissioners of Railways to inquire into the Cir- 
cumstances attending a fatal Accident which oc- 
curred by a Train of the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway Company running off the 
Line near the Falmer Station, on the Brighton and 
Lewes Railway, on the 6th day of June 1851. 


Railway Acci- 
dent (Falmer 
Station.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Total Gross Amount of Duties 
of Customs received at each Port of the United 
Kingdom, exclusive of London, for the year ending 


16° Junie. 





A. 1851. 


the 5th day of January 1851, distinguishing the 
Amount received: 1. on Goods Duty paid on ori- 
ginal Importation at first Landing from the Im- 
porting Ship; 2. on Goods warehoused direct at 
the Port of original Impertation ; and, 3. on Goods 
warehoused having been removed under Bond from 
other warehousing Ports (in addition to the Return 
presented to the House on the 7th May, and or- 
dered to be printed 16th May, Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 298, of the present Session). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Manchester 
Order, dated the 4th day of this instant June, for Bonding. 
Copies of Memorial presented to the Treasury,dated No. 398, 
the 25th day of June 1849, from the Corporation of 
Manchester, relative to the Bonding of Foreign 
Produce in Manchester :—And, of Memorial from 
Wine and Spirit Merchants and others residing in 
Manchester and Neighbourhood, relative to the 
bonding of Foreign Produce in Manchester. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of Commission, 
Tithes which have been contirmed by the Tithe Com- 
missioners in the several Counties in England and 
Wales, from the 1st day of January 1849 to the 
1st day of January 1851, specifying, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents :—Of all Awards for the Commutation 
of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1849 to the 
Ist day of January 1851; specifying also, in each 
case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be 
paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators 
or Clerical Incumbents :—And, of all Apportion- 
ments of Rent-charges which have been confirmed 
by the Tithe Commissioners, from the 1st day of 
Jauuary 1849 to the 1st day of January 1851 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 569, of 
Session 1849). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Courts 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Southwark 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Days the Judges 
of the Southwark and Lambeth County Courts sat in 
Court in each Month of the last Year, as well as of 
the present Year, and of the Time occupied in each 
Sitting; and also, the Total Number of Causes for 
which Notice of Trial had been issued, which were 
left untried at the Termination of each Month re- 
spectively in each of the said Courts. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;— Public 
Harwich Election ;—Church and State ;—Church Petitions. 
of Rome;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill:— vide Fittieth 
Regium Donum;—Religious Houses Bill and Ec- Report on 
clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; —Universities ee 
(Scotland) Bill;— Australian Colonies and New ~° ' 
Zealand ;— Van Diemen’s Land aid Australias 
(Transportation) ; — Arbitration ; — Army ; — Dis- 
armament ;— Dublin Hospitals ;—Education (Jre- 
land) ;— Hainault Forest Bill;—Hundred Courts ; 
—Mercantile Marine Act ;—Metropolis Water Bill; 
—Robert Owen;— Polish and Hungarian Prisoners 
( Turkish Empire) ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Public 
Houses (Scotland);—School Establishment (Scot- 


land) 





and Lambeth.) 


wet ot 


16° 


land) Bill;—and, Spirits, — were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Annuity Tax 
(Edinburgh),—were also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Annuity Tax 


(Edinburgh.) 


14 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Clog- 


m 
= heen Union, which was presented upon the 29th day 
No. 399. of April last, be printed. 

peclesiastical Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ecclesias- 

Commission ; tical Commission ; and, Archbishoprics and Bishop- 

aod Arch- rics, which was presented upon the 23d day of May 

bishoprics an ioe th oer 

ishoprics. ast, be printed. 

No, 400. 
Wine and Ordered, That the Return relative to Wine; and, 
Spirits. Spirits, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No.401. printed. 

st. David’s Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint Da- 

College, vid’s College, Lampeter, which was presented upon 

Lampeter. —_- Friday last, be printed. 

No, 402. 

Smithfield The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 

Market = Committee, To-morrow, on the Smithfield Market 

Removal Bill. Removal Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Halifax Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

— mand,—Copy of further Correspondence relative to 
the projected Railway from Halifax to Quebec (in 
continuation of Papers presented by Command of 
Her Majesty, 8th April 1851). 

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

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. 

Inhabited The Inhabited House Duty Bili was, according 

a Duty to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding Ninety-seven thousand seven 
hundred and forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1852, 
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 the occasional and tem- 
porary Accommodation of the Public Service, for 
the Purchase and Repair of Furniture required in 
the various Public Departments, and for Services 
connected with the Lighting, Watching, and general 
Protection of the Public Offices ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a sum, not exceeding Ninety-seven thousand 
one hundred and ninety-seven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to ys to the 31st day of March 
1852, 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 the occasional and tem- 
porary Accommodation of the Public Service, for 
the Purchase and Repair of Furniture required in 
the various Public Departments, and for Services 
connected with the Lighting, Watching and general 
Protection of the Public Offices :— Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn, 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Royal Palaces 
cand Public 
Buildings, 





985 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- Royal Parks, 
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine pounds, and Pleasure 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Seman wae, oe 
of keeping in Repair the Walls, Lodges, and other 
Buildings, Fences, Roads, Rides, Drives, Parades 
and Footpaths ; and of other Charges relating to the 
Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 
3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three House of 
thousand five hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be Commons 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of oe 
providing temporary Accommodation for the Houses tion. ) 
of Parliament, Committee-rooms, Offices and tem- 

orary Official Residences for the Speaker of the 
ens of Commons and other Officers of the House, 
to the 31st day of March 1852. 
4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- New Houses 
dred and sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty- of Parliament. 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
to the 31st day of March 1852, the Charge of the 
Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 
5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven General 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Repository 
wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of —— 
the Erection of a General Repository for Public 
Records. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-one Holyhead 
thousand four hundred and eighty-one pounds, be Harbour. 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Works 
at the New Packet Harbour and Harbour of Refuge 
at Holyhead, and to defray the Expense of the 
present Harbour Establishment at Holyhead, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum Harbours of 
not exceeding One hundred and forty-four thousand Fefvge- 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in 
the year 1851, the Expense of constructing Harbours 
of Refuge; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a sum, not exceeding Eighty-four thousand 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in 
the year 1851, the Expense of constructing Har- 
bours of Refuge :—Motion and original Question, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- Port Patrick 
sand seven hundred and eighty-three pounds, be Harbour. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Sepeuse of 
the Pay of the Establishment and necessary Works 
at Port Patrick Harbour, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Public Works 
sum, not exceeding Twenty-three thousand two (Ireland.) 
hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of maintaining 
the several Public Buildings in the Department of 
the Commissioners of Pubiic 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 1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
asum, not exceeding Twenty-two thousand and two 
pounds Ten shillings, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of maintaining the several Pub- 
lic Buildings in the Department of the Commission- 
ers 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 1882 ; 

The Committee divided. 

} 119. 
} 221, 


Juniz. 


Tellers for the (Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Yeas, { Mr. Spooner: 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Lord Marcus Hill: 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceding Ten thou- Kingstowm. 
sand six hundred and sixty pounds, be granted to Harbour. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works and 
Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to provide for 
the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st day of 





VoL. 106, 





March 1852. 
003 10. Resolved, 


War and Colo- 


nies. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Survey of 
Great Britain 
&amp;c. Bill. 


286 


10. Resolved, ‘That asum,not exceeding Ninety- 
two thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to poy 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 1852. 

11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding Fifty-three thousand seven hun- 
dred 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 
1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-three thousand 
‘two hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of 
March 1852 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, —. s 

Mr. Hayter, 7 

Tellers for the Noes, {Lor d cnn Hill: § 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand two hundred and seventy pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Ex enses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
War and the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


72. 


118. 





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


Martis, 17° die Junii, 1851: 


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. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expenses of the Kaffir War, 
beyond the ordinary Grants for Army, Navy, Ord- 
nance and Commissariat Services, for the years 
1850-51 and 1851-52. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the said Resolution be now read a se- 
cond time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
»into consideration the Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


16° Juniz. 





A. 1851, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bi ke 
mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bi, 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery (Zre- Chancery 
land) Regulation Act Amendment Bill; and, after Laem Dg 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Amendment 
Chair; and Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported, That Bil. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- woog, 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; Forests, &amp;, 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pee Farm 
into a Committee upon the Fee-Farm Rents (Jre- Rents 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, *!#4) Bill 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Act ye 
Repeal Bill ; ‘Act Repeal 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Mr. John Stuart, 

Yeas, Mr. Spooner : 
Tellers for the ry Attorney General, 
Noes, Mr. Solicitor General: Jf 

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 the third time 
upon this day six months. 


12. 


66. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation Sai 
(Ireland) Bill; _ ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Home-made 


Report from the Committee on Home-made Spirits $Pi"i'* in 
in Bond; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 


day next. 


Administration 
of Criminal 
Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 
Improvement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. T 

e 





tion of 
Offences Bill. 


Lands Clauses 


Consolidation 
(ireland) Bill. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Pirates’ Head 
Money. 


East India, 





14 VicToriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prevention of Offences Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Report from the Select Committee 
appointed to consider the allegations contained in 
the Petitions of Thomas Hughes Bradford and 
John Strutt, relating to the Aylesbury Election Peti- 
tion ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Manner in which the respective Sums 
of £.100,000 and £.21,640 (as stated in the Navy 
Estimates for 1851-52), has been or is to be ex- 
pended, stating the Amount paid for each separate 
Capture to Officers and Men of Her Majesty’s and 
the East India Company’s Naval Service, for the 
Capture and Destruction of alleged Pirates, for 
whom Head Money has been or is to be paid; 
showing the Time when and the Place where, by 
what Ships, and under whose Command each such 
Capture or Destruction took place; also, by what 
Tribunal each such Capture was adjudged, and the 
Date of such Judgment ; stating, also, the Number 
of Officers and Men receiving Head Money for each 
Capture or Destruction, the Ships they belonged 
to, the Date of Payment of the Money to Prize 
Agents, Description of alleged Pirates, the Rate per 
Head paid for each Capture, and the Total Amount 
paid or to be paid in each case (the Return as 
a continuation, and in the compound Form, of 
Parliamentary Papers No. 723 of Session 1850 and 
No. 239 of Session 1851.) 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 10th day of February 1848, for a Statement of 
the Nature and Locality of all Maritime Surveys 
undertaken by the East India Company, in each 
year since 1820; stating those completed, or still in 
progress ; and, if discontinued before Completion, 
the Reasons for such Discontinuance; with Copies 
of Correspondence, Reports or other Documents ori- 
ginating in England or India, connected 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 
aa general and accurate Charts and Sailing 

irections for the Indian Ocean, Coasts of India, 
Red Sea, Persian Gulph, the Indian Archipelago, 
China and Eastern Seas, with the Rivers, Har- 
bours, Ports and Channels thereof, for facilitating 
the Navigation of the Vessels carrying on the in- 
creasing Commerce of India :--An Abstract, for each 
year since 1820, of the Expenditure in the Hydro- 
graphic Departments of the East India Company 
in England, and at the different Presidencies 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- 
proyed, and their extra Pay and Allowances, the 

‘umber of Men, and the Charge for Wages, Pro- 
visions and Allowances, if any, distinguishing for 
Officers and Men the Amount :—Also, a Return.of 
the Number, Class, Description, and Size of Survey- 
ing Vessels under each Presidency, and the Num- 
bers and Ranks of Officers and Men so employed, 
in each of such Vessels, with the Total Annual 
VoL. 106. 


16° Junie, 








287 


Charge of each Vessel in each year:—Also, the 
Amount for Office Expenses, for Surveying Instru- 
ments, and other Surveying Materials, for Charts 
and Sailing Directions, so as to exhibit the whole Ex- 
pense incurred by the East India Company, in each 
of those years, under that Department :—A Return 
of the Hydrographic Departments of the East 
India Company existing at presex. ia 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 Superin- 
tendence each of the several Departments are placed : 
—A List, Description, Dates of Execution and Pub- 
lication 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 Mate- 
rials for Charts or Sailing Directions, in the East 
India Company’s Establishments in England and 
in India, distinguishing those published and un- 
published; stating also the Reasons, if any, which 
prevent the unpublished Materials from being pub- 
lished:—A Return of the Prices at which those 
Charts and Sailing Directions published by or under 
the Direction of the East India Company are seve- 
rally sold, and the Names of the Agents and 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 Payments 
to Individuals to assist them in preparing and pub- 
lishing Surveys, Charts and Sailing Directions for 
the Indian Ocean, Coasts of India, Red Sea, Per- 
sian 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 Zndia available for 
establishing Points on the Coast of India, for con- 
necting and correcting the Maritime Surveys here- 
tofore made, and for faciliting the carrying on of 
Surveys. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Cameron’s Coal-Cameron’s 
brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Rail- Coalbreok 
way Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to yay nal 
sit and proceed To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. and Loughor 

Railway Bill. 

A Petition of Francis Thomas Bircham, of Par- Birkenhead 
liament-street, in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, Docks (Fur- 
taking notice of the Petition for additional provision Mn 2 Owes 
in the Birkenhead Docks (further Powers to Bir- Dock Com- 
kenhead Dock Company, &amp;c.) Bill; and praying that pany, &amp;c.) Bill. 
it may be an Instruction to the Committee on the 
Bill to hear the Petitioner, his counsel or agent, upon 
and with reference to the matters contained in his Pe- 
tition, and that they do not proceed with the said Bill 
until after such reasonable time as to the House or 
to the said Committee shall seem fit shall have been 
allowed to the Petitioner’s client and other Parties 
interested, to consider the altered provisions of the 
said Bill, and to prepare and present their Petition 
or Petitions against the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
tilh Two of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


004 


Committees. 


East Anglian 


Martis, 17° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
OF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


The East Anglian Railways Bill was read the 


Railways Bill. third time. 


Electric 
Telegraph 


Company Bill. 


East Stone- 


house Water- 


works Bill. 


Newark- 
upon-Trent 


Improvement 


and Market 
Bill. 


Shrewsbury 


and Birming- 
ham Railway 


Bill. 


Athawes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
first Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Australian 
Colonies and 


New Zealand. 


Valuation 
(ireland. } 


No. 403. 


Population, 
Poor Reliet, 


&amp;c. (Scotland.) 


No, 404. 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


No, 405. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Electric Telegraph Company 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. 


Ordered, That the East Stonehouse Waterworks 
Bill be read the third time this day at Five of the 
clock. 


The Newark-upon-Trent Improvement and Mar- 
ket 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. 


Ordered, That the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration this day at Five of the 
clock. 


Athawes’ Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Mr. Nicholl have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of illness in his family ; 
and, Mr. Greene a fortnight, on account of ill 
health. 


Several Petitions relating to Saint Alban’s Elec- 
tion ;—Church of Rome ;—Ecclesiastical Titles As- 
sumption Bill ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;— 
Regium Donum ;—Australian Colonies (Marriages) ; 
—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;—Timber ;— Disarmament ;— 
Money amet of Wages ;—Navigation Act ;— 
Poor Law ;—and, Spirits, — were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the County Rates and Ex- 
penditure Bill was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Huddersfield, 
relative to the Australian Colonies and New Zea- 
land, which was presented yesterday, be referred to 


the Select Committee on Steam Communications 
with India, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation 
(Jreland), which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, 
Poor Relief, &amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 
(Scotland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed, 


17° Juniz. 








A. 1851. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mail Steam- 
ers (Halifax and United States), which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 





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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Report which, upon the 4th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider the allegations con- 
tained in the Petition of Thomas Hughes Bradford, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of May last, 
complaining of the forgery of his signature to the 
Petition against the Return for the Borough of 
Aylesbury, and praying for inquiry; and also the 
Petition of John Strutt, which was presented upon 
the 5th day of May last, denying the statements 
contained in the said Petition of Thomas Hughes 
Bradford :—The House proceeded to take the Re- 
port into consideration; and the same was again 
read, as followeth : 


“That the name of Thomas Bradford affixed to 
the Petition presented to the House on the 28th day 
of April last, complaining of the Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Aylesbury, was not signed 
by Thomas Hughes Bradford, who _—— to be the 
only person of the name of Thomas Bradford on the 
Register of electors for the said Borough, and who 
was admitted to vote at the last Election as Thomas 


Bradford. 


“ That John Strutt, solicitor, affirms, that he had 
the authority of Thomas Hughes Bradford to affix 
his name to the Petition; that he communicated 
such authority to his partner, Charles Cunningham, 
who, in accordance with Mr. Sérut¢’s instruction, 
wrote the name Zhomas Bradford at the foot of the 
Petition. 

“ Charles Cunningham admits having done so, and 
declares he heard Thomas Hughes Bradford say to 
Mr, Strutt, when leaving their offices on Saturday, 
the 26th April, ‘If the worst comes to the worst, 
you can get on with it, and sign it for me, and send 
itin;’ and Thomas Edwards, a clerk of Mr. Strutt, 
makes a statement to the same effect. 

“ Thomas Hughes Bradford, in the most positive 
and express terms, denies that he ever used these 
words, or that at any time he gave authority to Mr. 
Strutt, or to any other person, to sign the Petition 
on his behalf. He seems to have held similar 
language to persons with whom he conversed on the 
subject after his interview with Mr. Strutt, and he 
made a solemn declaration before a Master Extra- 
ordinary in Chancery to the same effect ; and your 
Committee consider that there are corroborating 
circumstances in support of his statement. 

“ Notwithstanding this conflicting testimony, your 
Committee feel themselves bound to express their 
opinion, that Mr. Strutt had not that authority from 
Thomas Hughes Bradford to sign the Petition which 
he alleges he had; your Committee, therefore, can- 
not but regard the conduct of Mr. Strutt and Mr. 
Cunningham as highly culpable, more especially as 
the signature to an Election Petition is the founda- 
tion of an important judicial proceeding ; and by 
the Act (11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 98) regulating the trial of 
Controverted Elections, it is enacted, that the Peti- 
tion ‘shall be subscribed by some person who 
voted, or had a right to vote, at the election to which 
the same relates, or by some person claiming to have 
had a right to be returned or elected thereat, or al- 
leging himself to have been a candidate at the elec- 
tion,’ 

“ Your Committee think it right to direct the at- 
tention of the House to the Resolution, which ap- 
pears on the Journals in the year 1689, which is as 
follows : 

“ ¢ Resolved, That all Petitions presented to 
this House ought to be signed by the Peti- 
tioners 





Mail Steam 
(Holifax and 
United States.) 


No. 406, 


Customs 
Duties. 


No. 407. 


Aylesbury 
Election, , 


455, 466 
471 
367, 372, 


379, 389, 


23, 26. 
28, 89, 


no 
ee 


475, 503, 


619, 685, 
687, 707, 
DD) 


717, the decls- 
ration after 
answer 776. 















Bye 




















































Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill. 


Harwich 
Election, 


Metropolitan 
Water Suppl 
(Control of, 

by Represen- 
tative) Body 
Bill 


Birkenhead 
Docks (Fur- 
ther Powers 





14 VicrorRiz. 


tioners, with their own hands, by their names 
or marks.’ 

“ And also to another Resolution in the year 
1774: 

“ ¢ Resolved, That it is highly unwarrant- 
able, and a breach of the Privileges of this 
House, for any person to set the names of any 
other person to any Petition presented to this 
House."” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Report. 

Ordered, That John Strutt and Charles Cunning- 
ham, having severally been guilty of a breach of 
the Privileges of this House, be for their said offence 
committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this House, and that Mr. Speaker do issue 
his Warrants accordingly. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Saint Alban’s Bribery 
Commission Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravse, N°1 (Commissioners appointed). 
Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
; Mr. Edward Ellice,\ ,,. 
Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr Hegh Adair: ? s 86. 
— Mr. Bankes, 1 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Freshfield : f iyo 


Crauses, N° 2 to N° 4, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed 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 Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Petition of William Cass Ranfield and James Pain, 
relating to the Election for the Borough of Har- 
wich, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Y one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Metropolitan Water Sup- 
ply (Control of, by Representative Body) Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bapect be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


tothe Birken- 2 respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


head Dock 


Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 


pi’ *¢:) Provision in the Birkenhead Docks (furter Pow- 


Aylesbury 
tion, 





ers to the Birkenhead Dock Company, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, in- 
formed the House, That he had taken into his cus- 
tody John Strutt and Charles Cunningham, pursuant 
to the Order of the House of this day. 

Vor, 106, 


17° Juni. 











289 


Ordered, That the said John Strutt and Charles 
Cunningham be brought to the Bar of this House 
forthwith, in order to their being reprimanded by 
Mr. Speaker, and discharged. 

John Strutt and Charles Cunningham were ac- 
cordingly brought to the Bar, where they received 
a Reprimand from Mr. Speaker, and were ordered 
to be discharged out of custody, paying their Fees. 


The Reprimand was as followeth : 


John Strutt and Charles Cunningham. A Petition 
was presented to this House on the 28th of April 
last, purporting to be signed by Thomas Bradford, 
against the Return of Richard Bethell, Esquire, for 
the Borough of Aylesbury; and it appears, from the 
Report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the circumstances of the case, that you, Charles 
Cunningham, with the sanction and by the desire of 
your partner, John Strult, did most unwarrantabl 
affix the name of Thomas Bradford to that Peti- 
tion. 


It is the bounden duty of this House, a duty which 
it owes to the people whom it represents, to protect 
the right of petitioning from abuse ; and it is deter- 
mined, by the just exercise of its authority, to check 
any practice which, by casting doubts upon the au- 
thenticity of Petitions, has a tendency to lessen 
their value and importance. According to the an- 
cient rule of this House, it is a breach of its Pri- 
vileges for any person to set the name of another 
to a Petition; and your conduct in this instance 
cannot be palliated or excused on the ground that 


you were ignorant of this rule; because, engaged 
as you both are in the profession of the law, and 
occasionally retained in matters connected with 
Election Petitions, you must necessarily be familiar 
with the usages and practice of Parliament. Your 
offence, moreover, is greatly aggravated by the fact 
that this Petition, which you so culpably signed, 
was to form the foundation of a judicial inquiry 
under the provisions of an Act of Parliament. 


Such gross misconduct on your part has received, 
as it deserves, the condemnation of the House. 
But, at all times anxious to exhibit as much lenity 
as is consistent with its dignity, this House is willing 
to hope that the position in which you are now 
placed, so painful to any honourable mind, and so 
discreditable to yourselves, will carry with it a suffi- 
cient punishment. I am commanded, however, by 
the House, to convey to vou the expression of its 
marked displeasure, and, in obedience to its com- 
mands, I now reprimand you for the offence which 
you have committed. I have further to acquaint 
you, that you are discharged, upon the payment of 
your fees. 


Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That what has 
been now said by Mr, Speaker in reprimanding the 
said John Strutt and Charles Cunningham, be en- 
tered in the Journals of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prevention of 
into a Committee upon the Prevention of Offences Offences Bill. 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The East Stonehouse Waterworks Bill was, ac- East Stone- 


cording to Order, read the third time. 


A Clause (Provision as to crossing the Line acta 


the South Devon Railway) was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The 


a 


290 


Shrewsbury The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

ony take into consideration the Shrewsbury and Bir- 

Bill, 7 mingham Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


Cubitt’s 


Ordered, That Cubitt’s Estate Bill be read a 
Estate Bill. 


second time upon Thursday next. 


London Ordered, That the Plans, Sections and Estimate 
(Watford) wor Of Expense, Petition and Bill deposited in the Pri- 
ceneey Sill. vate Bill Office in November last, in relation to the 
London (Watford) Spring Water Company Bill, be 
referred to the Committee on the Metropolis Water 


Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Locke King have leave of ab- 
sence for a month, on account of illness in his 
family. 


Harwich 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Election. 


posed, That the Petition of Electors, which was 
presented yesterday, complaining of the exercise of 
Government influence at the late Election for the 
borough of Harwich, and praying for investigation, 
be printed :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


oy &gt; gg A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 

1€ rds, 
Mr. Speaker, ; 

East The Lords have agreed to the East Lancashire 


Lancashire iD : . p ° 
Railway Bill. Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee 
Railway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh, Perth 
and Dundee Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Patent Law 


Amendment 
Bills. 


The Lords request that this House will give leave 
to John Lewis Ricardo, Esquire, Joshua Proctor 
Westhead, Esquire, the Master of the Rolls, Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General, Mem- 
bers of this House, to attend their Lordships to give 
evidence before the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships on the Patent Law Amendment 
Bills :—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. 


Birkenhead A Petition of George Burrow Gregory, of Par- 
Docks (Fur- Jjqment-street, Westminster, agent for Richard Smith, 
ther Powers . ° : . 
to the Birken- Of Urswick, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, 
head Dock taking notice of a Petition of Richard Smith, de- 
alae posited in the Private Bill Office of the House, 
- against certain alterations and additions proposed 
to be introduced into the Birkenhead Docks (further 
Powers to the Birkenhead Dock Company, &amp;c.) 
Bill, by the trustees of the Birkenhead Docks; and 
praying that such Petition may be referred to the 
Committee on the said Bill, and that the said 
Richard Smith may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
or agent, upon such Petition, when so referred as 
aforesaid, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Saint Alban’s 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Election. 


That Henry Edwards be brought to the Bar of this 
House To-morrow, in order to his being discharged, 
and that Mr. Speaker do issue his warrants ac- 
cordingly ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


17°—18° Juniz. 


A. 1851. 
Mr. Spooner, 
{ Mr. orbes : 


} 
Mr. Hayter, 
Lord Marcus Hill : }isa. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That on and after the 10th day of October 1852 
one-half of the Malt Tax be repealed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {ur yr : } 31. 


Tellers for the Noes, {ion Hayter, 


? 


Lord Marcus Hill: § 7® 
So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Armaments, 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will direct the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs to enter into communi- 
cation with the Government of France, and endea- 
vour to prevent in future that rivalry of warlike 
preparations in time of Peace which has hitherto 
been the policy of the two Governments, and to 
promote, if possible, a mutual reduction of arma- 
ments :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


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


Mercurii, 18° die Junii, 1851: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Bibles, &amp;. 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
direct that measures may be adopted to cancel the 
Queen’s Printers’ Patent, so far as relates to the 
monopoly of printing of Bibles, Psalms and Prayer- 
books, in England and Ireland ; and, if apprehen- 
sions be excited for the correctness of the Seripture 
text, that a Board be constituted in England and 
Ireland, as has been done in Scotland, for the re- 
vision before publication of all the editions that are 
to be printed :—-It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Crawford be added to the Steam Com- 
Select Committee on Steam Communications with oe) 
India, &amp;c. ' with Indie, Ss. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Provost, Ma- property Tax. 
gistrates and Council of the Royal Burgh of Dun- 
ermline, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
March last, praying for an alteration in the Law 
regulating the appointment of Officers under the 
Property Tax Acts, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Income and Property Tax. 


Ordered, That Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Tufnell be Law of “ 
discharged from further attendance on the Select Parmer"? 
Committee on the Law of Partnership. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans and Mr. 
Wrightson be added to the Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Administration of eT 
Criminal Justice Improvement Bill was nominated 5, sic 
of Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Attorney General for Improvement 
Ireland, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Bill. 
Mr. John Evans, Mr. Henley, Mr. Crowder, Mr. 
George Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. 
Baines and Mr. Wrightson. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ys ar 


reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill; gin). 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


To-morrow, 





The 





co &gt;. et Oo oO 


ing 
— Bill. 


Supply. 


Survey of 


14 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Lodging-houses Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be veeeivall this day. 


The Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 


Great Britain, cording to Order, read the third time. 


ge. Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Anson do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
CourtofChan- The Court of Chancery (Zreland) Regulation Act 
ery (Ireland) Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the 
pl third time. 
ment Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General for Jreland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the same, without 
Amendment. 

Fee Farm The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
nh into consideration the Fee-Farm Rents (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 

County Courts The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
~wnewr Committee, this day, on the County Courts further 
Extension Bill. tension Bill, o- read, and Gacngyh. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Duchy of Ordered, That the Duchy of Lancaster (High 
(teh Peak Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts) Bill be 
Mining read a second time upon Friday next. 
Customs and 
Mineral Courts) Bill. 
oe The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
vile Laylome of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
“Table by the Clerk of the House :—Abstracts of 
Accounts of Monies received and paid on Account 
of the several County and Borough Asylums in 
England and Wales, during the year ending on the 
31st December 1850. 
Lamacy, Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 





8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Num- 
ber of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners 
in Lunacy, during the Six Months ending on the 
4th August 1850. 

Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor under the 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Num- 
ber of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners 
in Lunacy, during the Six Months ending on the 
4th February 1851. 


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


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17°—18° Juniz. 








291 


Mercurii, 18° die Junii; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 18 51. 


PRAYERS. 


S IR Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th Sone &gt; 
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. 


Ordered, That the Hartlepool Pier and Port Hartlepool 
(Construction of New Pier, &amp;c.) Bill be re-com- Pier and Port 
mitted to the former Committee :—And that they (Cvstruction 
have leave to sit, and proceed, with three Members. &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterworks, Bath Improve- 
and Bath Commons or Freemen’s Estate Bill was ™e2* Markets, 
&gt; 7 Waterworks, 
read the third time; and Amendments were made ana Bath 
to the Bill. Commons or 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eae 4 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill ; 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- Brighton 
tion the Brighton Extra-mural Cemetery Bill, as Extra-Mural 
amended in the Committee. Cometery ES. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swan- Cameron’s 
sea and Loughor Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a Cealbrook 
second time; and committed. oe + cl 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Loughor 
mittee of Selection. Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 

Mr. Bouverie presented by Her Majesty’s Com- Metropolitan 
mand,—General Board of Health: Copy of Report !terment Act. 
of Preliminary Proceedings under the Metropolitan 
Interment Act from the 5th August to the 31st 
December 1850. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Bath Writ. 
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 Bath, in the room of 
the Honourable Anthony Ashley Cooper, commonly 
called Lord Ashley, now Earl of Shaftesbury, called 
up to the House of Peers. 


Several Petitions relating to the Religious Houses Public 
Bill and Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ;— Petitions. 
Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ;— Newspapers, yia. Finy- 
&amp;e. ;—Luke Clarke ;— Disarmament ;—Navigation first Report 
Act ;—and, Spirits,—were presented, and read ; and on Public 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Holyhead 
dated the 20th day of February last, for a Return Harbour. 
of the Names of Naval Officers, Civil Engineers, 
and other Persons who have reported in favour of 
or against the proposed Plan for the Asylum Har- 
bour at Holyhead, or that have reported that Holy- 
head is not a suitable Place for an Asylum Har- 
bour, and whose Reports have been made or printed 
by order of Parliament, previous to the intro- 
duction of the Holyhead Harbour Bill into Parlia- 
ment last Session ; distinguishing those who have 
reported in favour from those who have reported 
against such Harbour, together with the Cost of 
the same as estamated by the several Engineers 
referred to:—And, Copy of any Report or Paper 
forwarded to the Admiralty in the year 1847, 
on the part of the Shipowners of Liverpool and 
others, on the Nature of the Anchorage Ground cf 

PP2 the 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
Bill. 


No, 409. 


992 18° Junie. A. 1851. 


the proposed Asylum Harbour at Holyhead, and ' notice of proceeding by distress upon the land for 

signed by Captain James H. Christie and Lieu- the recovery thereof, it shall be lawful for the land- 

tenant FR. Sarsfield, x.N., together with the Plan lord, or the succeeding tenant or occupier, to pa 

annexed thereto. any such arrear, and any expenses incident thereto, 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | and to recover the amount or sum of money so paid 

Table. | over against such first-named tenant or occupier, or 

| his legal representatives, in the same manner as if 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming | the same were a debt by simple contract due from 

the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment, which, | such tenant or occupier to the landlord or tenant 

upon the 30th day of April last, was proposed to be | making such payment)——brought up, and read 1°. 

made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 

leave the Chair (for Committee on the Sunday | Clause be read a second time; _ 

Trading Prevention Bill); and which Amendment| Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

was, to leave out from the word “That” to the end! Preamble agreed to. 

of the Question, in order to add the words “ this | Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


“ House will, upon this day six months, resolve | 


“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ‘ and Mr. Bernal 
And the Question being again proposed, That the | reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- | Bill. 

tion:—The House resumed the said adjourned De- Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, in the Com- 

bate. mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
And the Question being put ; day next; and be printed. 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
The Noes to the new Lobby. o. mittee on the Charitable Institutions Notices’ Bil] ; Institutions 
Tellers for the Fr William Williams, Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ones a 


\ d 
Yeas, Mr. Hindley : J the 16th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
Tellers for the (Mr. Baring Wall, } 7 said Committee. 
| 


Noes, Mr. Anstey: 7 
So it passed in the Negative. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 
And the Question being put, That the words mittee on the Colonial Property Qualification Bill ; Property 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday — 
“ itself into the said Committee,” be added at the | the 9th day of July next, resolve itself into thesaid ~ 
end of the Question: —It was resolved in the | Committee. 
Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put;! The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
_ Resolved, That this House will, upon this day | mittee on the Charitable Purchase Deeds Bill; Purchase 
SIX months, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Deeds Bill. 
: ; |the 16th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself | said Committee. 
into a Committee upon the Landlord and Tenant | 
Bill. ; | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
(In the Committee.) mittee of Supply ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
| resolve itself into the said Committee. 








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


Cravse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. The Order of the day being read, for resuming Supply 


; ‘the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed [16th June] 
Cause, N° 2, disagreed to. {upon Monday last, That the Resolution which, upon 
Cause, Ne 3 (Growing Crops seized and sold | the same day, was reported from the Committee of 

under execution to be liable for accruing rent). | Supply, be now read a second time; 

An Amendment made. | Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, | till Friday next. 

as amended, stand part of the Bill 
The Committee divided. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

Mr. Mullings, a mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 

Mr. Spooner : J v2. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


| 
f | ; ; 
Tellers for the Noes, | a Broke’ } ai. | resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 


Crause, N° 4 (Tenant may remove Buildings; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bis, &amp; 
and Fixtures erected by him on Farms, unless Land- | mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;e. (Zredand) Bill; — 
lord elect to take them). Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Amendment proposed: In p. 3, 1. 28, after the | Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
word “ Act” to insert the words “ with the consent | mittee. 

* in writing of the landlord for the time being.” 
Question put, That those words be there in-| Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Supply- 
serted ; Supply several Resolutions; which were read, as 

The Committee divided. | follow : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Mullings, 7 | 1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- Royal Palaces 

Yeas, Mr. Spooner : f |seven thousand seven hundred and _ forty-seven ~ dings. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Anstey, aT ' pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 

Noes, Mr. Sharman Crawford: J “** | 31st day of March 1852, the Expense of Mainte- 

Other Amendments made. nance and Repair of Royal Palaces and Public 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. Buildings, for providing the necessary supply of 

Clause (That if any occupying tenant of land | Water for the same, for the Rents of Houses taken 
shall quit, leaving unpaid any arrear of Tithe Rent- [for the occasional and temporary Accommodation 
charge due for or charged upon such land, which of the Public Service, for the Purchase and Repair 
he was by the terms of his tenancy or holding liable | of Furniture required in the various Public Depart- 
to pay, and the Tithe-owner shall give or have given ments, and for Services connected with the lighten» 

watching, 


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14 Vicroriz. 18° Junie. 293 


watching, and general protection of the Public} The Farm Rents (Jreland) Bill was, according to Fee Farm 


Offices. Order, read the third time. Rents 
Royal Parks, 2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-one} Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Ireland) Bilk. 
Pleasure thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine pounds, Ordered, That Colonel Dunne do carry the Bill 


Grounds, &amp;¢. be oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
of keeping in repair the Walls, Lodges and other 
Buildings, Fences, Roads, Rides, Drives, Parades| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bills, &amp;e. 
and Footpaths ; and of other Charges relating to | mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Ba. 
the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., to the 31st| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
day of March 1852. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

House of 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 

Commons thousand five hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be| A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Civil Bills, &amp;e. 

(Temporary granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of | morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider (Ireland ) 





— providing ‘Temporary Accommodation for the ne 
Houses 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 1852. 


New Houses ot 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 


dred and sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty- 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to 
the 31st day of March 1852, the Charge of the 
Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of 
the erection of a General Repository for Public 
Records. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-one 
thousand four hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Works 
at the New Packet Harbour and Harbour of Refuge 
at Holyhead, and to defray the Expense of the 
present Harbour Establishment at Holyhead, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Pay of the Establishment and necessary Works 
at Portpatrick Harbour, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
three thousand two hundred and thirty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of maintaining the several Public Buildings in the 
Department of the Commissiuners of Public Works 
in Suleed also the Expense of Inland Navigation 
and other Services under the direction of the said 
Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand six hundred and sixty pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works and 
Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to provide 
for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

10. 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 Pariiament, and Allowances to 
Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand seven 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 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand two hundred and seventy pounds, be 
— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

=xpenses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for War and the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

VoL. 106, 














of authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Salaries, Compensations and Retir- 
ing Allowances to the several Persons appointed 
under or affected by the Provisions of any Act of 
the present Session relating to Civil Bills in Zredand, 
and of authorizing the Collection, by means of 
Stamps, of the Fees payable on Civil Bill Processes 
in Ireland; 

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

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ships (Medi- 
a Copy of the Memorial of the Clerks of Her Ma- terranean.) 
jesty’s Ships in the Mediterranean, forwarded to 
the Admiralty by Admiral Sir Wiliam Parker, dated 
the 31st day of January 1850, praying that the same 
Rank and Privileges awarded to other subordinate 
Officers may be granted to them. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House Navy (Vessel 

a Return of all Vessels that have been purchased Purchased.) 
for the Royal Navy, since the 10th day of May 

1847 (the Date of the last Return), stating from 

whom purchased, the Price paid, and the Tonnage 

of each ; distinguishing the Slave Vessels (and by 

whom captured) that have been taken into the Service 

under the Provisions of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 73, 

for which the Sum of £.6,500 has been voted inthe 

Estimates. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief 

a Return showing the Rateable Value of the Pro- (Metropolis.» 
perty assessed to the Relief of the Poor in the 
several Parishes of the Metropolis in the Rate col- 
lecting at the Date of this Order, as contained in 
the following Districts, viz.: No. 1. Hammersmith 
District: Acton, Chiswick, Fulham and Hammer- 
smith, in the County of Middlesex :—No. 2. Chel- 
sea District: Saint Luke’s, Chelsea; Brompton; 
and, Saint Mary Abbot, Kensington, in the County 
of Middlesex:—No.3. Paddington District: Pad- 
dington and Willesden, in the County of Middlesex : 
—No. 4. Mary-le-bone District: Saint Mary-le- 
bone and Saint John, Hampstead, in the County of 
Middlesex : —No. 5. Westminster District: Saint 
John the Evangelist, Westminster, Saint Margaret's, 
Westminster, Saint James, Westminster, Saint Anne, 
Westminster ; Saint George, Hanover-square ; Saint 
Martin’ s-in-the-Fields ; Saint Jumes’ Palace; Buch- 
ingham Palace; Whitehall, and the Close of Colle- 
giate Church, Westminster; the Liberty of the Duchy 
of Lancaster; Saint Paul’s, Covent Garden; Saiut 
Mary-le-Strand; Saint Clement Danes; Rolls Li 
berty; Savoy Precincts; Inner Temple, Middle 
Temple, New-Inn, Lincoln’s-Inn, Clifford’s-Inn, Ser- 


jeant's-Inn, Chancery-lane, Serjeant’s-Inn, Fleet- 


street, Clement’s-Inn, in the County of Middlesex :— 

No. 6. Pancras District: Saint Pancras and Hornsey, 

in the County of Middlesex :—No.7. Holborn Dis-__, 

trict: Furnival’s-Inn; Gray’s-Inn; Barnard’s- 

Inn; Thavies-Inn ; Staple-Inn; Saint Andrew, 
PP3 Holborn, 





Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


No. 410. 


County and 
Borough Lu- 
natic Asylums. 


No. 411. 


294 


Holborn, above Bars; Saint George-the-Martyr ; 
Saint Giles-in-the-Fields ; Saint George, Blooms- 
bury; Saint James, Clerkenwell; Saint John, 
Clerkenwell; Saint Mark’s District, Clerkenwell ; 
Saint Mary, Islington; Saffron Hiil ; Hatton Gar- 
den; Ely Rents and Ely Place; Saint Bartholo- 
mew-the-Great ; Saint Botolph, Aldersgate; Saint 
Botolph-without- Aldgate, in the County of Middle- 
sex :—No. 8. Shoreditch District: Saint Luke, Old- 
street; Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch; Saint John, 
Hachney, Saint John, Hoxton; Saint Mary, Stoke 
Newington; Tottenham; Edmonton; Norton Fol- 
gate; Old Artillery-ground, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex :—No.9. Spitalfields District: Saint Mary, 
Haggerstone; Saint Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel ; 
Christ Church; Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green; 
Saint George-in-the-East ; Saint Mary, Stratford- 
le-Bow, in the County of Middlesex:—No. 10. 
Tower Hamlets District : Saint Catherine-by-the- 
Tower ; Charter-house; Gilasshouse-yard; Tower 
Hamlets ; Tower Liberty ; Tower-without-Precinets; 
Saint Dunstan, Poplar; Blackwall; Saint Dun- 
stan’s Stepney; Saint John, Wapping; Mile End 
New Town; Mile End Old Town, in the County of 
Middlesex :—No. 11. Limehouse District: Saint 
Catharine, Middlesex Precinct; Saint Paul, Shad- 
well; Saint Ann, Limehouse; All Saints, Poplar ; 
Bromley, in the County of Middlesex :—No. 12. 
London District: City of London Proper, with all 
its Parishes, Precincts and Liberties:—No. 13. 
Battersea District : Battersea, Putney, Wandsworth, 
Clapham, Tooting, Graveney, Wimbledon, Clap- 
ham, Roehampton, Hook, Barnes, Mortlake, in the 
County of Surrey:—No. 14. Lambeth District: 
Saint Mary, Lambeth; Saint Mark, Kennington ; 
Saint Matthew, Brixton; Streatham; Saint Luke, 
Norwood, in the County of Surrey :—No. 15. Cam- 
berwell District: Saint Mary, Newington; Cam- 
berwell; Peckham; Dulwich, in the County of Sur- 
rey :—No. 16. Southwark District: Christchurch ; 
Saint George-the-Martyr; Saint John; Saint Sa- 
viour; Saint Thomas; Saint Olave’s; Saint Johan, 
Horsleydown ; Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey ; 
Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, County of Surrey :— 
No. 17. Greenwich District : Saint Alphage, Green- 
wich; Saint Nicholas, Deptford; Saint Paul, 
Deptford; Lee; and, Lewisham, in the Counties of 
Surrey and Kent. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of May 
1850, 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, which was presented upon the 
20th day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to County and 
Borough Lunatic Asylums, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


18°—19° Juniz. 


A, 1851. 


Jovis, 19° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committess 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the net 


Ordered, That the Saint Pancras (Middlesex) Saint Pancras 
Paving Bill be re-committed to the former Com- (Middlesex) 
mittee : —And that they have leave to sit, and pro- *°V"8 Bill 
ceed, with three Members. 


Mr. Childers reported the Cameron’s Coalbrook Cameron's 
Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway (re- Coalbervok 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. pos 1 shel 


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


The Cam Navigation (No. 2) Bill was read the Cam Navi- 
third time. gation (No, 2) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 34 
Title be, An Act for repealing and amending the 
Provisions of the Acts relating to the Navigation of 
the River Cam or Cham, alias Grant, between 
Clayhithe Ferry and the King’s Mill, in the Town 
of Cambridge; for altering the Navigation Tolls; 
for enabling the Conservators of the said River to 
sue and be sued in the Name of their Clerk ; for 
conferring additional Powers ; and other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Cubitt’s 
Estate Bill. 


Cubitt’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was Church 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second —— Acts 
. : endment 

time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. Bill. 
No. 412. 
Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; Public 
—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Regium Do- Petitions. 
num ;— Universities (Scotland) Bill ;—Carriages ;— Vide Fift 
. : . ide Fifty- 
Common Lodging Houses Bill ;—Disarmament ;— frst Report 
Education (Zreland) ;— Metropolis Water Bill ;— on Public 
and, Spirits—were presented, and read; and or- Petitions. 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to Coroners was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Coroners. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Smithfield 
mittee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill; Market 

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 ¢Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill : 
Tellers for the (Sir James Duke, 
Noes, (Mr. Alderman Sidney: 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. 


&gt; 64. 


26. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 


Preamble postponed. 





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14 Vicroriz. 19° Juniz. 295 


Crausz, N° 1 (Appointment of Commissioners). | The Lords have agreed to the North and South North and 


An Amendment made. Western Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments ; a 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Ralbeay Bill. 
as amended, stand part of the Bill rence of this House: And also, 
The Committee divided. The Lords have agreed to the Monkland Rail- Monkland _ 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, Yeo. | Ways Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Bailways Bill 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: f°** ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
Tellers for the {Mr. Alderman Sidney, | 17 | House: And also, 
Noes, Sir James Duke : Foes The Lords have agreed to the Dundee and Ar- Dundee and 


broath Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Atroath 


Cravse, N° 2, agreed to. | Railway Bill. 
a ye 5 ome | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of . 
CuavsE, N° 3 (Commissioners may set out a! this House: And also 
- ? 


Cattle and Meat-market, Slaughter-houses and Lairs| “Pye Lords have acreed to the Liverpool Docks Liverpool 
for Cattle). | (Alteration of Management, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- Docks 


° r ; 7 Alterati f 
Be wagesony proposed, That the Clause stand part | ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the lecnmemend 
of the Dill ; concurrence of this House: And also, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Public Houses 
for the better Regulation of Public-houses in Scot- Scotland) Bill. 
land ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
| this House: And also, 
Cuausgs, N° 4 to N° 9, agreed to. | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Jackson's 
Cause, N° 10(Commissioners to report to Secre-| for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Thomas =state Bill. 
tary of State when Markets provided, who is to | Jackson, deceased, to sell Freehold Hereditaments 
publish notice thereof, and of closing of Smithfield, | situate in the Parish of Mentmore, in the County of 
in London Gazette). | Buckingham, to the Baron Mayer Amschel de Roths- 
Amendment proposed : In p. 4, 1. 43,to leave out | child ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
from the word “opened” to the words “ Public this House: And also, 
Markets,” in p. 5, 1. 5. | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lethbridge’s 





Question put, That the words proposed to be left for enabling the Trustees of the Somersetshire, Mon- #state Bill. 
out stand part of the Clause ; | mouthshire, Dorsetshire and Devonshire Estates, de- 
The Committee divided. | vised by the Will of Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, 


Tellers fur the (Mr. Hayter, 48 Baronet, deceased, to grant Farming and Mining 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: * | Leases of, and otherwise extending their Powers in 
Tellers for the (Mr. Alderman Sidney, 91, | Telation to the said Estates; to which the Lords de- 
Noes, (Sir James Duke: } “*“* | sire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Another Amendment proposed : In p. 5, 1. 5, to) Messenger withdrew, 


leave out from the words ‘‘ Public Markets” to the | 


words “ Borough of Southwark,” in 1. 7. | The Public-houses (Scotland) Bill was read the Public Houses 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left | first time ; and ordered to be read a second time (Scotland) Bill. 
out stand part of the Clause ; | upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. No, 413. 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {hor Hayter, Laz. | Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the General Controverted 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: j Committee of Elections; That they had appointed Elections. 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Alderman Sidney, \ 20, | Tuesday the 8th day of July next, at Three of the 
Noes, \Mr. Willam Williams : clock in the Afternoon, to choose, from Panel No. 4 


Another Amendment proposed: In p. 5,1. 8, to| the Harwich Election Committee. 


leave out the word “seven,” in order to insert the; Q dered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
word “ three,” instead thereof. 


Question put, That the word “seven” stand part | 


of the Clause; Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 


The Committee divided, a a Resolution ; which Orders. 
—" the on iy and Hill: } 46. | Resolved, That in the case of the Saint Andrew’s gaint Andrew's 
Tellers "for the Me. 8 taffor d : 4 | and Quebec Railway Petition, the Standing Orders —_—" 
Tene Mr. Alderman Sidney: f 2® ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be ““'™*% 
Seinaiehen J: | permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting the 
oe , |notice forthwith in the London Gazette; that the 


Crauses, N° 11 to N° 41, agreed to. | Committee on the Bill do examine how far such 
Schedule agreed to. | Order has been complied with ; and do report the 
Preamble agreed to. | same to the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. | The said Resolution, being read a second time, 





| was agreed to. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal | 
reported, That the Committee had gone through | Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
the Bill. | Orders have Power to make a Special Report in the Orders. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | case of the Metropolitan Water Supply (Control of, 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday by Representative Body) Bill. 


next. __ Mr. Wilson Patten accordingly reported from 
| the said Select Committee ; That they had agreed 
Metropolis Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-' to the following Special Report : 


Water Supply. mand,—Copy of Report by the Government Com-| That, in the case of the Metropolitan Water Sup- Metropolitan 


mission on the Chemical Quality of the Supply of ply (Control of, by Representative Body) Bill, it Water Supply 


Water to the Metropolis. | appearing to the Committee that Notices for the ee S 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Bill have been inserted in the Newspapers and tative Body) 
Table. Gazette subsequent to the introduction of the Bill, Bill. 
y | it be referred to the Examiner of Petitions to inquire 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : and report whether such Notices correctly describe 
e Lords, Mr. Speaker, | the objects of the Bill, as required by the Standing 


Eastern Union The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Union Orders; that the several Parties, who have already 
Railway Bill Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | appeared before the Examiner, be permitted to be 
VoL. 106. PPp4 again 














296 
again heard; and that the Examiner have leave to 
proceed forthwith. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Report. 


Jachson’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Jackson's 
Estate Bill. 


Lethbridge’s 


Lethbridge’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec 
Railway Bill, which was this day 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 
for enabling the Class A. Shareholders of the Saint 
Andrew's and Quebec Railroad Company to divide 
the Shares in the undertaking into two Classes, and 
for other Purposes: And that Mr. Baldock and 
Mr. Lacy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Saint Andrew's 
and Quebec 
Railway. 


General A Petition of Major General Sir Robert John 
Reversion'ty Harvey, the Chairman of the General Reversionary 
ment Company 20d Investment Company, praying that provision 
i may be made in the General Reversionary and In- 
vestment Company Bill for the imposition of a 
Stamp Duty of 5/. for and upon the first Memorial 
enrolled, pursuant to the Act, from which the names 
of the persons who shal! be deemed, held and taken 
to be the Trustees of the Company shall appear, and 
the sum of 5/. 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 
Trustee or Trustees of the Company of the first and 
second class respectively, or otherwise as to the 
House may seem meet, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


General Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
any solve itself into a Committee, to consider of autho- 
ment Company izing the imposition of a Stamp Duty for and upon 
{Stamp Duty _ the first Memorial enrolled pursuant to any Act for 
on Memorials.) hetter enabling the Senet Reversionary and In- 

vestment Company to sue and be sued, and to facili- 

tate the holding and transfer of the property of the 


Company by and from the present and future Trus- 


19° Juniz. 





tees thereof, and for other purposes, from which the | 
names of the persons who shall be deemed, held | 
and taken to be the Trustees of the Company shall | 
appear, and for and upon every other such Memorial 
in which the name or names of any person or per- | 
sons shall for the first time be inserted as a Trustee | 
or Trustees of the Company of the first and second 
class respectively, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which | 
would otherwise be payable on Deeds, Surrenders, 


A. 1851. 


mittee appointed by their Lordships on the Patent 
Law Amendment Bills. 

And John Lewis Ricardo, Esquire, Joshua Proc- 
tor Westhead, Esquire, the Master of the Rolls, Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General, being 
present in their places, severally declared they were 
willing, with leave of the House, to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships in their 
said Message. 

Resolved, That John Lewis Ricardo, Esquire, Jo- 
shua Proctor Westhead, Esquire, the Master of the 
Rolls, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral, have leave to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to John Lewis Ricardo, Esquire, Joshua Proctor 
Westhead, Esquire, the Master of the Rolls, Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General, to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if they think fit: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Number of Detections, and of the 
Number of Persons prosecuted for Offences in Jre- 
/and against the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit 
Distillation in each Quarter of the year, from the 
5th day of April 1850 to the 5th day of April 1851, 
distinguishing those convicted ; viz.— 


QUARTERS ENDING 





5th July 1850. 





By the 
| Revenue 
Police. 


By the 
Surveying Total. 
Officers. 


By the 
Revenue 
Police. 


By the 
Surveying | Total. 
Officers. 


—_ es 


10th October 1850. 





Number of Detec- 
tions - - | 


Number of Persons | 
Prosecuted - 


Number of Persons 
Convicted - 














5th January 1851. 


5th April 1851. 





By the 
Revenue 
Police. 


By the 
Surveying 
Officers. 


Revenue 
Police. 


By the 
Surveying 


Officers. 





Number of Detec- 


tions - - 


Number of Persons 
Prosecuted - 


Number of Persons 
Convicted - 

















Of ali Stills, Worms, and other Utensils used in 
the Manufacture of Spirits by illicit Distillers, dis- 


Admissions, or Assurances, in order to vest the an- | tinguishing the Excise Collection in Jreland in 
nuities, messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, | which such Seizures or Detections have been made ; 
property, effects or monies of the said Company in | the Quantities of Spirits seized or destroyed by the 


the said Trustees for the time being of the Company, | 


of the first or second class. 


Ordered, That the Plans, Sections, Estimate of 
+e aga Expense, Petition and Bill, deposited in the Private 
‘hames and Dull Office in November last, in relation to the Me- 
London Aque- t:opolitan Waterworks (Henley-on- Thames and Lon- 
duct) Bill. don Aqueduct) Bill, be referred to the Committee 
on the Metropolis Water Bill. 


Mctropolitan 
Waterworks 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of Tues- 
day last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will give leave to John Lewis Ricardo, Es- 
quire, Joshua Proctor Westhead, Esquire, the Master 
of the Rolls, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General, Members of this House, to attend their 
Lordships, to give Evidence befure the Select Com- 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Bills 





Revenue Police and Surveying Officers in each Ex- 
cise Collection in Ireland, and how disposed of :— 


Total. 


—_—_—- 








Other 
Utensils. 
Low Wines 


Worms. 


| 
i 
| 3 





Collection of | Seizures made | 
by the Re- | 


venue Police. | 


The Surveying 
Officers of 


Excise, 

















i 


Like Returns for England, for same Periods :— 
And, like Returns for Scotland, for same Periods 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 452, 
of Session 1850). 

Ordered, 





&amp;e. 


Wash, 
se‘zed 


2 
id he 
E | se’ 


How dis- 
pored of. 





eur 


pallways. 


Colonial 
Jand and 
Emigration 
Commission, 


Ceylon. 


Railway 
Accident 
(Clay Cross 
Station. ) 


Religious 
Tests, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Pifty-first 


Standing 


Orders, 
( 
Powers 


15 Vicroriz. 


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 
30th day of June 1851, which may at that Date be 
— for Traffic ; also the Length of Line (with the 

umber 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 30th 
day of June 1851; 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. 102, of the 
present Session). 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Eleventh General Report of the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 
1851. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for an Account of the Total Expense or 
Charge to the British Government for the Military 
Establishments in the Island of Ceylon, distinguish- 
ing the Charge for Staff Officers, Royal Engineers 
and Artillery, Military Stores, Commissariat, Trans- 
port and every ether Rupeune ; stating also the Sum 
contributed by the Island Revenue towards the Mi- 
litary Chest, in the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1849. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 16th day of this instant June, for a Copy 
of the Report of the Officer appointed by the Com- 
missioners of Railways to inquire into the Circum- 
stances attending a fatal Collision which occurred 
near the Clay Cross Station on the Midland Rail- 
way, on the 19th day of May 1851. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will resolve itself into a 
Committee to consider the Religious Tests, ori- 
ginally imposed either by the Authority of the 
Crown or by Act of Parliament, as a Qualification 
for any stell corporate privilege in the Universities 
and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin ; 


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. 








Veneris, 20° die Junii ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 17th, 
18th and 19th 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- 
mittee on Standing Grier several Resolutions, 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Birkenhead 


i 
ayy Docks (further Powers to the Birkenhead Dock 


Vox. 106. 


19°—20° Junie. 





297 


Company, &amp;c.) Bill ; Petition of F. 7. Bircham, that Birkenhead 
time may be allowed for petitioning against the Pock pong 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed ad : 
with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Birkenhead Birkenhead 
Docks (further Powers to the Birkenhead Dock ama ety ong 
Company, &amp;c.) Bill, Petition for additional pro- Birkenhead 
vision, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- Dock Com- 


pensed with. pe &amp;e.) 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Birkenhead Birkenhead 


: Docks (furth 
Docks (further Powers to the Birkenhead Dock — — 


Company, &amp;c.) Bill, Petition of G. B. Gregory, pray- Birkenhead 
ing that the Petition of Richard Smith (14th f une) Dock Com- 
may be referred to the Committee on the Bill, and Bi?” ae.) 
that he be permitted to be heard thereon, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the SaintAndrew’s 
Class A. Shareholders of the Saint Andrew’s and whey A 
Quebec Railroad Company to divide the Shares in ’ 

the Undertaking into two Classes, and for other 

purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edin- te Fg 
burgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill; and the Railway Bill. 
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 tv the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Cheltenham Improvement and Health Bill Cheltenham 
was read the third time; and Amendments were ™ — 
made to the Bill. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company Bill Magneto- 

was read the third time; and an Amendment was Hicetric 
. graph 

made to the Bill. Company Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for incorporating the Magnetic 
Telegraph Company, and to enable the said Com- 
pany to work certain Letters Patent. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Helen’s 
the Saint Helen’s Improvement (No. 2) Bill, as ag on 
amended in the Committee; and an Amendment S® ®) 3¥ 
was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Warkworth 
the Warkworth Harbour Dock Company Bill, as Harbour _ 
amended in the Committee. ways 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Duchy of Lancaster (High Peak Mining Duchy of 
Customs and Mineral Courts) Bill was, according _ ay 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to yining 


a Select Committee. Customs and 
Mineral 
Courts) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the im- ae 
osition of a Stamp Duty for and upon the first mentCompany 
Hemeriel enrolled pursuant to any Act for better [Stamp Duty 


and Investment °" Memo- 


rials.) 


enabling the General Reversiona 
Company to sue and be sued, and to facilitate the 
holding and transfer of the property of the Company 
by and from the present and future Trustees thereof, 
and for other purposes, from which the names of the 
persons who shall be deemed, held and taken to be 
the Trustees of the 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 





eat first 








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soca wis inncss aniline bo DE 














298 20° Junii. A. 1851. 


first time be inserted as a Trustee or Trustees of the 
Company of the first and second Class respectively, 
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, tenements, hereditaments, property, effects 
or monies of the said Company in the said Trustees 
far the time being of the Company, of the first or 
second Class. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five Pounds 
shall be a gio for and upon the first Memorial 
which may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better 
enabling the General Reversionary and Investment 
Company to sue and be sued, and to facilitate the 
holding and transfer of the ery! of the Com- 
pany by and from the present and future Trustees 
thereof, and for other purposes, from which Memo- 
rial the names of the persons who shall be deemed, 
held and taken to be the Trustees of the Company 
shall appear, and that a like sum of Five Pounds 
shall be payable for and upon every other such 
Memorial, in which the name or names of any per- 
son or persons shall for the first time be inserted as 
a Trustee or Trustees of the Company of the first 
and second Class respectively, in lieu of the Stamp 
Duties which would otherwise be payable upon the 
Deeds, Surrenders, Admissions or Assurances in the 
Law, in order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, 
tenements, hereditaments, property, effects or monies 
of the said Company in the Trustees for the time 
being of the Company, of the first or second Class. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

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





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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Railway 


Accident(Clay Accident (Clay Cross Station), which was presented 


) yesterday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That the following Petitions in favour of the 
andle Water and Sewerage Company Bill, depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office on Wednesday the 
18th day of June, be referred to the Committee on 
the Bill; viz.—1. Millowners on or near the River 
Wandle; 2. Proprietors, Ratepayers, and Inhabi- 
tants of the vital of Lambeth; 3. Ditto, of Saint 





Resolved; That an humble Address be presented Frnest Charly 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 9°" 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter, with its Enclosures, ad- 
dressed to the Secretary of State by the Visiting 
Justices of the House of Correction at Westminster, 
with respect to the Treatment of Ernest Charles 
Jones, during his Confinement in that Prison. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Belfast 
Copies of all Communications between the Guar- Union, &amp;, 
dians of Belfast Union, the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, and the Board of Supervision in Scotland, 
relative to the Removal of an Infant named John 
Stewart from Stranraer to Ireland, in the Month 
of February 1851 ; including Copies of the Petition 
and Complaint of the Inspector of the Poor of the 
Parish of Stranraer; of the Medical Certificate and 
Removal Order; and of the Declarations made by 
the Master of the Workhouse and the Relieving 
Officer of the Belfast Union. 


Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage ; pyptic 
—Church and State ;—Church of Rome ;—Eccle- Petitions, 
siastical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Religious Houses Vide Fit 
Bill; and, Ecclesiastical ‘litles Assumption Bill; second Rep 
—Universities (Scotland) Bill; County Rates on Public 
and Expenditure ;— Newspapers, &amp;c.;—Agricul- Fetitions. 
ture ;—Matteo Bonacich ;—British White Herring 
Fishery Bill ;—-County Constabulary ;—Disarma- 
ment ;— Education (Jre/and);— Improvement of 
Towns (Jreland) Bill ;—Merchant Seamen’s Funds 
Act; Registration Act; and, Mercantile Marine 
Act ;—Pharmacy Bill ;—Public Houses (Scot/and) 

Bill ;—and, Railway Propulsion,—were presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Annuity Tax ( Edinburgh) 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Annuity Tax (Edinburgh). 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address negistrars 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of March last, of Deeds 
for a Return of the Total Amount of Fees received Middlesex.) 
by the Registrars of Deeds in Middlesex, or their 
Deputies or Clerks, in each year, from the end of 
the year 1848 to the end of the year 1850, and of 
the Application of such Fees, distinguishing the 
Amount paid for the Expenses of the Office, and 
the Amount received by the Registrars for their 
own Use, and stating whether any and what 





George-the-Martyr, Southwark; 4. Ditto, of Cam- 
berwell; 5. Ditto, of Saint Mark, Kennington; 6. 
Ditto, of Saint Saviour’s, Southwark; 7. Ditto, of | 
Peckham and Hamlet of Hatcham; 8. Ditto, of | 
Newington; 9. Ditto, of Christchurch, Blackfriars ; 
10. Ditto, of Rotherhithe; 11. Ditto, of Croydon; | 
12. Ditto, of Wandsworth; 13. Ditto, of Batter-| 
sea:—And the said Motion was, with leave of the | 
House, withdrawn. 


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 pre- 





Duties are performed by them in Person; also, 
an Account of the Fees received for searching 
any special or new Indexes, and of the Authority 
under which such Fees are demanded and taken ; 
of the Names of the Registrars, Deputies and 
Clerks, and of the Salaries and Emoluments of 
each, during such Period: — And, Copies of any 
Rules and Orders of the Lord Chancellor and 


Judges, pursuant to the Act 7 Anne, c. 20 (in con- 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 385, of Ses- 
sion 1849), 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


sent Parliament for the Borough of Greenwich, in , Table. 


the room of Edward George Barnard, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That the Owners and Lessees of Mines Owners and 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | (Ireland) Bill be read a second time after the Or- Lessees of 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report by Sir Robert Kane (of 
the Museum of Jrish Industry in Dudlin) to the 
Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, &amp;c. 
on the Results of the Distillation of Peat. 

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








Mines (Ire- 


ders of the day. Jand) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Ecclesiastical Property Va- Ecclesiastical 


luation (Ireland) Bill be read a second time upon /roperty 
Monday next. (ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Lands Clauses Consolidation Lands Clauses 
(Ireland) Bill be read a second time after the Or- Consolidation 
ders of the day. 


(Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, 








int Alban’s 
bribery Com- 
ribe 


uestration 
Se penctices 
Bill. 
civil Bills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) 
(Salaries, &amp;c. ] 


Railway 
Accident 
(Falmer 
Station. ) 


No. 416. 


Metropolis 
Water. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles 
Assumption 
Bill. 


15 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That the Saint Alban’s Bribery Com- 
mission Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Sequestration of Benefices Bill 
be read a second time after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon 
Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) [Salaries, &amp;c.] 


Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 16th day of this instant June, for a Copy 
of the Report of the Officer appointed by the Com- 
missioners of Railways, to inquire into the Cireum- 
stances attending a fatal Accident which occurred 
by a Train of the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Company running off the Line near 
the Falmer Station, on the Brighton and Lewes 
Railway, on the 6th day of June 1851. 

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


Ordered, That all Reports presented to the House 
relating to the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, 
be referred to the Committee on the Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Titles As- 
sumption Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N°2 (Titles to pretended Sees or Dio- 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


ceses in the United Kingdom not to be assumed). 
AnotherAmendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ be construed to interfere with or in any manner 
“ to restrict the free action of the Roman Catholic 
“ Church in the United Kingdom in matters of a 
“« spiritual nature. ” 
Geustion put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Monsell, 42 
Mr. Scully : \ yes 
Tellers for the Noes, bye ge sa Hill: }o0. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Lord pt Hill: }150. 
Tellers for the Noes, i= : —— \ 35. 
Crausg, N° 3 (Act not to extend to Bishops of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland). 
Amendment proposed : In p. 3, 1. 2, to leave out 
from the word “ place ” to the end of the Clause, in 
order to add the words “ used as the designation of 
“ office in such Church, or to the assumption or 
use of the title of Archbishop, Bishop or Dean, 
taken by any person solely as the designation of 
his office, for the government of any voluntary 
Church, according to its rules and usages, and 
not claiming or assuming to have by law, in re- 
spect of such title, any jurisdiction, authority 
“ or pre-eminence in the United Kingdom,” in- 
stead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Sharman Crawford, 
Noes, Mr. Reynolds: 
Clause agreed to. 


118. 


} ss. 


Clause (That this Act shall not extend or apply 
to Jreland), brought up, and read 1. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

Vou, 106. 





20°—21° Junie. 








The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢Mr. Sharman Crawford, \ 
Yeas, {Me Campbell : 5; ™ 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, \ 
Noes, {bord Marcus Hill: j 255. 


Clause offered ( Declaring it unlawful togive Rank 
or Precedence, on occasion of any public State or 
Ceremonial, or to use in any public Document, any 
Title or Appellation of Honour in respect of any Ec- 
clesiastical Dignity in the Church of Rome, to any 
Person not having Her Majesty’s License) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be brought up ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {ra Robert Harry Inglis, \ 121. 


Yeas, Mr. Spooner : 
Tellers for the ps Hayter, } 166 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: , 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit ag@in. 





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


Sabbati, 21° die Junii, 1851; 


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. 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Metropolitan 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Water Supply 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- Sey seo 
ders in the case of the Metropolitan Water Supply tative Body) 
(Control of, by Representative Body) Bill. Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery and Judicial Chancery. al 
Committee Bill ; yt 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 


Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Woods, 
into aCommittee upon the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; Forests, &amp;c. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That N° 4!7- 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 
into a Committee upon the General Board of Health of Health Bill. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Ciause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Criausz, N° 2, disagreed to. 

CiavsE, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 4, disagreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

ScHEDULE : 

Amendments made : 

Motion made, and Question put, That “ Hastings ”’ 


be added. 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr a 1 43. 
Lord Seymour, } 
Tellers for the Noes,{ 1" 7 ccna 82. 
Schedule as amended added. 
QQ2 Preamble 





Prevention of 
Offences Bill. 


No, 418. 


Supply 
[16 June. } 


Ways and 
Means. 


Lodging 
Houses Bill. 


Home-made 
Spirits in 


Bond. 


300 


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 semeied 
next. 





\ 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
take into consideration the Prevention of Offences | 
Bill, as ‘amended in the Committee; and Amend-' 
ments were made to the Bill. | 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. — | 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming | 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed, | 
upon Monday last, That the Resolution which, upon 
the same day, was reported from the Committee of 
Supply, 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 Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House wili, 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 third 
reading of the Lodging-houses Bill ; 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to take into consideration the 
present 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 
Consumption, shall be charged on the quantity as- 
certained by the measure and strength of the sum 


20°—21° Junie. 





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 and 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 months, 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 exportation 
to Foreign Parts, no Duty shall be charged on any 
deficiency that may occur in 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 Lord Naas and Mr. Mac- 
kenzie do prepare, and bring it in. 





A. 1851. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Owners ang 


reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
land Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Lessees of 
Mi 


Ines (Ire. 


land) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lands Clauses 
reading of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Ireland) Creation 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


into consideration the Saint Alban’s Bribery Com- 
mission Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ireland) Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Saint Athan's 


Bribery Com- 
mission Bill, 


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


reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


0 


f Benefices 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Civil Bills, &amp;, 


into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the ‘ 
payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland, 
of the Salaries, Compensations and Retiring Allow- 
ances to the several Persons appointed under or 
affected by the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session reluting to Civil Bills in Jreland, and of 
authorizing the Collection, by means of Stamps, 
of the Fees payable on Civil Bill Processes in Jre- 
land. 


(In the Committee.) 
1. Resolved, That the Salaries, Compensations 


and Retiring Allowances, which may become pay- 


able under any Act of the present Session, relating 
to Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in 
Ireland, shall be charged upon the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 


2. Resolved, That the Duties of Stamps follow- 
ing shall be charged on Civil Bill Processes in Jre- 
land ; that is to say, 


Every original Civil Bill Ejectment Process - 
Every Civil Bill for Redemption - 
Every original Civil Bill Process in Replevin - 
Every original Process for the Recovery of any 
Legacy or distributive Share of Assets 
Every other original Civil Bill 
Every Copy thereof served 
Every Notice of Renewal 
Every Copy thereof served 
Every Recognizance of Appeal 


Resolutions to be reported. 


to bo bo &amp; 





m=) § 8 t be 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had come 
to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon the 27th day of May last, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to add to 
the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
Practice and Proceedings in the High Court of 
Chancery, two or more Persons not of the Profes- 
sion of the Law, but such as to Her Majesty may 
seem qualified as men of business to assist in and 
make more effectual the labours of the Commission- 
ers ; and also praying that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to cause Instructions to be given 
to the said Commissioners, to direct their imme- 
diate attention to the course of Business before the 
Masters in Ordinary of the said Court, so as to re- 
port as speedily as may be their Opinion as to the 
proper steps for regulating the Business in those 
Offices, in such manner as to diminish the Delay 
and Expense to the Suitors, be resumed upon Mon- 


day next. 
’ Ordered, 


Ireland) 


(Salaries, &amp;e.) 


Court of 
Chancery- 








Stamps. 


~~ &amp; 


‘Van Diemen’s 
Land. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund Bill. 


Home-made 

Spirits in 

Bond Bill. 
No, 419, 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund Bill. 


Dublin 
Hospitals, 





15 Vicrortz. 





Copy of a Letter addressed to the Cmmissioners of 


missioners’ 


together with Copies of all Letters and Memorials | 


between the Treasury, the Commissioners of Inland | 


Revenue, the Postmaster-General, and the Patentee, 
in the years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851, in 
reference to the Utility of the Machine, the Effi- 
ciency, Construction or Cost of the Perforating 
Machme furnished by the Patentee, or in respect to 
the Amount of Compensation that should be awarded 
to him ; also, Copy of any Proposal from the Pa- 
tentee to the Lords of the Treasury, or the Commis- 
sioners of Inland Revenue, offering, in conjunction 
with an eminent Engraver, to engrave, print, gum, 
and perforate the Postage Label Sheets for £.2,000 
a-year less than what is now paid for engraving, 
printing and gumming only; together with Copies 
of all Correspondence on the Subject : — And, of 
Agreements entered into between the Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue and Messrs. Bacon and Petch, 
for engraving, printing and gumming the Postage 
Labels in the years 1843 and 1851. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
ge 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 his Excel- 
lency Sir William Denison, Lieutenant-Governor of 
Van Diemen’s Land, and the Police Magistrates of 
New Norfolk and Launceston, on the Subjects no- 
ticed in His Excellency’s Despatch of the 14th day 
of January 1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 316, of Session 1851) :-—And, of the 
Proceedings taken before the said Police Magis- 
trates on the Matters in question :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Merchant Sea- 
men’s Fund, and to provide for winding up the said 
Fund, and for the better Management thereof in the 
meantime: And that Mr. Labouchere, Sir Francis 
Baring and that Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Lord Naas 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 Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, and 
to provide for winding up the said Fund, and for 
the better Management thereof in the meantime: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 


be printed. 


Ordered, That ihe Guardians of the North Dub- 
lin Union and the Guardians of the South Dubdin 
Union respectively do amend the Return made by 
them to an Order of this House, of the 6th day of 
May 1851, as regards “the County, City, Town or 
Place where the Patients were born, or have been 
usually resident previously to the admission into 


the Infirmaries of each of the said Unions,” as far | 


as by reference to the Books of said Unions they 
shall be enabled to do. 


20° —21°—23° Juniz. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


301 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions yewChurchem 


of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table, 
Inland Revenue on the 25th day of October 1847, 
by the Patentee, offering to construct a Perforating | 
Machine for them, upon the understanding that he | 
was not to be paid for the same, or to be compen- | 
sated for his Invention, unless the Plan was ap-' 
proved of ay ter Public; also, Copy of the Com- | 

eply, directing him to construct two| 1841. 
Machines for them on the Terms proposed by him ; | 


by the Clerk ofthe House,—An Account of Charges 
and Expenses paid by Her Majesty’s Commission- 
ers in and about the execution of the several Acts 
of Parliament for building and promoting the build- 
ing of additional Churches in Populous Parishes, 
from the 25th March 1850 to the 25th March 


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, 23° die Junii ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lethbridge’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Estate Bill. 
vate Bills; That in the case of Lethbridge’s Es- 
tate Biil no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Jackson's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bul. 
That in the case of Jackson’s Estate Bill no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


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 Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Water Supply (Control of, by Representative Body) Water Supply 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed ety ecat 
with. : tative Body} 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Fetitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 20th day ee 
of this instant June, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to tne House. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported Athawes’ Estate Bill, with- athawes* 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Imperial 
Imperial Continental Gas Association Bill; That Continental 
they had examined the allegations contained in the G#s Asvocia~ 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, ; 
by stating therein the amount of Money authorized 
to be raised by each of the Acts recited in the Bill, 
and also by transposing from the Clauses of the 
Bill various recitals, explanatory of the reasons why 
it was expedient to alter the existing power for 
raising money by shares, by loan, and for the amalga- 
mation of the several capitals of the Company ; 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 Christ’s Hospital Estate Christ's 
Bill, without Amendment. re ag 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. state Bin. 


Ordered, That Lethbridge’s Estate Bill be read a Lethbridge’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


The Order for reading the third time the Ken- Kensington 
sington Improvement Bill, was read, and discharged. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the ®” 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, upon Wednesday next, at Twelve 
of the clock, with three Members, 





VoL. 106. 


The 


QQ3 





302 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Liver- 
pool Docks (Alteration of Management, &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 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Monk- 
land Railways Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hastie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Brighton Extra-mural Cemetery Bill was 
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 Caledonian Railway (Motherwell Branch Ex- 
tension and Lesmahagow Branches) Bill was read | 


23° Junit. 





A. 1851. 


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 General Reversionary and Investment 
Company to sue and be sued, and to facilitate the 
holding and transfer of the property of the Com- 
pany by and from the present and future Trustees 
thereof, and for other purposes, from which Memo- 
rial the names of the persons who shall be deemed, 
held and taken to be the Trustees of the Company 
shall appear, and that a like sum of Five Pounds 
shall be payable for and upon every other such 
Memorial, in which the name or names of any per- 
son or persons shall for the first time be inserted as 
a ‘l'rustee or Trustees of the Company of the first 
and second Class respectively, in lieu of the Stamp 
Duties which would otherwise be payable upon the 
Deeds, Surrenders, Admissions or Assurances in the 
Law, in order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, 





tenements, hereditaments, property, effects, or monies 
‘of the said Company in the Trustees for the time 
being of the Company, of the first or second Class. 


| The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


_ was agreed to. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


the third time; and Amendments were made to the | mittee on the General Reversionary and Investment 


Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Archibald Hastie do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
London (City) Sewers Bill:—The House resumed 
the said further Proceeding. 


A Clause (Saint Bartholomew's and Christ's Hos- | 


pitals not to be assessed to Sewer or Consolidated 
Rate) was thrice read, and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Bill 
was read the third time; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the formation of a 


ham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley, and Bir- 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways, in 


the Parish of Wolverhampton, and the making of 


| Company Bill, That they have Power to make pro- 


vision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Mr. Bernal reported Saint Barthomolew’s Hos- gaint 


pital Estate Bill, with an Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








The Order of the day being read, for the second Sequestration 
| reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time to- 
| morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


A Petition of H. C. Radcliffe, Minister of the Great 
Ecclesiastical District of Saint Luke, King’s Cross, Northern 
in the county of Middlesex, stating that he presented B*! 
a Petition respecting the contemplated extension (No. 1) Bill. 
| Bill of the Great Northern Railway, addressed to 


the House, at the Private Bill Office, on Thursday 


27th February last, at Five o'clock p.m., bei 
‘within seven days from the second reading of the 
| aforesaid extension Bill, according to the Standing 


| Orders of the House; that, owing to the adjourn- 
Branch or Junction Line to connect the Birming- | 


ment, the House was not then sitting ; and that the 
Petitioner could not, as he was informed, lodge the 
aforesaid Petition in the charge of the officials of 
the Private Bill Office within the period appointed 


Arrangements with other Companies; and for other | by the House for such Petitions ; and praying that, 


Purposes. 


| owing to the before-recited circumstances, the House 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | will be pleased to refer the above-named Petition to 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. 


| the Committee appointed to consider the extension 
| Bill of the Great Northern Railway; and that he 
‘ilson Patten reported from the Committee, | may be heard upon such Petition, by himself, his 


to whom it was referred to consider of authorizing | counsel or agent, was presented, and read ; and or- 
the imposition of a Stamp Duty for and upon the first | dered to lie upon the Table. 


Memorial enrolled pursuant to any Act for better | 
enabling the General Reversionary and Investment | 


Company to sue and be sued, and to facilitate the 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metro- Metropolis 
olis Water Supply, which was presented upon Water Supply. 


holding and transfer of the property of the Company | Thursday last, be printed. 


by and from the present and future Trustees thereof, 
and for other purposes, from which the names of the 
persons who shall be deemed, held and taken to be 
the Trustees of the 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 of the first and second Class re- 
spectively, 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 for the time being of the Company, 
of the first or second Class, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 








| Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Registrars Registrars 


of Deeds (Middlesex), which was presented upon 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New NewChurcke:. 


Churches, which was presented upon Friday last, be 


| printed. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented Corporation 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased of London. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House 
Returns of the Number and Names of the different 
Wards within the City of Zondon, with the Number 
of Aldermen and Common Councilmen :—Of the 
Number of Persons rated to the Relief of the Poor 





in 





Kafir Tribes. 
No. 424. 


Emigrants. 


Steam Com- 
munication 

(New South 
Wales, &amp;c.) 


Jackson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Land and 
Works, 


No. 425, 


Publie 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
third Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 





15 VicToRiIz£. 


in each Parish within the City of Zondon :—Of the 
Number of Persons on the Register of Parliamen- 
tary Electors within the City of Zondon for the 
several years from 1845 to 1851, distinguishing 
Liverymen from Householders :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons on the Register of Municipal Elec- 
tors within the City of Zondon for Aldermen and 
Common Councilmen, from 1845 to 1851 (each 
Ward to be given separately as regards the several 
Returns). 

Ordered, That 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,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this instant June, 
for Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative 
to the Kafir Tribes, between the years 1837 and 
1845. 

Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
dated the 15th day of April last, for Copies of the 
Advertisement issued by the Colonial Land and Emi- 
gration Commissioners in March 1851, for Tenders 
for the Board and Lodging of Emigrants in Depdéts 
to be provided at London or Plymouth, or London 
and Southampton :—Of any Correspondence rela- 
tive thereto between the Commissioners and the 
Parties tendering :—Of the Report of Lieutenant 
Lean or other Officer of the Commissioners upon the 
proposed Depdts :—Of any recent Correspondence 
relating to the proposed Depots at Plymouth, or else- 
where, between the Commissioners and other Go- 
vernment Departments :—And, of the Tenders de- 
livered in pursuance of the aforesaid Advertisement, 
and of any special Stipulations entered into on the 
Part of the Commissioners with Persons whose 
Tenders have been accepted ; stating their Names, 
the Period for which such Tenders have been ac- 
cepted, the Terms of the Parties, and whether they 
had held previous Contracts, and during what 
Period. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of April last, for Copies of the Reports of 
1846, 1848 and 1850, of Committees of the Legis- 
lative Councils of New South Wales, New Zealand, 
and the Mauritius, on the subject of Steam Com- 
munication with Europe; and of any Resolutions 
passed with reference to these Reports by the said 
Councils. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Return relative to Kafir Tribes, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That Jackson’s Estate Bill be read a 
second time. 


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Expenses incurred by the Office of Woods and 
Forests in Law and Surveying Charges, on account 
of the Land and Works at Birkenhead, in Cheshire. 

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


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise, 
&amp;c. ;—Church of Rome ;—Church Rates ;—Ecclesi- 
astical Titles Assumption Bill ;—Oath of Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill ;—Religious Houses Bill ;—Religious 
Houses Bill ; and, Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption 
Bill ;— Universities (Scotland) Bill ; — Flour ;— 
Beer-houses ; — Common Lodging-houses ; — Dis- 
armament ;—General Board of Health Bill ;—Ille- 
gitimate Children (Jreland);— Metropolis Water 
Bill;—Mines and Collieries ;—Navigation Laws ; 
—Patents for Inventions ; — Petty Sessions (Ire- 
land) Bill; —Pharmacy Bill ;—Postage ;—Public 
Houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Ramsgate and Margate 
Harbours ;—River Suck ;— School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, Smithfield Market Removal 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

VoL. 106. 


93° Junie. 








303 


The House, accordin 
into a Committee upon t 
sumption Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble: Amendment proposed: In p. 1, 1. 1, 
after the word “ Whereas ”’ to insert the words “this 
“ Kingdom is and has been at all times so free and 
“ independent, that no Foreign Prince, Prelate or 
“ Potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction 
“ or authority within the same, or any part thereof; 
“‘ and whereas the Bishop of Rome, by a certain 
“ Brief, Rescript or Letters Apostolical, purporting 
“ to have been given at Rome on the 29th day of 
“ September 1850, hath recently pretended to con- 
“ stitute within this Realm, according to the common 


“ rules of the Church of Rome, a Hierarchy of 
“« Bishops, named from Sees, and with titles derived 
“ and whereas.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Bankes : 
Tellers for the Noes, { Lord Marcus Hill: {24° 
Another Amendment proposed: In p. 1, I. 8, 
“ fifty’ to insert the words “and purporting to 
= constitute within this Realm, contrary to the laws 
“ named from Sees, and with titles derived from 
“ places within this Realm.” 
serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
|v. 
Mr. Hayter 
Lord Marcus Hill: jaa. 


“ from places belonging to the Crown of England; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, }isi. 
Mr. Hayter, 

after the words “one thousand eight hundred and 

and customs thereof, a Hierarchy of Bishops 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Walpole, 


Mr. Spooner : 
Tellers for the Noes, 


An Amendment made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Pre- 
amble, as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
}o00. 
} 39. 


T = f r Mr. Ha ter, 
ellers for the Yeas, { Leod ine JON: 
Mr. Reynolds, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Keogh : 

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. 








to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
e Ecclesiastical Titles As- i 


ssumption 
ill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oath of 


into a Committee upon the Oath of Abjuration 
(Jews) 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, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


The Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Court of 


Bill was, according to Order, 
and committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday next. 


read a second time ; Chancery 
and Judicial 
Committee 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Supply 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (16 June.) 


upon Monday last, That the Resolution which, upon 
the same day, was reported from the Committee of 
Supply, be now read a second time ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
ea4 And 











304 


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

The said Resolution was accordingly read a 
second time, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three hun- 
dred tousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expenses of the Kaffir War, 
beyond the ordinary Grants for Army, Navy, Ord- 
nance and Commissariat Services, for the years 
1850-51 and 1851-52.” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution. 


Kaffir War. 


23° Junii. 





Smithfield 
Market 
Removal Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Smithfield Market Re- 
moval Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an | 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 





Gunpowder The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
red ool) into a Committee upon the Gunpowder Stores 
Seemann ( Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill; and, after some | 
Repeal Bill. 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. 

a Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, to 

(Salaries, &amp;c.) Whom it was referred to consider of authorizing 
the payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
the Salaries, Compensations and Retiring Allow- 
ances to the several persons appointed under or af- 
fected by the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session relating to Civil Bills in Jreland, and of 
authorizing the Collection, by means of Stamps, of 
the Fees payable on Civil Bill Processes in Zredand, 
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Salaries, Compensations 
and Retiring Allowances, which inay become paya- 
ble under any Act of the present Session, relating 
to Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in 
Lreland, sliall be charged upon the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That the Duties of Stamps following 
shall be charged on Civil Bill Processes in Ireland ; 
that is to say, 


Every original Civil Bill Ejectment Process - 
Every Civil Bill for Redemption - ~ - 
Every original Civil Bill Process in Replevin - 
Every original Process for the Recovery of any 

Legacy or distributive Share of Assets 
Every other original Civil Bill = - - 
Every Copy thereof served - - 
Every Notice of Renewal - -— = 


d, 
6 
6 
6 


tonob$ 


6 
6 
6 
6 
6 


Every Copy thereof served - - 
Every Recognizance of Appeal 





Y ©&amp;.3. 44.4 
mitt t te 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 





mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein pursuant 
to the said Resolutions. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. ‘The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
{Ircland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crauseg, N° 1, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 2 to N°21, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 22, postponed. 








A. 1851. 


Crausss, N° 23 to N° 34, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 35 (Jurisdiction in ordinary cases: 
What Actions Assistant Barristers may hear and 
determine). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 18, 1.37, to leave: 
out the word “forty,” in order to insert the word 
“ fifty,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ forty ” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. ' 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, - 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: jf 82 

TelJers for the Colonel Dunne, 7 
Noes, \Sir Denham Norreys : ;™. 


Clause agreed to. 


Cuausss, N° 36 to N° 72, with Amendments to. 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 73, postponed. 
Criauses, N° 74 to N° 81, agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 82, postponed. 


Ciausges, N° 83 to N° 157, with Amendments to. 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 158, postponed. 
Curauses, N° 159 to N° 163, agreed to. 


Ciavse (Ifin any action brought after the com- 
mencement of this Act in any of Her Majesty’s Su- 
perior Courts of Record in Dublin, in debt, cove- 
nant, detinue or assumpsit (save for breach of pro— 
mise of marriage), the plaintiff shall recover, for 
debt or damages, exclusive of costs, a sum not ex- 
ceeding twenty pounds, or if in any action (brought 
as last aforesaid) of trespass, trover or trespass on 
the case (not being in replevin, or for slander, libel, 
malicious prosecution, breach of promise of mar- 
riage, seduction or criminal conversation with a 
man’s wife), the plaintiff shall recover for damages, 
exclusive of costs, a sum not exceeding five pounds, 
the plaintiff in any such action shall not be entitled 
to any costs, unless at the trial of such cause the 
Judge shall certify, on the back of the record, either 
that the case was one which could not have been 
tried in the Civil Bill Court, or that, although within 
the jurisdiction of the Civil Bill Court, it neverthe- 
less was a fit case to be tried in one of such Supe- 
rior Courts, or (in case there shall be no trial) un- 
less the Court or a Judge shall, on motion, make 
an order to the like effect ; and in case there shall 
be no such certificate or order, it shall not be ne- 
cessary to enter any suggestion on the record to 
deprive such plaintiff of costs, nor shall any such 
plaintiff be entitled to costs by reason of any privi- 
lege in consequence of either the plaintiff or defen- 
dant being an attorney or officer of such Court or 
otherwise) brought up, and read 1. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 





_be read a second time ; 


The Committee divided. 


de = (Colonel Dunne, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr, French : if 


oe 1. {Mr. Hayter, - 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Tord Marcus Hill: f a 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


63. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. 
(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, be printed. 
Ordered, 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 426. 


aan 





Lands Clauses 


Consolidation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill 


Petty Sessions 


(Ireland) Bill. 


General Board 


of Health Bill, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
Valuation 
(ireland) Bill, 


Customs Bill. 


Inhabited 
ouse Dut 
ua 


15 VicTorRiz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


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


Martis, 24° die Junii, 1851: 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read a 


second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—-And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Comunittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the General Board of Health Bill, 


as amended in the Committee. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by inserting in the Schedule the word “ Has- 
tings.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Hastings” be there inserted ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { ny" Zyeney : 


Tellers for the Noes, ae Hayter, 


} 


s 46. 
Lord Marcus Hill : } ae 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation 
(Ireland) 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 Customs 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 Inhabited House Duty Bill ; 

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

Vou. 106. 





93°— 24° Junti. 











305 | 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Owners and 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Ire- — - 
land) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Chancery. 
upon the 27th day of May last, That an humble Ad- 
dress be presented to Her Majesty, that She will be 
graciously pleased to add to the Cccmnignlonann ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings 
in the High Court of Chancery, two or more Persons 
not of the Profession of the Law, but such as to 
Her Majesty may seem qualified as men of business, 
to assist in and make more effectual the labours of 
the Commissioners; and also praying that Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to cause Instruc- 
tions to be given to the said Commissioners to di- 
rect their immediate attention to the course of Busi- 
ness before the Masters in Ordinary of the said 
Court, so as to report as speedily as may be their 
Opinion as to the proper steps for regulating the 
Business in those Offices in such manner as to di- 
minish the Delay and Expense to the Suitors ; 

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


The Lodging-houses Bill was, according to Or- Lodging _ 
der, read the third time. Houses Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Marquis of Blandford do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concur- 
rence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Saint Alban’s 
reading of the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission Bribery 
Bill : iL 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamiiton Administration 
be discharged from further attendance on the Select = 
Committee on the Administration of Criminal Jus- Jorovement 
tice Improvement Bill. Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Napier and Mr. Granger be 
added to the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Pharmaceu- 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to tical Society. 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation of 
the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Saint Pancras Saint Pancras 
( Middlesex) Paving (re-committed) Bill, with further eg 
Amendments. ee 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Irish Packet 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 50. 
— to inquire as to the proposal for an Irish 

acket Station. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cape of Good 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hope. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Letters Patent of the 15th day of 
December 1847, appointing Sir Harry Smith Go- 
vernor of the Cape of Good Hope, and the Instruc- 
tions therewith given. 
Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty by such Members of this 


resented to 
ouse as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, 


RR 





Colonies, 


Colonies. 


Colonial 
Military 
Expenditure. 


South Africa. 


Portpatrick 
Harbour 
Light. 





$06 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns ‘of the Value of the Exports from each 
Colony of Great Britain to each Country, in each 
of the five latest years for which the same can be 
made up for each Colony respectively :—Of the 
Value of the Imports from each Country to each 
Colony of Great Britain, in each of the five latest 
years for which the same can be made up for each 
Colony respectively :—Of the Quantities and De- 
clared Value of British and Jrish Produce and 
Manufactures Exported from the United Kingdom 
to each Colony of Great Britain in the years 1846, 
1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850:—Of the Quantities of 
Foreign and Colonial Produce Exported from the 
United Kingdom to each Colony of Great Britain, 
in the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 :— 
(Returns similar to those of the Tables of Revenue 
and Population, distinguishing each Colony more 
fully than in those Returns). 


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 the Colonies 
of Great Britain, exhibiting the Cost of Collection : 
—And, Return, in a Tabular Form, for the last year 
in which they can be made up, of the Disburse- 
ments, under their different Heads, of each of the 
Colonies of Great Britain (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary 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 
House, a Return of the Number of Her Majesty’s 
Troops who have been employed in the Colonies of 
Great Britain in each of the years 1848, 1849 and 
1850, and at what Cost for Pay as well as Commis- 
sariat Expenses to Great Britain (in continuation 
of Part of Parliamentary Paper, No. 239, 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, a 
Return of General Abstract of the Colonial Military 
Expenditure by Great Britain, during the lastest 
year for which the same can be made up (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 224, of Ses- 
sion 1849). . 


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 Her Majesty’s Troops 
who have been employed in South Africa in each 
year since 1843 :—And, of the General Abstract of 
the Expenditure by Great Britain on Account of 
South Africa, for each year since 1843 (similar to 
Part of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 224 and 239, of 
Session 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. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 2d day of this instant June, That there 
be laid before this House, by the Commissioners of 
Northern Light Houses (as Supplement of the Re- 
turn, No, 288, ordered to be printed 14th May 
1851), Copies of all Correspondence between the 





23°—94° Junit. 


A. 1851. 


Commissioners and the Treasury, or the Admiralty, 
and of the Documents therein referred to, in regard 
to Portpatrick Harbour Light, or in regard to the 
Loss of the “ Orion” Steamer. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Chan 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Orders Noten 
of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster) 
Lancaster, 20th June 1851. 


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





Martis, 24° die Junii ; 
Anno, 15° Victoriz Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 


CRDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


The Saint Helen’s Improvement (No. 2) Bill was Saint Helen's 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made Improvement 
to the Bill. (. 2)am 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order for reading the third time the Wex- Wexford Free 

ford Free Bridge Bill was read, and discharged. Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

former Committee :—and that they have leave to sit 

and proceed, upon Friday next, at ‘Twelve of the 

clock, with three Members. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Metropolitan 
posed, That in the case of the Metropolitan Water Water Supply 
Supply (Control of, by Representative Body) Bill, ag meen 
the Standing Orders be dispensed with :—And the tative Body) 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- Bill. 


drawn. 


A Petition of Owners of eighty acres each, or up- South Holland 
wards, of land in the district of South Holland, in Drainage Acts 
the county of Lincoln, and, as such owners, being 4™™4™e* 
trustees of and under certain Acts of Parliament 
heretofore passed for draining and improving such 
lands, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to 
bring in a Bill to enable the committee of trustees 
of the said South Holland drainage district to re- 
build immediately the outfall Sluice, and also, 
either by means of a tax or taxes in gross or by in- 
creased annual taxes, to raise the funds required 
for such purposes, was presented, and read; and 
— to the Select Committee on Standing Or- 

ers. 


Several Petitions relating to the Religious Houses Public 

Bill ;—Paper ;—Pharmacy Bill ;—Public Houses Peon 

(Scotland) Bill ;—and, Savings Bank (Rochdale),— viae Fifty- 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon a 
n ru 

the Table. Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Dingle pingle Union 

Union Workhouse, which was presented upon the Workhouse. 

12th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 427. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eastern Eastern 
Archipelago Company, which was presented upon — 
the 16th day of this instant June, be printed. a aaa 
Oo. '° 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigrants, Emigrants. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 429. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Com- steam Com- 
munication (ew South Wales, &amp;c.), which was pre- munication 


Yew South 
sented yesterday, be printed. sy ke) 





Ordered, No, 430. 








ems 








15 Vicroriz. 


Portpatrick Ordered, That the Return relative to Portpatrick 
Harbour Harbour Light, which was presented yesterday, be 


No. 431. printed. 


prevention of The Prevention of Offences Bill was, according 
Offences Bill. +4 Order, read the third time ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

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 dcth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


smithfield The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Market Bill reading of the Smithfield Market Removal Bill ; 
aan "And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr pm } 81. 
f{Mr. Hume, 
Tellers for the Noes,) nee: Wiliam Williams:} 


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. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Gunpowder The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Stores take into consideration the Gunpowder Stores 
Exemption (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill, as amended in 
Repeal Bill. the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
a the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
Bill. yesterday, That the Church Building Acts Amend- 
ment 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 
mace to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of tle Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 
day next. 
_ og The Order of the day being read, for the third 
mission Bi. — of the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission 
ill ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read the third time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


er iraatzation Ordered, That the Sequestration of Benefices Bill 

Bil, + be read a second time after the Orders of the day. 

_ of Ordered, That Mr. Loveden have leave of ab- 
nce, 


sence for a month, on account of illness in his fa- 
mily; and, Mr. Maurice O’Connell three weeks, 
on urgent business, 





24° Junit. . 307 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table, by Post Office. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 

dated the 28th day of May last, fora Return of the 

Amount of the Annual Sums paid to the Gas Com- 

pany for Gas used in lighting the General Post- 

office, separately, for the years ending the 5th day 

of January 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851 respectively ; 

and stating the Causes of the Increase or Decrease 

in each year. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Further Return to an Ad- Saint Helena. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Revenues collected 
in the Island of Saint Helena, in each of the years 
1848, 1849 and 1850; stating the Sources from 
which received, and the Manner in which the same 
was appropriated ; stating the Names of the several 
Officers receiving more than £.100 a year in the 
last year, and the Offices they held. 

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


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Address Ernest 


June, fora Copy of a Letter, with its Enclosures, ad- No. 432. 
dressed to the Secretary of State by the Visiting 

Justices of the House of Correction at Westminster, 

with respect to the Treatment of Ernest Charles 

Jones, during his Confinement in that Prison. 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the Dean and 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—General Ac- see ese al 
count of the Dean and Chapter of Manchester, 1850. ; 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and that the Return relative to Ernest 

Charles Jones be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Manchester 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 54 
into the working of the system of warehousing Fo- 
reign Goods in Bond in Manchester, as it affects 
Importers, Dealers and Consumers of Goods liable 
to Customs Duty residing in Manchester and the 
neighbouring Towns ; also as to its Effects on the 
Customs Revenue, and to report te the House as to 
the expediency or otherwise of placing Manchester 
onan equal footing with all bonded Towns in the 
United Kingdom ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, oa — 50. 
' Mr. Hayter, . 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 Sd po tad Hill: } 65. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Central 
That it is desirable to extend the Jurisdiction — 
the Central Criminal Court to the whole of each ~ 
County on the Home Circuit:—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Savings 
That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into B#™**- 
a Commitiee, to consider of an Address to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
extend the same measure of relief to the Depositors 
in the late Rochdale, Scarborough, Tralee and Kil- 
larney Savings Banks as has been already extended 
to the Depositors in the late Cuffe-street, Dublin, 
Savings Bank ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for they Mr. Henry Herbert, 56 
Yeas, Mr. Sharman Crawford : , 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 63 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: anaes 


So it passed in the Negative. 





VoL. 106. 





RR2 And 


to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of this instant Charles Jones. 








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308 


And the House eo continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 25° die Junii, 1851: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a — soe 1 
Tellers for the Noes, — Trgehert ’ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Adjournment. 


64. 


32. 


And the House accordingly adjourned at a 
quarter of an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Wednesday morning till this day. 





Mercurii, 25° die Juni ; 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Public Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 
(Witty thie 3 Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
Report.) mined the Petitions presented upon the 23d 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. 
Birkenhead Sir Charles Lemon reported from the Committee 


Docks (further on the Birkenhead Docks (further Powers to the 

ote a Birkenhead Dock Company, &amp;c.) Bill; That the 

Dock Com- Parties promoting the same had stated to the Com- 

pany &amp;c.) Bill. mittee that it was not their intention to proceed 
further with the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Metropolis Ordered, That the Committee on the Metropolis 

Water Bill, Water Bill have Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Dundeeand = The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Arbroath the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dundee 

kailway Bill. 


and Arbroath Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read; and, with an Amendment to one of 
them, 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 Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 

SaintAndrew's The Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railway Bill 
Wailvey Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
} Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


94°—D5° Junt?. 


A. 1851, 


Ordered, That he adjourned Debate on the Court of 
Question proposed upon Tuesday the 27th day of Chancery, 
Mey last, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
add to the Commissioners appointed to inquire into 
the Practice and Proceedings in the High Court of 
Chancery, two or more Persons not of the Profes- 
sion of the Law, but such as to Her Majesty may 
seem qualified as men of business to assist in and 
make more effectual the labours of the Commis- 
sioners ; and also praying that Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to cause Instructions to be 
given to the said Commissioners, to direct their im- 
mediate attention to the course of Business before 
the Masters in Ordinary of the said Court, so as to 
report as speedily as may be their Opinion as to the 
proper steps for regulating the Business in those 
Offices, in such manner as to diminish the De- 
lay and Expense to the Suitors, be resumed To- 
murrow. 


Ordered, That the Sequestration of Benefices Sequestration 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. ss Benefices 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Summary 
solidate and amend the Acts relating to certain Of- ee 
fences, and other Matters, as to which Justices of (Treland) Bil, 
the Peace exercise Summary Jurisdiction in Ireland: No. 433, 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to the Oath of Abjura- Public 
tion (Jews) Bill ;—Universities (Scotland) Bill ;— Petitions. 
Attornies’ Certificates ; — British White Herring Vice Fity. 
Fishery Bill ;—County Constabulary ;— Hungarian fourth Report 
Refugees (Zurkish Empire) ;—Navigation Act ;— — 
New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill;—Pharmac 
Bill ;—Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ;— Rochdale 
and Burnley Turnpike-roads Act ;—Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland);— and, Spirits,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Police (Zi- Police _ 
merick), which was presented upon the 26th day of (Limerick. ) 
May last, be printed. No. 434. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint He- Saint Helena. 
lena, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 435. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to regulate Chief Justices’ 
the Salaries of the Chief Justice of the Court of Salaries Bill. 
Queen’s Bench and the Chief Justice of the Court No. 487. 
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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Universities 
reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 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 





mittee of Selection. 


Court of A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
per ae A morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
Committee of authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated 
[Annuity.] Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of an Annuity to any Judge of the Court of 
Appeal in Chancery who shall resign his Office ; 
Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
General Board Ordered, That the General Board of Health Bill 





of Health Bill he read the third time after the Orders of the day. 





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.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Cowan, 65 
Yeas, UMr. Alexander Hastie : } 
Tellers for the fMr. Mackenzie: lL 66 
Noes, Mr. Lockhart, Cees 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 


tive. 
Then 











Int 
Bs 
(lt 


bered 
Baas Lenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Coroners’ Bill. 


Medical 
Charitles 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County Courts 
further 
Extension Bill, 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


Public Houses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Gunpowder 
Stores 


(Liverpoo} 
Bremmion 


Bill. 


15 VicTortz. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Incumbered Estates Leases (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 three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
““ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. M‘Cullagh, - 
Yeas, Mr. Roche : } . 
Tellers for the or General for \ 
Noes reland, _ 94. 
. | Mr. Bouverie: J 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coroners’ 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 Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Landlord and Tenant 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Tenant quitting, leaving Tithe-rent 
charge unpaid, Landlord may pay and recover same, 
as if a simple contract debt from such Tenant), 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Act not to extend to Scotland), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the dav being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


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

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


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 Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption 


oe Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
ime. 


Vou. 106. 




















95°— 26° Junie. 309 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third General Board 
reading of the General Board of Health Bill; % He#lth Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 
into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Jre- Cineland) Bill, 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Curavse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Crauss, N° 2 (Appointment to be published in 
Gazette.) 

Amendment proposed: In p. 2,1. 28, to leave out 
the words “ or Hospital District or Districts.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


, Mr. Bellew 
= the Mr. Attorney General for \ 85. 
? ft oe. J 
Tellers for thesSir Robert Ferguson, 
Noes, { Mr. Vesey : } on 


An Amendment made. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Elliot 
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. 


Sir Thomas Birch reported from the Committee Bann Navi- 
on Group 19 of Private Bills; That in the case of gation Bill 
the Bann Navigation Bill, the Parties promoting 
the same had stated to the Committee, that it was 
not their intention to proceed further with the said 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 26° die Junii ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
OR? ERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Lord Alfred Hervey reported the Kensington Im- Kensington 
provement (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- ee 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Athawes’ Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘\hat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Athawes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Christ’s Hospital Estate Bill was read the third Christ's 
P Hospital 
time. Fstate Bill. 


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. 

RR3 Ordered, 





310 


Ordered, That the Hove Improvement Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be taken into conside- 
ration To-morrow. 


Hove Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Public Several Petitions relating to the Church Building 


sapegvens Acts Amendment Bill;—Church of Rome ;—Oath 

Vide Fifty. of Abjuration (Jews) Bill;—Regium Donum ;— 

fourth Report Tithe Rent Charge (Ireland) ;—Universities (Scot- 

on Public _Jand) Bill ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c.(Zreland) Bill ;—County 

: Courts further Extension Bill ;—Disarmament ;— 

Fisheries Board ;—Metropolis Water Bill ;—Phar- 

macy Bill;—Poor Law ;—Public Houses (Scotland) 

Bill ;— Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ;—and, 

School Establishment (Scotland) Bill,—were pre- 

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

A Petition relating to the Property Tax was also 

presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Income and Property Tax. 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being 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 was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“now ;” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

. -. {Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Yeas, \ heed aad 
Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. John Stuart : 

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. Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hill: } ia 


} 16. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Loan Societies 


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


to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to 
Loan Societies: And that Mr. Bouverie and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Highway 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
Rates Bill. 


to continue an Act for authorizing the Application 
of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads : And that Mr. 
Bouverie and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Stock in Trade 


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


to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from Lia- 
bility to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade 
or other Property to the Relief of Poor: And that 
Mr. Bouverie and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ecclesiastical 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


for further continuing certain Temporary Provisions 
concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England : 
And that Mr. Bouverie and Sir George Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to continue the 
Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be rated 
as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Pro- 


Stock in Trade 
Bill. 


No. 436. 


26° Junie. 





A, 1851. 


perty to the Relief of the Poor: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to continue an Act 
to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Bouverie 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. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill for further continu- 
ing certain ere ee Provisions concerning Ec- 
clesiastical Jurisdiction in England: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of August, in 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of all 
Sums granted, under the 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 receiving Aid are situated, and 
the Religious Body with which each School is con- 
nected ; and distinguishing the Parochial Schools 
from other Schools connected with the Established 
Church. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of May 
last, for a Return, showing the Arrangements 
made by the Commissioners for administering the 
Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, to carry out 
the Recommendations of the Poor Law Boundary 
Commissioners as regards the Formation of new 
Unions and of new Electoral Divisions ; viz., the 
Name of every Union recommended by the Boun- 
dary Commissioners ; the Date of such Recommen- 
dation ; the Date of Declaration of Union (if newly 
formed) ; the Date of first Election of Guardians ; 
the Nature and Date of the several Steps taken to 
provide Workhouse Accommodation in each new 
Union ; the Date of Declaration of new Electoral 
Divisions in old Unions. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of May 
last, for a Return of the Number and Dates of any 
Coroners’ Inquests that have been held on the Bo- 
dies of any Paupers that have died within the 
Workhouses of any of the Unions in Ireland, in the 
years 1848, 1849 and 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April 
last, for a Return of the Deaths in the Kilrush 
and Ennistymon Workhouses, Hospitals, Infirma- 
ries and Auxiliaries, from the 25th day of. March 
1850, until the 25th day of March 1851, with the 
Name, Age, Sex, Cause of Death, Date of Death, 
Date of Admission, with the Observation of Me- 
dical Officer on each Case :—Copy of the Dietary 
ordered or sanctioned by the Commissioners of Poor 
Laws for all Classes in the Kilrush and Ennistymon 
Workhouses during the above Period; specifying 
the Kind of Food used, and showing what Devia- 
tion there may have been (and under what Autho- 
rity) from such prescribed Dietary within the same 
Period, particularly as regards the Diminution of 
Milk :—Copy of any Correspondence between the 
Commissioners of Poor Laws, their Inspectors, and 
the Guardians of the Kilrush and LEnnistymon 
Unions, with reference to the Mortality occurring 
within the respective Workhouses, and of their ge- 
neral Management, within the 25th day of March 
1850 and the 25th day of March 1851 :—And, Re- 
turn of the Name, Rank, Salary and Duty of each 
Officer and Servant at present employed in the 
Workhouses of Kilrush and Ennistymon. - 

r 


ign 


No, 438, 


Highway 
Rates Bill, 


No. 439, 


Ecclesiastica} 
Jurisdiction 


No. 440, 


Education 
(Scotland.) 


Poor Law 
Unions 


Jand.) 


Coroners’ 
Inquests 
(Ireland. ) 


Kilrush and 
Ennistymon 
Unions. 








15 Vicroriz. 26° . 


Dublin. Mr. Bouverie also presented, pursuant to the di- 
_ rections of an Act of Parliament,The Account of 
the Corporation for preserving and improving the 
Port of Dublin, of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
all Monies received by them for the Support and 
Maintenance of Light-houses round the Coast of 
Treland, for one year from 1st January to 31st De- 

cember 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


New Forest Mr. Evelyn Denison reported from the Select 
Deer Removal, Committee on the Mew Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. 
we, Bill Bill, to whom several Petitions against the Bill were 
No. 441. referred; That they had heard counsel in support of 
the Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 

Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Hartlepool Mr. Whitmore reported the Hartlepool Pier and 
Pier aah a Port (Construction of New Pier, &amp;c.) (re-committed) 
yj ~ Pier, Bill, with further Amendments. 


&amp;e.) Bill, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Greenwich Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, 
Hospital dated the 2d day of this instant June, for Copy of 
names the Annual Report on Greenwich Hospital Schools, 

made to the Admiralty by Her Majesty’s Inspector 


of Schools. 
Pirates’ Head § Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this 
Money. instant June, for a Return of the Manner in which 


the respective Sums of £.100,000 and £.21,640 (as 
stated in the Navy Estimates for 1851-52), has 
been or is to be expended, stating the Amount paid 
for each separate Capture to Officers and Men of 
Her Majesty’s and the East India Company’s Na- 
val Service, for the Capture and Destruction of 
alleged Pirates, for whom Head Money has been 
or is to be paid; showing the Time when and the 
Place where, by what Ships, and under whose Com- 
mand each such Capture or Destraction took place ; 
also, by what Tribunal each such Capture was ad- 
judged, and the Date of such Judgment; stating, 
also, the Number of Officers and Men receiving 
Head Money for each Capture or Destruction, the 
Ships they belonged to, the Date of Payment of 
the Money to Prize Agents, Description of alleged 
Pirates, the Rate per Head paid for each Capture, 
and the Total Amount paid or to be paid in each 
case (the Return as a continuation, and in the Com- 
pound Form, of Parliamentary Papers, No. 723 of 
Session 1850, and 239 of Session 1851). 

. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Enfranchise- Ordered, That the Select Committee on the En- 
ment of franchisement of Copyholds Bill have Power to 


C " : : 

i report the Minutes of their Proceedings, and the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, 

Justices and Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 


_ ofthe Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
May last, for a Return of all Sums paid for the last 
Seven years, ending the 31st day of December 1850, 

under the Authority of two several Statutes of the 

12th and 14th of King Richard the Second, or one 

of them, to a certain Number of Justices and Clerks 

of the Peace, for their Wages, in attending Quarter 
Sessions in every County, and City beinga County of 

itself, in England and Wales; and also all the Sums 

for the same Period allowed the several Sheriffs by 

the Exchequer in their Bills of Cravings, for such 





Wages so paid by them respectively ; such Return 
OL. 106. 


June. 311 


istinguishing the Amount for every year for each 
such County, or City being a County of itself. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Steam Vessels. 

Return of the Number and Tonnage of British 
Steam Vessels which entered the Ports of the United 
Kingdom from France, Holland and Belgium, in 
the year 1850, including their repeated Voyages ; 
and distinguishing the Name and Tonnage of each 
such Steam Vessels, with the Number of Voyages 
made by each, and stating the Number of Men by 
whom the same were manned. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Free Sittings 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased in Churches. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Free Sittings 
established in the several Churches built under the 
several Church Building Acts, with the Aid of Grants 
from the Church Building Commissioners, since the 
Act 58 Geo. 3, c. 45; stating the Numbers of Free 
Seats in each Church, and the Aggregate Number 
in England and Wales :—Also, the Number, if any, 
of Free Sittings that have been otherwise appro- 
priated since the Consecration in each of the said 
Churches, so far as the same can be ascertained. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Copy of a Letter addressed by the Poor Law Com- Unions 
missioners for Ireland, appointing Doctors Hughes ‘“#"*) 
and Hill as Inspectors, under the Act 10 and 11 No. 442, 
Vic. c. 90, for inquiring into the Causes of the Mor- 
tality in certain Unions in the County of Clare. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Highways (South Highways 

Wales) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, . — Wales) 


The Lords have agreed to the Uttoxeter to Stoke, uttoxeter to 
near Stone, and from Millwich to Sandon Turnpike- Stoke, near 


roads Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ao 


Sandon Turnpike- roads Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Waveney Valley Wavency 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Sunderland Im- Sunderland 
provement Bill, without any Amendment: And — 
also, 7 

The Lords have agreed to the Hayling Bridge Hayling 
and Causeway Bill, without any Amendment: And Bridge and 
also, Causeway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to Price’s Patent Candle Price’s Patent 


Company Bill, without any Amendment: And also, i 


The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland Rail- 
(Regulation and Increase of Capital) Bill, without **Y 
_ 10n an 
any Amendment: And also, Taceense of 
Capital) Bill. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act School Sites 
to amend the Acts for the granting of Sites for veh ps 
Schools; to which the Lords desire the concurrence *~ . 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Registration 
for the Registration of Assurances in England and of Assurances 
Wales; to which the Lords desire the concurrence ~ * 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Veterinary 
to exempt Veterinary Surgeons, and Professors and noetia - 
Teachers of Veterinary Colleges or Schools, from ju, 
serving on Juries and other Offices; to which the 


RR4 Lords 


































ar RE RE NE 


ene eee inainedn ascended 


Upton's 
Estate Bill. 


Registration 
of Assurances 
Bill. 


No, 443. 


School Sites 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 444. 
Supply ; 


Danish 
Claims. 


Foreign 
Department. 


Privy Council 
. Department, 
&amp;e. 


Lord Privy 
Seal, 


312 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to confirm a certain Contract for granting Leases 
made and entered into by the Honourable Arthur 
Upton, of Part of the Lands and Hereditaments 
comprised in the Will of the Honourable Fulk Gre- 
ville Howard, deceased, situate at Kilburn, in the 
County of Middlesex ; and to alter and enlarge the 
Power of granting Building Leases contained in the 
same Will; and for other _ samen relating there- 
to; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Registration of Assurances Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday the 11th day of July next; and 
to be printed. 


The School Sites Acts Amendment Bill was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to 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 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
“ pleased to take into consideration the Report, 
* londen date the 12th day of May 1840, made by 
“ the Commissioners to whom it was referred to 
“* examine and adjudicate upon the claims of certain 
“ British Subjects, for losses sustained by the 
“ seizure and confiscation of their Ships and car- 
goes by the Government of Denmark in the year 
1807; and that Her Majesty will be graciously 
“ pleased to advance to such claimants the amount 
“ of their respective losses, as ascertained by the 
“ said Commissioners ; and assuring Her Majesty, 
“‘ that this House will make good the same,” in- 
stead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hayter, 
(Lord Marcus Hill: 


Tellers for the Noes, {Mir — 


“ 


“cc 
“cc 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


hse. 
1 49. 


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 Seventy- 
one thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messen- 
gers and extra Couriers attached to that Depart- 
ment, to the 31st day of March 1852. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
chree thousand six hundred 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 ; also of the Education Office and the Office 
of the Registrar of Merchant Seamen, tothe 31st 
day of March 1852: 


3. 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 1852. 





26° Junii. 





A. 1851. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- p, 
four thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to General 
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 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- ¢, 
sand two hundred and seventy-nine pounds, be General a t 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Exchequer. 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

6. 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 1852. 

7. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, Ecclesiasti 
not exceeding Two thousand two hundred and thirty Commi 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray a sioucrs. 
portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England, to the 31st day of March 
1852; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Yeas, pene MM, ioe ae 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. William Williams 
Colonel Sibthorp : 

8. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Two hun- poor Laws 
dred and eleven thousand five hundred pounds, be Administra- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- ti 
nected with the Administration of the Laws relating 
to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- Mint. 
seven thousand péunds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenditure of the Mint, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Commissioners 
thousand and sixty-two pounds, be granted to Her ° Railways. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Office of the 
Commissioners of Railways, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Public 
thousand nine hundred and sixty pounds, be granted Records. 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
connected with the Public Records, and Compen- 
sations to Keepers of Records and others whose 
Places have been abolished, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four- Inspectors of 
teen thousand five hundred and eighty-three pounds, Factories, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Mis &amp; 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. 
to the 3ist day of March 1852. 

13. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Officers, &amp;c. 
a sum, not exceeding One thousand seven hundred (Scotland) 
— be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 
Salaries of certain Officers in Scotland, and other ' 
Charges formerly paid from the Hereditary Re- 
venue, to the 31st day of March 1852 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a sum, not exceeding One thousand four hun- 
dred and eighty-two pounds seven shillings, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- , 


an Sh att ae Ab 


State Pa: 
Office. sa 


1 er 
\ 25. 
J 


tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges, for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1852 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, _ —— Treen 39. 
r Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes,) ford Moros Hill : 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

14. Motion made, and Question proposed, That oy of 
a sum, not exceeding Six thousand four hundred and heel d 
sixty-four pounds, 


} 162. 


e granted to Her Majesty, to Ireland. 
pay the Salaries of the Officers and Attendants of 

the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, 

to the 3ist day of March 1852 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand eight 
hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to Her = 
jesty, 











15 Vicroriz. 


jesty, to pay the Salaries of the Officers and Atten- 
dants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1852 ; 
The Committee — ‘ie 
: Mr. flume, 7} 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. William Williams: f 40. 
Tellers for the Noes,f pel sd Hill: } 165. 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
wp Secree 15. QResolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
tary tothe four thousand one hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
Lond Lien ranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
=e "Expenses of the Office of the Chief Secretary to 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and 
London, and the Privy Council Office in Zreland, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 
paymasterof 16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
civil Services, thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
(irelaud:) Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Office of the 
Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 
public Works 17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
(ireland.) four thousand eight hundred and thirty-four 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 1852. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 27° die Junii, 1851: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral 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. 


WordsofHeat. Mr. Bernal stated to the House, That he appre- 
hended that, during a discussion in the Committee of 
Supply, words of heat had taken place between Mr. 
Scully, Member for the county of Tipperary, and 
Mr, Anstey, Member for Youghal; and Mr. Anstey 
not being in his place ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Anstey do attend in his place 
forthwith. 

Mr. Anstey having come into the House, Mr. 
Scully expressed his regret at having used words 
which were considered offensive by other Members, 
and retracted them; upon which Mr. Anstey ex- 
pressed hiinself perfectly satisfied. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means, mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

peo - mittee to consider of authorizing the payment, out 

Canahties of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 

(Annuity. of Great Britain and Ireland, of an Annuity to 
any Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery who 
shall resign his Office ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That an Annuity, not exceeding Three 
— seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
OL. 106. 

















96°—27° Junie. 313 


to any Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, 
who shall resign his Office, the same to be payable 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kink 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Woods, 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; Forests, &amp;c. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bal 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Ecclesiastical Property Valuation (Ireland) Ecclesiastical 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; ee. 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, (jreland) Bill. 


for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third General Boara 
reading of the General Board of Health Bill ; of Heskh Ea. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Landlord and Tenant Bill was, according to Landlord and 
Order, read the third time. Tenant Bill. 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Act not to extend to Jreland):—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 m the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mullings do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sequestration 
reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill; of Benefices 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time - 
this day. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Ch#™cery. 
upon ‘Tuesday the 27th day of May last, That an 
humble Address be pres xted to Her Majesty, that 
She will be graciously pleascd to add to the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into the Practice 
and Proceedings in the High Court of Chancery 
two or more Persons not of the Profession of the 
Law, but such as to Her Majesty may seem quali- 
fied as men of business to assist in and make more 
effectual the Labours of the Commissioners ; and 
also praying that Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to cause Instructions to be given to the said 
Commissioners, to direct their immediate attention 
to the course of Business before the Masters in 
Ordinary of the said Court, so as to report as spee- 
dily as may be their Opinion as to the proper steps 
for regulating the business in those Offices, in such 
manner as to diminish the Delay and Expense to 
the Suitors ; 

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


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Home-made 
the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill, was read, and — in Bond 
discharged. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of July next. 

$8 A Motion 










Messrs. 
Macmanus, 


O’Doherty and 


O’Donohue. 


Steam Com- 
munications 
with India, &amp;c, 


Sugar Grow- 
ing Colonies. 


Public Works. 


314 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

sed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 

ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Communications received from the 
Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, and 
not already printed by order of this House, on the | 
subject of the revocation of the Tickets of Leave 
lately held by the State Prisoners Messrs. Macma- 
nus, O’ Doherty and O’ Donohue, their subsequent 
Imprisonment and Treatment at Port Arthur, the 
Proceedings taken by any of them to obtain their 
discharge from such Imprisonment, with the result 
of such proceedings, and the measures taken by his 
Excellency Sir William Denison in consequence 
thereof:—And, of all Letters addressed to his Ex- 
cellency by Earl Grey upon the said matters :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 6th 
day of this instant June, wherein their Lordships | 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships a Copy of the Report from thé Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to inquire into the existing 
Steam Communications with India and China, and 
into the practicability of effecting any Improvement 
therein ; and also into the best mode of establishing 
Steam Communications between England, India, 
China, Australia, New Zealand, or any of them, as 
well as any points upon the several Routes between 
them; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 


before the said Committee, and the Appendix and | — 


Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to’ the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver 
the same. 


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 the 
Condition of the Sugar Growing Colonies (in con- 
tinuation of Papers on the same subject, dated the 
5th day of September 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 
Return of the Names of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed and now officiating for the Advance of Loans 
for Public Works in Great Britain and Ireland :— 
Accounts of the yearly Expenses of the Board of 
Commissioners for the Advance of Loans for Public 
Works, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 165, of Session 1849) :—Of the Amounts placed | 
at the disposal of the Commissioners under the 
several Acts of Parliament passed for that purpose, 
the Amounts advanced, and the Amount remaining | 
unissued on the 5th day of January 1851 :—And, | 
of the Amounts advanced to Borrowers, and con-| 
tracted to be advanced ; the Dates of such Advan- 
ces, the Objects thereof, and how to be repaid ; the 
Rates of Interest ; Amounts of Interest paid of 
Principal repaid, and of Principal remaining un- 
paid on the 5th day of January 1851 :—An Abstract 
showing the Total of Principal and Interest paid into 
Her Majesty’s Exchequer, on account of Loans ad- 
vanced by the Commissioners under the Act 57 
Geo. 3, c. 34, and subsequent Acts, to the 5th day of 
January 1851:—And, General Statement of the 
Transactions of the Commissioners for the Advance 
of Loans for Public Works, &amp;c. from their Appoint- 
ment under the Act 57 Geo. 8, c, 34 (June 1817) ; 
showing the Total Amount advanced, Interest calcu- 
lated at the Rate of 3 per cent. per annum ; the| 








96°—27° Junez. 


A. 1851, 


Total Amount paid into the Exchequer; Interest 
calculated at the same Rate; the Balances of Loans 
and Interest outstanding, and the estimated Profit, 
to the 5th day of January 1851. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by ¢ ‘ 
the Clerk of She aaitaliialatin to an Gules, an on™ 
dated the 1st day of May last, for Accounts of the 
Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm shipped 
at the several Ports of England, Scotland and Ire- 
land, Coastways, to other Ports of the Uniteu 
Kingdom, in the year 1850, distinguishing the 
Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1849 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm, 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, to Foreign Countries and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1850, dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1849; 
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 1850, 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 1850, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought during the year 1849. 


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, 27° die Junii ; 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders a Resolu- Ot 
tion ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the South Holland South Holland 
Drainage Acts Amendment Petition, for leave to —o 
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 said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Committee 
of Selection 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That, under the Powers granted to (Nint 
them by the Standing Order No. 82, they had formed Report.) 
into an additional Group certain Bills which, in No, 445. 
their opinion, it is expedient to submit to the same 
Committee ; and had agreed to report the same to 
the House. 

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


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- rh a 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 24th, Report.) 
25th and 26th 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. 


The oe and Tramore Railway 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. 


Waterford 
d 


and Tramore 
Railway Bill. 


being read, for taking Hovelmprove 


The Order of the da S ment Bill. 


into consideration the Hove Improvement Bill, a 

amended in the Committee ; 
And a Motion being made, and the — 
ing 








Wexford Free 
Bridge Bill. 


Sheffield 
and Glossop 
Road Bill 


Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


Liynvi Valley, 
and Duffryn 
Liynvi, and 
Porthcawl 
Railways Bill. 


Manchester, 
Buxton, 


Matlock, and 
Midlands 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


15 Vicroriz. 


being put, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby 





Tellers for the fMr. Locke, } on 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : _— 
Tellers for the {Sir John Walsh, aT 7 

Noes, Mr. Arthar Duncombe: J °* | 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. | 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit | 
and proceed upon Monday next. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported the Wexford Free | 
Bridge (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- | 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Amendments. 


| 
| 
{ 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to. 
inspect the Journals of the House of Lords, with re- | 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Sheffield and | 
Glossop Road Bill; and to make report thereof to 
the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. George Henry Cavendish, Mr. Henry Evans, 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Ed- 
win Lascelles: And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Parties promoting and uppos- 
ing the Metropolis Water Bill be permitted to print 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee, day by day, from the Committee Clerks’ 


Copy, if they think fit. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the | 
Llynvi Valley, and Duffryn Llynvi, and Porthcawl | 
Railways Bill; That the Committee had examined | 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the | 
Bill, and had amended the same, by stating that the | 
borrowed debt of the Company had been reduced, | 
and by correcting the statement of the amount of | 
the existing share capital of the Company, and of | 
the amount paid up on such shares, and by reciting | 
the Acts of the Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl | 
Railway, and that there are no existing preference 
shares m the Company; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and had made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junc- 
tion Railway Bill; That it is proposed by the Bill 
to authorize a reduction of the capital which the 
Company were authorized to raise by their former 
Acts; but, as the compulsory powers of the Com- 
pany for the purchase of land for making any fur- 
ther portion of their line will shortly expire, and as 
it is not the intention of the Company to execute 
any further works which would render it necessary 
for them to make any further calls upon the share- 
holders, the Committee feel that such authorized 
reduction ought to be allowed; that, inasmuch as 
it is proposed by the said Bill, as amended, to au- 
thorize the Company to raise, by loan or mortgage, 
the sum: of 157,250/. only, being one-third of the 
reduced capital of 453,750/., the whole of which 
capital has been called up, and the sam of 404,300/. 
been paid and expended, the Standing Order, No. 
121, did not apply to the present Bill; and also 
that, as the purchase of the Crawford Canal by the 
said Railway Company was authorized by the 
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junc- 
tion Railway Act, 1846, and the Crawford Canal 
Sale Act, 1846, and no power of purchase, sale, 
lease or amalgamation, are taken by the present 
Bill, the Committee are of opinion that no certificate 
1s required from the Commissioners of Railways 
under Standing Order, No. 131; That they had 





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97° Juniz. 315 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by adding 
so much of it as relates to the capital which the 
Company were authorized to raise by their former 
Acts, and also as to the powers of borrowing con- 
ferred by such Acts, and that the provisions with 
reference thereto should be modified so as to enable 
the Company to raise a sum of money for complet- 
ing the purchase of the said Crawford Canal; and 
that the Committee had found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported Cubitt’s Estate Bill, with Cubitt’s 
Estate Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the General Re- 


General Reversionary and Investment Company versionary and 


Investment 


Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Company Bill 


tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended 
the same, by inserting therein the number of shares 
represented at a certain meeting held on the 5th 
day of March 1850; 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coal Mines. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Instructions addressed to the Inspec- 
tors of Coal Mines. 
Ordered, That 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 being made, That this House will. upon County Court 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to further 
consider of making Compersation, out of the Conso- comet 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- tions. } 
tain and Ireland, to such Officers of any existing 
Hundred, City or Borough Court as may sustain 
Loss under the Provisions of an Act of the present 
Session for extending the Jurisdiction of the Judges 
of County Courts ; 

Sir Francis Baring, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 


| recommends it to the consideration of the House. 


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


Upton’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Upton’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, Th&lt;* this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Mond~ next. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Cape of 
Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of this instant June, 00d Hope. 
for Copies of the Letters Patent of the 15th day 
of December 1847, appointing Sir Harry Smith 
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and the In- 
structions therewith given. 

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


Mr. George Henry Cavendish reported from the Sheffield 
Committee appointed to inspect the Journals of the "4 bs 
House of Lords with relation to any Proceedings &lt;* 
upon the Sheffield and Glossop Road Bill, and to 
make report thereof to the House; That they had 
inspected the said Journals accordingly; and had 
taken copies of the Proceedings of the Lords there- 
upon ; and the same were read, as follow : 


“ Die Lune, 23° Junij, 1851. 


“The Lord Redesdale reported from the 
Lords Committee, to whom the ‘ Sheffield and 
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Glossop Road Bill’ was committed; That they 
had considered the said Bill, and examined the 
allegations thereof, which were found to be 
true ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made one Amendment thereto ; 

“Which Amendment was read by the Clerk, 
as follows : viz. 

“ Pages 9 and 10. Leave out Clause XXIV., 
and insert Clause (A.) 


“ Cravuse (A.) ‘That such parts of the said 
‘ roads lying between the commencement of the 
‘ said roads at Sheffield, and a point ten yards to 
‘ the east of the present Fullwood Bar, as are 
‘ now wholly repaired and maintained by the 
‘ Surveyors of Highways in like manner as the 
‘ other roads of the town of Sheffield are re- 
‘paired and maintained, shall no longer be 
‘ deemed to be parts of the said roads, and no 
‘ money shall be laid out by the said Trustees 
‘upon such parts of the said roads, the Sur- 
‘ veyors of the Highways of the townships, 
‘ or any or either of the townships, lying between 
‘the points aforesaid, and into which the said 
‘ roads pass, shall give notice in writing to the 
‘clerk or surveyor of the said Trustees that 
‘ they the said Surveyors of Highways intend 
‘ to undertake the repair and maintenance of 
‘so much of the said roads as lies within their 
‘ respective townships between the points afore- 
‘ said, in the same manner as the other roads 
‘are repaired and maintained by them within 
‘ their respective townships, then from and after 
‘ the giving of such notice, the said Surveyors 
‘of the Highways shall undertake the repair 
‘and maintenance of the portion of the said 
‘ roads in respect of which such notice or no- 
‘ tices shall have been given, and the Trustees 
‘ shall not lay out or expend any money there- 
‘on; and after the expiration of Twelve calen- 
‘dar months from the giving of such notice, 
‘no toll shall be demanded, nor any toll-bar 
‘or toll-gate erected on the portions of the 
‘ said roads in respect of which such notice or 
‘ notices shall have been given ; and such por- 
‘tion of the said roads shall no longer be 
* deemed to be parts of the said roads: Pro- 
‘ vided always, That, notwithstanding the repair 
‘ of that portion of the said roads which lies 
* between the points aforesaid shall have been 
* undertaken by the Surveyors of the respective 
‘ townships as aforesaid, any person using that 
* portion, or any part of that portion, and also 
‘ using the one hundred and eighty-seven yards, 
‘or any part of the one hundred and eighty- 
‘seven yards, of road referred to in the nine- 
‘ teenth section of this Act, and also passing 
‘ through the toll-gate, known as the Fullwood 
‘bar, shall be liable to pay the tolls hereby 
*‘ authorized to be taken at the said Fullwood 
* bar.’ 

“ Ordered, That the further consideration of 
the said Amendment be put off to this day six 
months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sheffield The House was moved, That the Petition for 

oad (Neg) leave to bring in the Sheffield and Glossop Road 

Bill. Bill, which was presented upon the 18th day of Fe- 
te last, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for repairing the Road from Nin in the County | 
of York, to the Marple Bridge Road, in the Parish | 
of Glossop, in the County of Derby, and the Branch 
to Mortimer’s Road, in the Parish of Hathersage, | 
in the said County of Derby: And that the Earl of | 
Arundeland Surrey and Mr. George Henry Caven- 
dish do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 15 of Railway Bills 
Railway Bills have leave to sit To-morrow, not- (Group 15.) 
withstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education raucation 
(Scotland), which was presented yesterday, be (Scotland) 


printed. No. 446, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Lay 
Unions (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, Unions 
be printed. (Ireland. 


No. 447, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Coroners’ Coroners’ 


Inquests (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, Mauests 
arm y 4 ° 4 ¥? Creland.) 
No. 448, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates’ Pirates 
Head Money, which was presented yesterday, be Head Money, 
printed. No, 449, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coal, Cin- Coals, cinders 
ders and Culm, which was presented yesterday, be and Culm, 
printed. No. 450. 


Several Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— public 
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; — Univer- Petitions, 
sities (Scotland) Bill; —County Constabulary ;— yi. hn, 
Pharmacy Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ;— fitth Repert 
and, Shetland Islands,—were presented, and read ; ° Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 

Several Petitions relating to the Metropolis Water 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Message from the J.ords, by Mr. Tinney: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Process and Prac- Process and 
tice (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And Practice 
also, (Ireland) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Brackley Roads Brackley 


Consolidation Bill, without any Amendment: And Roads Conso- 
also, lidation Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Weston-super-Mare weston- 
Improvement and Market Bill, without any Amend- nomen . 
. Vi 
ment: And also pes pote 
Pill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Sale of Arsenic 
by this House to the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Regulation 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, - 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Dundee and 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Arbroath 
Lordships to the Dundee and Arbroath Railway saanaied 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Chorley Water- Chorley 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Waterworks 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~ 
House: And a!so, 

The Lords have agreed to the Malmesbury Turn- Malmesbury 
pike-roads Bill, with Amendments; to which a 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “™ 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marriages 
for Marriages in India; to which the Lords desire ‘Idia) B™ 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Ecclesiastical 
take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Titles As- ieee 
sumption Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill wo, 451. 
(And be it Enacted, That if a penalty shall be re- 
covered by judgment or verdict against any person 
for a second offence under this Act, it shall be 
lawful for Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, if in the circumstances of the 
case the same shall appear fit, by notice in writing 
signed by him, to require such person to depart out 
of the realm within a time to be limited in such 
notice; and if such person shall afterwards be 
found therein, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty's 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, by 

warrant 








15 Vicroriz. 


warrant under his hand, to give such person in 
charge of one of Her Majesty's Messengers, or of 
such other person or persons to whom he shall 
think fit to direct such warrant, in order to his being 
conducted out of the kingdom):—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 Lobpy. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mir F sand : 


Tellers for the Newt ford Monn Hill: piso. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


A Clause (Saving the Pewers of the 7th and 8th 
Vic. c. 97), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Be it Enacted, That nothing herein contained 
shall in any manner prevent the reception in evi- 
dence, in any Court of Law or Equity in this King- 
dom, of any Letter of Ordination or other document 
conferring Ecclesiastical Powers upon any Clergy- 
man of the Roman Catholic Church, which, but for | 
the passing of this Act, would have been so re- 
ceived) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
‘second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

{Mr. Keogh, } 
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Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Roche: 


Tellers for the Noes, wally a Hill: 720 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Be it Enacted, That no proceedings shall be 
taken under this Act, save and except by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Attorney-general for the time being in Eng- 
land and Ireland, and by the Lord Advocate in 
Scotland):—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; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the 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 Yeas, {yr Reenclés: } 71. 

Mr. Hayter, , 

Tellers for the Noes, {rod powell Hitt: 232 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Be it Enacted, That nothing herein contained 
shall be construed to repeal or affect an Act passed 
in the tenth year of the Reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled, “ An Act for the Maintenance of the 
Cemeteries at Golden Bridge and Prospect, in the 
County of Dublin, and to create a perpetual suc- 
cession in the governing body, or Committee for 
managing the same):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 


The House divided. 





VoL. 106, 


27° Juniz. 317 


The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the newLobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { oe 5+ ag } 32. 
NI (Mr. Hayter, } 
Tellers for the Noes, | Lord ie Hit: (189 


So it passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 1, ls. 5 and 6, by leaving out the words 
“ by a certain Brief or Rescript.” 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new i 

’ , r. Hayter, a 

Tellers for the Yeas, snd Discos SME 00. 


, (Mr. Beresford, ) 
Tellers for the Noes, \Mr. Mackenzie : 235. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 21, by leaving out the words 
“* the said Brief, Rescript.” 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Hayter 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Tord Stee Bil }os. 


Mr. Beresford, a 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. poe ante d ' pi6s. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Oath of 
reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill; — Adjuration’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time °*** 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- supply. 
ply several Resolutions; which were read, as fol- 
low: 

1. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Seventy- Foreign 
one thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Mes- 
sengers and Extra Couriers attached to that De- 
partment, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Privy Council 
three thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Department, 
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; also of the Education Office and the Office 
of the Registrar of Merchant Seamen, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Lord Privy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Seal. 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
day of March 1852, 

4. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Twenty- Paymaster 
four thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to General. 
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 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Comptroller 
thousand two hundred and seventy-nine pounds, be — of the 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- “““"°"""™ 
penses in the Department of the Comptroller-Ge- 
neral of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two State Paper 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ottice. 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
State Paper J fice, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

ss3 7. Resolved, 











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og re ee 


i. SS ee 


Ecclesiastical 
Commis- 
sioners. 


Commissioners 


of Railways. 


Public 
Records. 


Inspectors of 
Factories, 
Mines, &amp;c. 


Officers, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Household of 
the Lord 
Lieutenant of 
Ireland, 


Chief Secre- 
tary to the 
Lord Lieute- 
nant of Ire- 
land, &amp;c. 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services 
(Ireland. ) 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Ways and 


Means. 


Court of 
Chaneery. 


318 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand two hundred and thirty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray a Portion of the Expenses 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
to the 31st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and eleven 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 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenditure of the Mint, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and sixty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Office of the 
Commissioners of Railways, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand nine hundred and sixty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
connected with the Public Records, and Compen- 
sations to Keepers of Records and others whose 
Places have been abolished, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four- 
teen thousand five hundred and eighty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. 
to the 31st day of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to 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 1852. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the 
Officers and Attendants of the Household of the 


Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 31st day of} 


March 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand one hundred and fifty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Office 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 1852. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Office of the 
Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
four thousand eight hundred and thirty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 81st day of March 1852. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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 on the Question proposed 
upon the 27thday of May last, That an humble Ad- 
dress be presented to Her Majesty, that She will be 
graciously pleased to add to the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings 
in the High Court of Chancery two or more Per- 
sons not of the Profession of the Law, but such as 
to Her Majesty may seem qualified as men of busi- 
ness to assist in and make more effectual the La- 
bours of the Commissioners; and also praying that 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to cause 
Instructions to be given to the A Commissioners 
to direct their immediate attention to the course of 


27°—28° Junii. 


A. 1851. 


Business before the Masters in Ordinary of the said 
Court, so as to report as speedily as may be their 
Opinion as to the proper steps for regulating the 
business in those Offices, in such manner as to di- 
minish the Delay and Expense to the Suitors ; 

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, 28° die Junii, 1851: 


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

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Court of 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- Chancery 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United ene Sutilal 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of an An- CAnmnity. 1 
nuity to any Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chan- ° 
cery who shall resign his Office, a Resolution, which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That an Annuity, not exceeding Three 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to any Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery 
who shall resign his Office, the same to be payable 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom 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 Court of Chancery and Judicial Com- 
mittee Bill, that they have Power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of , 
mittee on the Court of Chancery and Judicial Com- pany | sab 
mittee Bill ; ; ' Comasiites 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Bill 


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; (ireland Bil 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- ~ 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (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- New Forest 
mittee on the Mew Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill; Deer Removal, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund 
Bill, 


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 Summary 
reading of the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill; ‘eland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Friday next. 


| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church 
'the adjourned ‘Debate on the Amendments which, ae —g 
upon Tuesday last, were proposed to be made to the Bill, 
Question, That the Church Building Acts Amend- 
ment Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for 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- 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; 


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Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c 


Resolved, Bill 








yestration 
rBenefices 
Bill. 


Burgesses and 
Freemen’s 

Parliamentary 
Franchise Bill. 


Panperism 
(Bedford- 
shire.) 


Assessed 
Taxes Com- 
position Bill. 


Burgesses and 


Parliamentary 
Franchise Bill. 


No. 452. 


Advances for 
Public Works, 
&amp;e. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sequestration of Benefices Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

roposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Frewen was appointed one of the Tellers for 
the Yeas ; but no Member appearing to be a second 
ve for the Yeas, Mr. Speaker declared the Noes 
tad if. 

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 Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, sc amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a secund time 
upon this day three months. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to exempt Burgesses and Freemen in certain cases 
from the Operation of an Act for the better assess- 
ing and collecting the Poor Rates and Highway 
Rates in respect of Small Tenements: And that 
Mr. Freshfield and Mr. John Abel Smith do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


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


Copy of Report of Robert Weale, Esquire, Inspec- 
tor of Poor Laws, on the State of Pauperism in the 
County of Bedford, in the year ended the 25th day 
of March 1851, as compared with Representations 
made to the House of Commons in a Petition dated 
in May 1829. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enlarge the Period allowed for compounding for 
Assessed Taxes: And that the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Freshfield presented a Bill to exempt Bur- |- 


gesses and Freemen in certain Cases from the Opera- 
tion of an Act for the better assessing and collecting 


97°—28°— 30° Juniz. 


319 


And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 
to consider of continuing the Annual Advance of 
Money, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britaia and Ireland, for carry- 
ing on Public Works and Fisheries and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, as authorized by the Acts of the 
5th and 6th and 9th and 10th years of Her present 
Majesty, and for carrying on Public Works in Jre- 
land, as authorized by an Act of the 6th and 7th 
years of Her present Majesty, and for making Ad- 
vance for carrying on Public Works and Fisheties, 
as authorized by two Acts of the 9th and 10th years 
of Her present Majesty ; 

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

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





The Marriages (India) Bill was read the first Marriages 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon OO aan 
Friday next ; and to be printed. —— 


The following Return was laid upon the Table Coast Guard, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, * 
dated the 7th day of March last, for a Return, stat- No. 454. 
ing the Amount of the Coast-Guard in each year, 
from January 1841 to January 1851, distinguishing 
| Mounted Guard and Cutters’ Men; Number of 
| Revenue Cutters in each year; Annual Expense of 
each year, similarly distinguished ; Seizures in each 
year, distinguishing Vessels, Men and Goods, and 
| whether seized by Coast-Guard Cruizers or Cus- 
toms’ Officers; Runs of Contraband Goods offici- 
ally reported; Cargoes destroyed when chased: 
—And, Abstracts of Reports from Inspecting Com- 
'manders and Collectors of Customs in each year, 
| stating their Opinions as to the Cause of any In- 
| crease or Decrease in the Contraband Trade. 


| Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 





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








Lune, 50° die Junii ; 





the Poor Rates and Highway Rates, in respect of 
Small Tenements : 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 was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vie. 
c. 9, to authorize the Advance of Money out of the 
Consolidated Fund, to a limited Amount, for carry- 
ing oa Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor; and to amend the Acts autho- 
rizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills for the like Pur- 
poses, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 80, to authorize the Advance of Money out 
of the Consolidated Fund, for carrying on Public 
Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 
Vic. c. 44,10 amend the Acts for carrying on Public 
Works in Ireland, might be read ; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 1, for the further Amendment of the Acts 
for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works 
in Treland, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 85, to authorize the Application of Money 
for the Purposes of Loans for carrying on Public 
Works in Ireland, might be read; and the same 
‘being read ; 

VoL, 106, 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 
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PRAYERS. 


M8; Bernal reported from the Committee on King’s College 
the King’s College Hospital (No. 2) Bill; Hospital 
That they had examined the allegations contained (X% 2) Bill 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by inserting the formal words “ but the same 
cannot be effected without the aid of Parliament ;” 
and had also made other 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 the Inverness Bridge (No. 2) Inverness 
Bill, with Amendments. Bridge (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tadle. 24 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Farmers’ 
Farmers’ Estate Society (Jre/and) Bill; That they Estate Society 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- eer 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
inserting the formal words “ but the same cannot 
be effected without the authority of Parliament ;” 
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 

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390 30° Juniz. A. 1851, 


Public Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
—- mined the Petitions presented upon the 27th day 
scaited 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. 


Sheffieldand | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for repairing the 
aa a Road from Sheffield, in the County of York, to the 
. Marple Bridge Road, in the Parish of Glossop, in 
the County of Derby, and the Branch to Mortimer’s 
Road, in the Parish of Hathersage, in the said 
County of Derby: 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 the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed upon ‘Thursday next. 








North and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
Railway Bil, and South Western Junction Railway Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and, with an Amend- 

ment to one of them, agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 





ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their | 
Lordships. 


Tables showing the Number of Criminal Offenders Crimina) 
committed for Trial, or bailed for Appearance, at the Offenders 
Assizes and Sessions in each County in Ire/and, in “teland.) 
the year 1850, and the Result of the Proceedings. 

Copy of Instructions addressed to each of the Coal Mines, 
Inspectors of Coal Mines (J. K. Blackwell, J. Dick- 
inson, M. Dunn and C. Morton, Esquires)appointed 
under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c.100. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Or- Tithe 
der, dated the 16th day of this instant June, for Commission, 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the ‘Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1849 to 
the 1st day of January 1851; specifying, in each 
case, the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid 
in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same 
be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators, or 
Clerical Incumbents :—Of all Awards for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes which have been confirmed by 
the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties in 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
1849 to the 1st day of January 1851; specifying 
also, in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge 
awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing 
whether the same be payable to Appropriators, Im- 
propriators or Clerical Incumbents :—And, of all 
Apportionments of Rent-charges which have been 
confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from the 1st 
day of January 1849 to the 1st day of January 
1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 


| 569, of Session 1849). 


South Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway = the Amendment made by the Lords to the South 
(No. 1) Bil. Wales Railway (No. 1) ‘Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Saunders Davies do carry the | 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


nantes The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Steam Coat Cameron's Cvalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea 
and Swansea and Loughor Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
and Loughor pittee. 


any oo. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Imperial The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


Continental the Imperial Continental Gas Association Bill, as | 
Gas Associa- . ° 
tion Bill, amended in the Committee. | 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital Schools, which was presented upon Thurs- ae 


day last, be printed. No. 455. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post Post Office. 
Office, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be No. 456, 
printed. 

Ordered, Thai the Return relative to the Cape of Cape of Good 
Good Hope, which was presented upon Friday 4? 
last, be printed. No. 457. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Patent Law 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to cae, 
this House, a Copy of the Report from the Select ~ 
Committee appointed by their Lordships in the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament on the Patent Law 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. | Amendment Bills, together with the Minutes of the 


| Evidence taken before them: And that Mr. John 


Saint The House proceeded to take into consideration Leute I . 
-_ by : — 4 ~ ewis Ricardo do carry the said Message. 
Bartholomew's the Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Estate Bill, as | y = 


wag al amended in the Committee. | Complaint being made to the House, of a printed Complaint. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Newspaper called “ ‘I'he Freeman’s Journal,” dated 
| Saturday, June 28, 1851, printed and published by 
Saint Pancras The House proceeded to take into censideration | Edward Duffy, 9, King’s-Inns-street, Dublin, in 
(Middles, the Saint Pancras (Middlesex) Paving Bill, as | respect of a paragraph denying a statement made 
owes” amended in the Committee. by a Member of this House in his Speech on the 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Maynooth Grant ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Jackson's Jackson's Estate Bill was read a second time ; | That the said Newspaper be delivered in, and the 
Estate Bill. and committed. said paragraph read :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | mative. 
mittee of Selection. The said Paper was accordingly delivered in, and 
the paragraph complained of read. 





— Lethbridge’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; | 

stare’ and committed. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post Office. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Returns of the separate Number of Letters, Packets 

mittee of Selection. or Parcels (Newspapers excepted), returned to the 

| Dead Letter Department of the General Post Office, 

Lunatic Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of 

Guviand) mand,—Copy of Fifth General Report on the Dis- | January 1851, distinguishing those received from 

trict Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums in Jre- | Foreign Stations and Country Postmasters, from 

land, with Appendices. Inland Carriers in London, and from London Dis- 

Peat Copy of Report on the Nature and Products of | trict Carriers :—-Of the Total, and, if possible, the 
Distillation, the Process of the destructive Distillation of Peat, | separate Number finally undelivered during that 
made to the Chief Commissioner of Woods, &amp;c. by | Period :—Of the separate Amount in Cash and 


the Director of the Museum of Jrish Industry. | Bills, and the Sum realized by the Sale of Exoperty 
#* ~~ other 











15 VicToriz. 


other than Money found in such Letters, &amp;c., and 
the Estimated Value of any undisposed of :—Of the 
Time limited previous to the Forfeiture of returned 
Letters, how soon after Forfeiture, and in what 
Manner the Property contained in them issold, and 
to what purpose the Proceeds are applied :—Whe- 
ther any other public Means is adopted by which 
such Letters may be traced, further than by the 
written Papers affixed to Boards, and exhibited in 
the Hall at Saint Martin’s-le-Grand, and do those 
Papers contain an entire List of those deemed of 
cafhcient Importance to receive Publicity :— And, 
whether it is intended to adopt any Plan for giving 
more Publicity than at present to Returned and 
Dead Letters, so that the Public may have greater 
Facility in tracing them. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 
gation, Month ended 5th June 1851, and Five 
Months ended 5th June 1851. 

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


Kavigation Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Laws Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of this 
(Netherlands) instant June, for Copy of any Law passed or Regu- 
lations made by the Government of the Netherlands, 
relaxing the Restrictions on Navigation in the In- 
tercourse with Holland, or Her Colonial Posses- 

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

Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts from any Despatches or from 
any other Correspondence between the Supreme 
Government of India, the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, and the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, on the Subject of 
the Discontinuance of any Connexion between the 
Government of India and the Support of the Temple 
of Juggernaut (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Papers, No. 191 of Session 1850, and No. 621 of 
Session 1849). 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Juggernaut, 


Several Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, 
&amp;c. ;—Affirmation ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- 
tion Bill ;—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ;—Pro- 
prietary Chapels ; — Attornies’ Certificates; — 
Coffee ;—Flour ;— Newspapers, &amp;c. ; — Paper ; — 
Beerhouses ;—Boots and Shoes;—Court of Chan- 
cery ; — Education (Ireland) ;—Hungarian Refu- 
gees (Turkish Empire) ;—Larceny and Misdemea- 
nor ;—Mercantile Marine Act ;—Metropolis Water 
Bill ; —- Metropolitan Water Supply (Control of, 
by Representative Body) Bill ;—Navigation Laws ; 
—Patents for Inventions ;— Pharmacy Bill ;—Post- 
age ;--Public Health Act ;—Public Houses (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—and, Ramsgate and Margate Harbours, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Australian Colonies 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on Steam Communications with 
India, &amp;e. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties (Jre- 
land) Continuance Bill, without any Amendment: 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
sixth Report 
on Public 
Petitions, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Stamp Duties 
(Ireland) Con- 


tinuance Bill. And also 
Great ’ 


C The Lords have agreed to the Great Central 
adhe Gas Consumers’ Company Bill, without any Amend- 
Company Bill, ment: And also, 

Huddersfield The Lords have agreed to the Huddersfield and 
De Aew Hey Vew Hey District Turnpike-road Bill, without any 


District Turn- 
pike Road Bill, Amendment: And also, 


Prevention of | The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


Offences Bill by this House to the Prevention of Offences Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
VoL, 106. 





30° Junie. 








321 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Messenger to 
for abolishing the Office of Messenger or Pursuivant +d Great Seal 
to the Great Seal, and for providing for the Execu- * 
tion of the Duties thereof; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Salmon 
for the further Regulation of the Salmon Fisheries (Seotined) 
in Scotland ; to which the Lords desire the concur- Bill, 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Law of 
to amend the Law of Evidence; to which the Lords Evidence Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


&gt; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Bill. 
mittee on the Customs Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make provision 
therein for preventing the mixture of Chicory with 
Coffee by the Vendors of Coffee ; 

The Heese divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Thomas Baring, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Anstey : IJ 
Tellers for the Noes, es eee “atch Hill: \ 99. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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 gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, 


}22. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Inhabited 
mittee on the Inhabited House Duty Bill; House Duty 

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 
“ according to an Estimate of the probable future Finance. 
produce of the existing Taxes, submitted to this 
House by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it 
appears that a surplus Revenue may be expected 
in the present year to the extent of about 
2,000,000/.: That in the Revenue so estimated 
is included a sum exceeding 5,000,0001., derived 
from the Tax on Income, respecting which an in- 
quiry has been directed to be made by aCommittee 
of this House, on the result of whose labours 
may depend the future renewal or modification of 
that important impost: That in this provisional 
state of the financial arrangements of the country, 
it appears to this House to be most consistent 
with a due regard to the maintenance of public 
credit, and the exigencies of the public service, 
not to make any material sacrifice of public in- 
come in effecting such changes as may be deemed 
advisable in other branches of Taxation,” 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. 


- 
n 


° 
n 


r ‘Mr. Hayter, Vee 

Tellers for the Yeas, \ Lord in j242. 
_ Mr. Beresford, , 

Tellers for the Noes, i Miidinels: pio. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, 'That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


TT (In 








322 


(In the Committee). 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


h. 
Preamble postponed. 
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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Chief Justices The Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill was, according 

Salaries Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


General Board The General Board of Health Bill was, according 
of Health Bill. tg Order, read the third time. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 1, 1. 11, by inserting after the word 
“ confirmed” the words “so far as the same are 
“ authorized by the Public Health Act.” 
And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted ; 


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


Martis, 1° die Julii, 1851: 


And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by inserting the word “ Hastings” in 
the Schedule. 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Hastings” be there inserted ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
{ Mr. Fuller, 
? (Mr. Frewen: 

J Mr. Hayter, 
’ (Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tellers for the Yeas 


} 95. 
par. 


Tellers for the Noes 


Stock in Trade 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. 


reading of the Stock in Trade Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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


Highwa7 


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
Rates Bil. . ; 


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


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


_ The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ee, mittee on the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation 
uation . 
(Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

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


30° Juntz.—1° Juliz. 





A, 1851. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Petty session, 

mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bil), 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cotection of 
mittee on the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill; Fines, ty 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday land) Bin, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Owners 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Zre- 924 Lessees 
land) Bill ; te 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, 


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 Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 
into a Committee, to consider of making Compen- *utther Exten- 
sation, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United “ion 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to such 
Officers of any existing Hundred, City or Borough 
Court as may sustain loss under the provisions of 
an Act of the present Session for extending the 
Jurisdiction of the Judges of County Courts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the Hundred 
Court of Offlow, who may sustain loss under the 
provisions cf an Act of the present Session for ex- 
tending the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the County 
Courts. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bills, &amp;e. 
mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill was, accord- Merchant 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Beat Bill 
to a Committee 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Woods, 
mittee on the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; —_ - 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday -_ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Burgesses and Freemen’s Parliamentary es and 
Franchise Bill was, according to Order, read @ S€- 5, jiamentary 
cond time; and committed to a Committee of the franchise Bi 
whole House, for To-morrow. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself ag eR 
into a Committee, to consider of continuing the An- go, 
nual Advance of Money out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for carrying on Public Works and Fishe- 
ries and Employment of the Poor, as authorized by 


the Acts of the 5th and 6th and 9th and 10th yaine 
0 











Mercantile 
Marine Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Veterinary 
Surgeons’ 
Exemption 
Bill. 


No. 458, 


Assessed 

Taxes Com- 

position Bill. 
No. 459. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No, 460. 


Land Tax 
(Bradley 
Haverstoe. ) 


Court of 


15 Vicroriz. 


of Her present Majesty, and for carrying on Public 
Works in Ireland, as authorized by an Act of the 
6th and 7th years of Her present Majesty, and for 
making Advances for carrying on Public Works 
and Fisheries, as authorized by two Acts of the 9th 
and 10th years of Her present Majesty. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the several Advances of Money 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, which by se- 
veral Acts of Her present Majesty were authorized 
to be made for alimited Time for Public Works and 
Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, in Great 
Britain and Ireland, respectively, shall continue to 
be made for a further Term. 


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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Mercantile Marine Act: And that 
Mr. Labouchere and Sir Francis Baring do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for confirming a certain Provisional Order of the 
General Board of Health, for applying the Public 


Health Act 1848, to the Borough of Great Yar- | 


mouth, in the County of Norfolk : And that Lord 
Seymour and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to enlarge 
the Period allowed for compounding for Assessed 
Taxes : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill for confirming a 
certain Provisional Order of the General Board of 
Health, for applying the Public Health Act, 1848, 
to the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in the County 
of Norfolk: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next ; and to 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 Letters that have passed between Mr. 
Keogh, the Secretary to the Board of Inland Re- 
venue, or any other Person by direction of that 
Board, and any Commissioner of Land Tax or Clerk 
to Commissioners of Land Tax, relative to the Judg- 
ment of the Court of Queen’s Bench in January 
last, in the case of the Queen versus the Commis- 
sioners of Land Tax for the Division of Bradley 
Haverstoe. 

Ordered, That 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 following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of August, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return from the Accountant-Ge- 
neral of the High 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 dayof August 1850; and the Amount 
of Stock or other Securities standing to different 

Vou. 106. 





30° Juniz.—1° Juliz. 323 


Accounts in his Name, the Dividends on which have 
not been dealt with during the same Periods respec- 
tively, under the following Heads :— 





Folio | Period of last Amount of Cash or Stock, or other Securities. 
f Dealing 

. with the Cash 
Ledger.| or Dividends. 





Not dealt with | Not dealt with | Not dealt with 
for 10 years. | for 25 years. | for 50 years. 








Cash. | Stock. | Cash. | Stock. | Cash. | Stock. 














Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of May — — 
ouse. 


last, for an Account, in Abstract, of the Amount 
collected by the Trinity House, at Hull, in each 
year since 1845, distinguishing the Amount levied 
on British and on Foreign Vessels in each year, and 
the Amount expended on each of these years in the 
Management and Maintenance of the Buoyage and 
Beaconage of the River Humber ; and also, an Ac- 
count of the Manner in which the surplus Monies, 
after defraying those Expenses, were expended in 
each of these years, and the Amount now in Hand, 
if any (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 228, of the present Session). 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of May © 
last, for a Return of the Total Sum due or paid for © 


Salaries and Office Expenses under the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Vic. c. 103, since the passing of the Act; and also, 
of the Total Sum paid for Compensation for Loss 
of Offices and Profits to Officers, under the same 
Act, since the passing thereof up to the 25th day of 
November 1850 :—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 :—And, 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 Re- 
presentatives of each of them as Compensation after 
their Deaths, and for what Number of years after 
their Deaths such Payments to their personal Re- 
presentatives are to continue, and out of what Funds, 
and by whom, such Payments for Salary and Com- 
pensations are now made, and to be made. 


ourt of 
hancery. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Lunacy. 


an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of all 
Monies received and paid by the Secretary of the 
Commissioners in Lunacy, and of all Charges and 
Expenses incurred under or by virtue of or in execu- 
tion of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 34, during the 
year ending 31st July 1850. 


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








Martis, 1° die Juli ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chorley ~ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Chorley — 


Waterworks 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. 

TT2 The 








| 
| 
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Malmesbury 
Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Warkworth 
Harbour Dock 
Company Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Pier and Port 
(Construction 
of New Pier, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Licutenant- 
colonel Rose. 


County Courts 
further 
Extension Bill. 


No. 461. 


324 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ma/mes- 
bury Turnpike-roads Bill. ' 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 16 
is made to carry out the intention of this House), 
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. 


Ordered, That the Warkworth Harbour Dock 
Company Bill be read the third time this day, at 
Five of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hartlepool Pier and Port (Construction of New 
Pier, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third 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 Copy of Correspondence between the Secretary 
of State for the Foreign Department and the Trea- 
sury, relative to the Issue of Half-pay to Lieutenant- 
colonel Rose, during the Time that he held the 
Office of Consul General in Syria. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the County Courts further 
Extension Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuaust, N° 1 (Power to the Lord Chancellor to 
appoint Judges of the County Courts and Commis- 
sioners of the Court of Bankruptcy Officers of the 
Court of Chancery.) 

Amendment proposed : In p. 1,1. 9, to leave out 
the words “ Lord Chancellor may from time to time 
“ appoint such of the,” in order to insert the word 
“ several,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


2 


Cravuses, N° 2to N° 8, agreed to. 
&gt; , = 


Crause, N° 9, disagreed to. 

Cuause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausess, N° 11 to N° 15, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 16 to N° 18, agreed to. 

C.iauses, N° 19 to N° 21, disagreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 22, agreed to. 

Clause (That it shall be lawful for the Judge of 
any County Court, upon One calendar Month’s 
previous notice thereof, to be affixed in the Office 
of such Court, to direct, that for the space of One 
calendar Month, to commence not earlier than the 
tenth day of August, and to terminate not later than 
the twenty-fourth day of October in any year, the 
Office of such Court shall be open for receiving and 
paying money and issuing executions only)-—— 
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. 


1° Juliz. 


A, 1851. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Property Property 
| Valuation (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent Y#luation 
| therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, (Treland) Bil 
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. 





| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Upton's 

| one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill. 
| That in the case of Upton’s Estate Bill no Standing 

Orders are applicable. 


} 


The Warkworth Harbour Dock Company Bill Warkworth 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and Harbour Ded 
Amendments were made to the Bill. one 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


tu the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to amend the Mercantile 
Mercantile Marine Act, 1850: And the same was Marine Act 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second a 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


No, 462, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Harbours of 
Copies of Reports lately received at the Admiralty Refuge, 
relative to the Advantage which has already been 
produced by the Works now in progress for the 
Harbours of Refuge at Dover, Portland, Harwich, 

Jersey, Alderney and Holyhead. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convicts and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Van Diemen's 
to give directions, that there be laid before this pana.) 
House, Returns showing the Number of Convicts 
who arrived in Van Diemen’s Land, during each 
year from the 1st day of January 1823 to the 31st 
day of December 1850, distinguishing Male from 
Female Convicts :—And, of the Emigration from 
the United Kingdom to Yan Diemen’s Land, for 
every year since the year 1824; distinguishing 
Men from Women, distinguishing Wives and Chil- 
dren of Convicts who have emigrated at the Public 
Expense, and distinguishing assisted from unassisted 
Emigrants. 

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. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cotton, &amp;. 


| Accounts of the Total Number of Pounds Weight 
| of Cotton Wool imported into the United Kingdom, 
|in each of the three years 1848, 1849 and 1850; 
distinguishing the Quantities imported from the 
United States of America, Brazil, the Mediterra- 
| nean, the East Indies and the British West Indies 
respectively, from that imported from all other 
| Parts: —Of the Total Quantities and Declared 
Value of British Cotton Manufactured Goods, and 
of Cotton Twist, Yarn or Thread, exported from the 
| United Kingdom to all parts of the World, in each 
of the Three years 1848, 1849 and 1850 ; specifying 
the Number of Yards and Declared Value of all 
Goods entered by the Yard; the Declared Value of 
such Goods as are entered by Value only, as Hosiery, 
Lace, &amp;c. ; and the Number of Pounds Weight and 
Declared Value of Cotton Twist, Yarn or Thread, 
so 














Caledonian 
Railway 
Glasgow, 
Gomnkirk, and 
Polloc and 
Govan, &amp;c. 
ilways ) 

k (Amendment 

. and Continua- 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill. 


‘CoantyCourte, 

















15 Vicroriz. 


so exported; showing the Aggregate Declared 
Value of all such Exports in each year :—Similar 
Account to the foregoing, of the Export of British 
Cotton manufactured Goods, and Cotton Twist, 
Yarn or Thread, to the United States of America: 
—And, Account of the Total Official Value of all 
Goods imported into, and the Total Official Value of 
the Produce and Manufactures of the United King- 
dom, and of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize re- 
spectively, with the Aggregates of such Amounts, 
exported from the United Kingdom to the United 
States of America; also, the Total Declared Value 
of the Produce and Manufactures of the United 
Kingdom, so exported in each of the four years 
1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 383, of Session 1848). 


Mr. Edwin Lascelles reported from the Committee 
on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk and 
Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;c. Railways) 
(Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill, it appeared 
to the Committee expedient that, in place of dealing 
with the interests of the Petitioners against the Bill 
in the manner proposed, some general arrangement 
of the affairs of the Caledenian Railway Company 
should be made, whereby the extensive litigation in 
which the Company was involved should be ren- 
dered unnecessary, and the Company restored to 
solvency; and, negociations for a settlement having 
taken place among the several parties, an arrange- 
ment was effected, and there was submitted to the 
Committee 2 memorandum of agreements, detailing 
the terms on which such voluntary arrangements 
had been made; that the Committee thereupon had 
amended the Preamble of the said Bill, by inserting 
allegations to the effect that the proprietors re- 
spectively entitled to the guaranteed and preferential 
dividends (with the exception of the proprietors 
of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Paisley and 
Greenock) guaranteed preference shares, whose rights 
were reserved) were willing, and had agreed with the 
Caledonian Railway Company to abate a portion of 
the sums so annually payable to them on certain 
terms and conditions, and that it was expedient that 
such agreement should be sanctioned and confirmed 
by Palbenent; and that it was also expedient, for 
the better security of the several parties entitled to 
the said guaranteed and preferential dividends, and 
for further carrying into effect the said agreement, 
that the constitution of the Company should in cer- 
tain respects be modified and altered, and that the 
rights of the said parties respectively should be 
clearly defined, and that further and other remedies 
should be given for enforcing the rights of the par- 
ties entitled to the fixed annuities provided by the 
Bill; and that certain of the parties should be in- 
corporated for the better securing to them the pay- 
ment of such fixed annuities; that the Caledonian 
Railway Company had forfeited, and might hereafter 
forfeit, certain shares; and that it was expedient 
that such shares forfeited, and to be forfeited, should 
be extinguished, and thereby compensate for the 
new stock to be created under the Bill; and that it 
had been agreed that the Company should hold 
certain shares therein specified, purchased by former 
directors for behoof of the Company, and that such 
directors should be relieved to the extent therein 
mentioned of the liability in respect of their pur- 
chase of shares ; that they had examined the alle- 

tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
iad amended the same as before set forth; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 

ereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of February 
last, for Returns from every Court established 

Vox. 106. 


1° Judit. 325 


throughout England and Wales, under the Act 
9 &amp; 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 1850, 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 :—Of 
the Total Number of Plaints entered in each Court 
above £.20, and not exceeding £.50, from the 14th 
day of August 1850 (when the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie., 
c. 61, received the Royal Assent) to the 31st day of 
December 1850, both days inclusive :—Of the Total 
Number of Plaints entered in each Court during 
the last-mentioned Period, by consent of Parties 
under the 17th Section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vice., 
c. 61:—2. Of the Total Number of Causes tried by 
each Court, from the 1st day of January 1850 to the 
3ist day of December 1850, both — inclusive, 
specifying the Number of Causes above £.10; 
above £.5, and not exceeding £.10; above £.2, 
and not exceeding £.5; above £.1, and not ex- 
ceeding £.2; and not exceeding £.1:—Of the 
Total Number of Causes tried by each Court from 
the 14th day of August 1850 to the 31st day of 
December 1850, both days inclusive, above £.20, 
and not exceeding £.50 :—Of the Total Number of 
Causes tried by each Court during the last-men- 
tioned Period, by consent of Parties under the 17th 
Section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic., c. 61 :—3. Of the 
Total Number of Appeals under the last-mentioned 
Act, up to the 31st day of December 1850 inclusive, 
from the Decisions of. each Court, and whether such 
Decisions were confirmed or reserved :—4. Of the 
Total Number of Days that each Court has sat from 
the 1st day of January to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1850, both days inclusive, and the Average 
Number of Hours comprised in each Sitting :—5. 
Of the Total Amount of Monies for which the 
Plaints were entered in each Court, during the last- 
mentioned Period:—6. Of the Total Amount of 
Monies, exclusive of Costs, for which Judgment has 
been obtained in each Court during the same Pe- 
riod, and also the Amount of such Costs :—7. Of 
the Total Amount of Monies paid into each Court, 
during the same Period, in satisfaction of Debts 
sued for, without proceeding to Judgment :—8. Of 
the Gross Total Amount of Monies received in each 
Court during such Period, distinguishing the 
Amount of Fees for each Officer, and on account of 
the General Fund, from the Amount received to the 
Credit of Suitors:—9. Of the Total Amount of Mo- 
nies received on account of the General 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 :—10. Of the Total Number of Causes 
tried in each Court during the same Period, with 
the Assistance of a Jury, specifying the Number of 
such Causes in which a Verdict has been given in 
favour of the Party requiring a Jury to be sum- 
moned :—11. Of the Total Number of Executions 
issued by each County Court, during the same Pe- 
riod, against the Goods of Defendants, distinguish- 
ing those paid without Levy from those in which a 
Levy has been made :—12. Of 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 respec- 
| tively ordered, with the Number of such Commit- 
| ments carried into effect:—1i3. And, a Debtor and 
| Creditor Account of the Sums received and paid by 
the Treasurer of each County Court, and of the 
| Sums paid over by such Treasurers respectively to 
| Her Majesty’s Treasury, during the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 561, 
| of Session 1850). 


| of Days the Judges of the Southwark and Lambeth 
| TT3+ County 


a 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the County Courts 
| 16th day of June last, for a Return of the Number (Southwark 


* » 
Se Se Cae 








Pharmaceu- 
tical Society. 


Education 
Ireland.) 


Clogheen 
Workhouse. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 468. 


Coal Mines. 
No. 464, 


Tithe 
Commission. 


No. 465. 


Hull Trinity 
House. 


No. 466, 
Court ot 
Chancery. 

No. 467. 


Lunacy. 
No. 468, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 


seventh Report —Education 


on Public 
Petitions. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Bridges 
(ireland) Bill. 


326 


County Courts sat in Court in each month of the 
last year, as well as of the present year, and of the 
Time occupied in each Sitting; and also, the Total 
Number of Causes for which Notice of Trial had 
been issued, which were left untried at the Termina- 
tion of each month respectively in each of the said 
Courts. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
23d day of June last, for a Copy of the Royal Char- 
ter of Incorporation of the Pharmaceutical Society 
of Great Britain. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of May 
last, for Translated Copies of the Letters Patent 
from Charles the First to the Archbishop of Ar- 
magh, and his Successors, and from Charles the 
First to other Corporate Bodies in Lreland, convey- 
ing certain Lands for the purpose of Education :— 
Of any Orders made by the Commissioners of Edu- 
cation in Jreland, for the maintaining, supporting 
and providing for free Students in the Royal Col- 
leges of Armagh, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Raphoe 
and Cavan, with the Number of such Students in 
each College respectively, for each year between tie 


1° Juliz. 





1st day of January 1840 and the 1st day of January 
1851:—Of the Amount of all Grants of Money 
(distinct from the Rents of the School Estates in | 
Uister), given or granted for Educational Purposes, 
over which the Commissioners of Education have | 
control, particularising the Name of each Grantor, | 
and Date of each Instrument respectively, stating | 
the Purpose for which the same was given, and | 
where such Sum is now placed; and if on Interest, 
the Amount of such Interest annually derived, and 
how and for what Purpose the same is now applied : 
—And, of all Correspondence between Mr. Thomas 
Keiran, Mr. Joshua Michael Magee, the Commis- 
sioners of Education, and the Jrish Government, 
upon the Subject of the Royal Colleges of Ulster, 
since the 1st day of January 1848. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of June 
last, for Copies of Correspondence between the 
Commissioners for administering the Laws for the 
Relief of the Poor in Jreland, and the Guardians of 
the Clogheen Union, relative to the Manufacture of 
Articles for Sale in the Workhouse of that Union. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


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


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hull Trinity 
House, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Chancery, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


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


Several Petitions relating to the Ecclesiastical | 
Titles Assumption Bill ;-—Attornies’ Certificates ; | 
— Newspapers, Xc. ;—Disarmament ;—Education ; 
(Lreland) ;— Navigation Laws;—Phar- 
macy Bill;— Postage Stamps;— Public Houses 
(Scotland) Bill;—Salmon Fisheries (Scot/and) Bill; 
—and, Spirits,—were presented, and read; and or- 


| ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 





dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lerds, by Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bridges (Ireland) 


2 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


A. 185), 


The Lords have agreed to the Fee-Farm Rents Fee-Farm 
(Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Rents 
(Ireland) Bin, 


The Lords have agreed to the Reading Water- Reading 


works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Waterworks 


The Lords have agreed to the Warrington and Warrington 
Altrincham Junction Railway Bill, without any #4 Altrinch. 


Amendment: And also, Penns 


The Lords have agreed to the Maryport and Car- Maryport 
lisle Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And ~ Carlisle 
also, ailway Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the North Shields North shictag 
Quays and Improvements Bill, without any Amend- Quays aad 
ment: And also, a 


The Lords have agreed to the Ministers’ Widows Ministers’ 
and Orphans’ Fund of the Free Church of Scotland Widows and 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the O*P!ans’ Fund 

. &gt; of the Free 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And Church of 
also, Scotland Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midlana 
(Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; Railway 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- Co of 

“thi e,&amp;c.) Bill 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Taw Vale Railway Taw Vale 
and Dock Bill,with Amendments; to which Amend- Railway and 

Dock Bill. 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Southern and Great 

Western Railway (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments ; Souther 

. “x , aud Western 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway 
rence of this House: And also, (Ireland) Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Great Western Great Western 
Railway (Railways to connect the Birmingham and Railway 
Oxford Junction Railway with the London and (Railways 
North Western Railway at Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill, Birmingham 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords and Oxford 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Sailwsy with 
the London 

and North Western Railway at Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Arrest of 
to facilitate the more speedy Arrest of Absconding }Uvonais 
Debtors ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Church 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her #x‘ensiom 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to take into Her consideration the state of spiritual 
destitution existing throughout England and Wales ; 
with a view that Her Majesty may be pleased to 
direct the adoption of such measures as She may 
deem expedient, for affording more efficient relief 
to the spiritual wants of the people, and for an ex- 
tension of the parochial system corresponding to the 
growth of a rapidly increasing population, by the 
help which may be drawn from the resources of the 
Established Church itself; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words, 
“and also, that Her Majesty will be graciously 

sama to direct that there be laid before this 

ouse an Account of all lands, houses, mines, 
tithes and all property of every sort or kind what- 

* soever, belonging to the Church of England, or to- 
any Bishopric or any Capitular or Ecclesiastival 

Body or Corporation, sole or aggregate, setting 

forth the nature and extent of the property, and 

where situated; in whose possession, or to whom 
leased, and the date of such lease and by whom 
held; the period for which the lease was granted ;. 
the fine, if any, taken at the time of granting the 
lease ; the names of the parties by whom that 
fine was received, and the amount paid to each 
party ; also, the rent reserved, and the Annual 
* Value at which such property is now rated to the 
relief of the poor; and if Tithes, the Amount of 
the same; or if commuted, the Annual Rent- 


charge ; the Return for each Bishopric and Ec- 
“ clesiastical 


“c 
‘“ 








ils 





Carriages. 


Egyptian 
Obelisk. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


School Sites 
Acts Amend. 
ment Bill, 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Hilesiaatical 
Bi ction 


. 


15 VicTorRiz. 


“ clesiastical and Capitular Body to be given sepa- 
“ rately.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to take into Her consideration the state of 
spiritual destitution existing throughout England 
and Wales; with a view that Her Majesty may be 

leased to direct the adoption of such measures as 
Ske may deem expedient, for affording more effi- 
cient relief to the spiritual wants of the people, and 
for an extension of the parochial system correspond- 
ing to the growth ofa rapidly increasing population, 
by the help which may be drawn from the resources 
of the Established Church itself; 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
reduce the Duty on Carriages ; 


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


Mercurii, 2° die Julii, 1851: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider of presenting 
to Her Majesty an humble Address, that She will 
be pleased to give directions, that the Granite Obe- 
lisk, given by the late Mahomet Ali to the British 
Nation (which Obelisk is now lying on the Beach at 
Alexandria), may be brought to England, and that 
this House will grant such Funds as may be requisite 
to bring it to and erect itin an appropriate Situation 
in England :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
relating to the Incumbered Estates Commission in 
Lreland:—1. The Number of Petitions presented 
for Sale to the 1st day of May last. 2. Number of 
conditional Orders for Sale. 3. Number of absolute 
Orders. 4. Number of Petitions remaining unfiated. 
5. Date when earliest unfiated Petition presented. 
6. Total Amount produced by actual Sales. 7. Sums 


paid for or on account of Attornies’ Costs in each | 


matter. 8. Sums paid for Advertisements in each 
Matter, distinguishing Sums paid to the General Ad- 
vertiser. 9. TheSums paid in each Matter forSurveys 
and Printing, or either. 10. Total Sum distributed 
to Parties in each Matter. 11. Total Number of Lots 
as to which Adjournments have taken place for want 
of Bidders, or for want of sufficient Biddings :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The School Sites Acts Amendment Bill was, ac- 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- | 


mitted to a Committee of the whule House, for To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Highway Rates Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Juris- 
diction Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
VoL, 106. 


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327 


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 receiving County Courts 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- further Exten- 


ferred to consider of making Compensation, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to such Officers of any 
existing Hundred, City, or Borough Court as may 
sustain Loss under the Provisions of an Act of the 
present Session for extending the Jurisdiction of the 
Judges of County Courts ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


sion [Com- 
pensations. ] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bills, &amp;e. 


mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





(Ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Advances for 


the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries and 
Employment of the Poor, as authorized by the Acts 
of the 5th and 6th and 9th and 10th years of Her 
present Majesty, and for carrying on Public Works 
in Jreland, as authorized by an Act of the 6th and 
7th years of Her present Majesty, and for making 
| Advances for carrying on Public Works and Fish- 
eries, as authorized by two Acts of the 9th and 10th 
years of Her present Majesty, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the several Advances of Money, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 





dom of Great Britain and Ireland, which, by se- 
| veral Acts of Her present Majesty, were authorized 
| to be made, for a limited Time, for Public Works 
| and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, in 
Great Britain and Ireland respectively, shall con- 
tinue to be made for a further Term. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis do prepare, and bring in the same. 


making Compensation, out of the Consolidated Fund 


land, to Officers of the Hundred Court of Offiuw, 
and of certain City or Borough Courts, who may 
sustain Loss under the Provisions of an Act of the 
present Session for extending the Jurisdiction of 
the Judges of the County Courts ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Conimittee. 


the Purposes of Loans for carrying on Public Works 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 


the Consolidated Fund, to a limited Amount, for 

-earrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Em- 

ployment 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. 
TT 4 





The 


it was referred to consider of continuing the Annual Public Works, 
Advance of Money, out of the Consolidated Fund of *~? 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this County Courts 


day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of further Exten- 
sion [Com- 


pensations } 


of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- (No. 2.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to authorize Public Works 
fora further Period the Application of Money for (Ireland) Bill. 


No. 469. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to authorize Public Werks, 
for a further Period the Advance of Money out of = &amp;e. 


No. 470. 




















Salmon 
Fisheries 


(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 471. 


Arrest of 
Absconding 
Debtors’ Bill. 


No. 472. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill 


Law of 
Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 473. 


Lead. 


Revenue, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


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The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The Arrest of Absconding Debtors’ Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 9th day of this instant 
July ; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, on the Improvement of Towns 
(Zreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


The Law of Evidence Amendment Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 9th day of this instant 
July; and to be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table, 
by the Clerk of the a: ern to several Or- 
ders, dated the 14th day of March last, for an Ac- 
count of all Lead and Lead Ore imported into the 
United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1851; distinguishing each Sort, from what 
Country, and into what Ports imported :—And 
similar Return as to all Lead and Lead Ore exported 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 457, 
of Session 1850): An Account of all Copper 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1851; distinguishing 
each Sort of Copper, from what Country, and into 
what Ports imported :—A similar Return of Quan- 
tity exported: —An Account of the Quantity of 
Copper exported from the Port of London, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1851; distin- 
guishing each Sort, and to what Country exported : 
—A similar Return for the Port of Liverpool :— 
And, Accounts of all Copper Ore which has been 
imported into the United Kingdom for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1851; 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 


1°—2° 





has been paid, together with the Rate and Amount 
of Duty received thereon (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 457, of Session 1850) :——_—— | 
An Account of Tin imported into the United King- | 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 1851; 

distinguishing from what Countries imported :— | 
And, similar Returns of Exports of Tin (in continu- | 
ation of Parliamentary Faper, No. 457, of Session | 
1850) :——«_=——-And, for an Account of all Zinc and 
Zinc Ore imported and exported during the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1851, and the Duty 
= thereon (in continuation of Parliamentary 

aper, No. 457, of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of May | 
last, for an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Re- | 
venue of Jreland paid into the Exchequer in the year | 
ended the 5th day of January 1851 :—Accounts of 
the Net Public Income and Expenditure of Jreland 
for the year ended the 5th day of January 1851; 
and showing the whole of the Ways and Means pro- | 
vided within the same Period, together with the. 
Application thereof :—Of the Amount of Duties of | 
Excise in each Revenue District of Zreland, in the | 
year ended the 5th day of January 1851:—Of the | 
Amount of Duties of Customs of the Revenue Dis- | 
tricts of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of | 
January 1851:—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties 
collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp District of 
Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1851 :—And, of the Amount of Postage collected 
in each County of Ireland, in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1851 :—Statements showing 
the Quantities of the following Articles retained 
for Home Consumption in Jreland, in the year 





Juli. A. 1851. 


ended the 5th day of January 1851; 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 follow- 
ing Articles exported from Jreland, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1851; distinguishing the 
Exports to Great Britain from those to Foreign 
Countries; viz. Oxen, Sheep, Swine, Horses, Ba- 
con and Hams, Beef and Pork, Butter, Wheat and 
Wheat Flour, Oats and Oatmeal, Jrish Spirits, 
Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn, and Cotton Ma- 
nufactures (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 600, of Session 1850). 


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


Mercuri, 2° die Julii ; 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House, 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 30th day of June So 
last ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Ulster Canal and Union Rail- Ulster Canal 
, j 4 , and Union 
way Bill be withdrawn. Railway Bill 

Ordered, That the Standing Orders Nos. 121 and Caledonian 
175 be suspended in the case of the Caledonian (Glennon 
Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge, Pol- Garnkirk, and 
loc and Govan, &amp;c. Railways) (Amendment and Coatbridge, 
Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill, and that the Bill be con- Polloc aut 
. 7 ? oe | inted GOT &amp;e. 
sidered upon Friday next, provided that printed Railways) 
Copies of the Bill, as amended in Committee, be (Amendment 
delivered to the Door-keepers one clear day before #24 Continua 


; ‘ “ " tion, &amp;c. ) Bill. 
the consideration of the Bill. astm 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cubitt’s_ 
Cubitt’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- Estate Bill. 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wexford Free 
the Wexford Free Bridge Bill, as amended in the Bridge Bill 
Committee. ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Upton’s 


’s E i read a se- 
Ordered, That Upton’s Estate Bill be rea Heh 


cond time. 


Public 
etitions. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; L 
—Flour;— Thomas Clark ;— Disarmament ;—Phar- 


macy Bill;—Poor Law Amendment Act ;—Public vide Fifty- 
Houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Ramsgate and Margate yan 
Harbours ; —-and, Sewers,-—were — and Pe b&gt; soma 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Coroners’ Bill was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Coroners. 


resented, —Return to an Order, Ships (Med 
dated the 18th day of June last, for a Copy of the terranean. ) 
Memorial of the Clerks of Her Majesty’s Ships in 

the Mediterranean, forwarded to the Admiralty, by 

Admiral Sir William Parker, dated the 31st day of 


ing that the same Rank and 
January 1850, praying that the s Privileges 


Mr. Parker 








ind 


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a. 
ill. 


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15 Vicroriz. 


Priviliges awarded to other Subordinate Officers 
may be granted to them. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
Harbours of Ordered, That the Paper relative to Harbours of 
os Refuge, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
armacel- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Pharma- 
tical Society Ceutical Society, which was presented yesterday, be 


No. 474. printed. 


Paducation Ordered, That the Return relative to Educa- 
(ieland.) tion (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No, 475+ printed. 


Jead; Copper; Ordered, That the Return relative to Lead, Cop- 
Min; and, Zine. per, Tin and Zinc, which was presented yesterday, 
No. 476. he printed. 


Revenue, &amp;- Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue, 
(Leeland. &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No.477- printed. 


The Ecclesiastical Residences (Zreland) Bill was, 

(Ireland) Bil according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 
nesday next. 

Churches 


oi Chapels The Churches and Chapels (Jreland) Bill was, 

(ireland) Bill, according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 
nesday next. 


The United Church of England and Ireland Bill 
of England , ; : 
and Ireland Was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


United Church 


Pharmacy 


a The Pharmacy Bill was, according to Order, read 
i 


a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Coroners’ Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coroners’ Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 16th day of this instant July. 


a The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Bill, reading of the Public Houses (Scotland) 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 | 
“pow” stand part of the Question :—The said pro-| 
— Amendments and Motion were, severally, with 

eave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Medical 


Charities The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bi, MIttee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
of the day, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


i 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. 
ly, ‘ 
Sopply 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. 
and Frecmen’s The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


iamentary into a Committee upon the Burgesses and Free- 
‘wchise Bill. men’s Parliamentary Franchise Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 


2° Julia. 





329 


mittee 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 Order of the day being read, for the second Veterinary 
reading of the Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption Bill ; et seed 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pay" 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to yighwa 
take into consideration the Highway Rise Bill, as Rates Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Ecclesiastical 
take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- Jurisdiction 
tion Bill, as amended in the Committee. am. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 
into a Committee to consider of making Compensa- —— 
tion, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United pensations] 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Officers (No. 2.) 
of the Hundred Court of Offlow, and of certain City 
| or Borough Courts, who may sustain Loss under 
| the Provisions of an Act of the present Session for 
extending the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the 
| County Courts. 


(In the Committee.) 


| Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of the 
| Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
| Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the Hundred 
| Court of Offlow, and of certain City or Borcugh 
' Courts, who may sustain Loss under the Provisions 
of an Act of the present Session for extending the 
| Jurisdiction of the Judges of the County Courts. 

| Resdlution to be reported. 








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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 
into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Jre- Charities _ 
land) Bill. Gaye 

(In the Committee.) 

CuauseE, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 


Crausez, N° 3 (Appointment of Inspectors). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 2,1. 35, after the 
word “ being ” to insert the word “ practising.” 

Question put, That the word “ practising” be 
there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Lord WVaas, Sins 
Yeas, \Mr. Whiteside : | eae 
Tellers for the f ~ en for ] 7 
Noes reland, — ie 

; Mr. Bouverie : J 


Clause, as amended, agreed to, 

Cxiausss, N° 4and N° 5, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N°6 (Guardians of Unions to divide 
them into Dispensary Districts). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 3, 1.12, to leave 
out from the word “necessary ” to the word “and,” 
in |. 18. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p.3, 1. 18, 
after the word “ necessary,” to insert the words 
“ subject to an Appeal in Council, as hereinafter 
“ provided.” ; 

Question put, That those words be there in-- 





Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
Vou, 106, 





serted ; 
uv The 








2° —$° Juli. A. 1851, 


The Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Estate Bill was gaint 

read the third time. Bartholomew's 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, Hospital 

do pass. wate Bil, 
dered, 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. 


330 


The Committee ge es 

: Mr. Henry Herbert, 

Tellers for the J Mr. George Alexander He} 58. 
Tellers for the 


Yeas, milton: 
iu Hayter, } 20, 
Noes, Mr. Bouverie : 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 3, 1. 18, | 
after the word “ occasion,” to insert the words 
“upon application from the Guardians of the 
«* Union.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed : In p. 3, 1. 30, to 
leave out the words “ Number and.” 

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

The Committee “- 

Tellers for the Yeas, (ae a ase — 


r Mr. 
Tellers for the Noes {ti ae - erbert, 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


The Saint Pancras (Middlesex) Paving Bill was Saint Pay 
read the third time. (Middlesex 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Paving Bill, 
Ordered, That Sir Benjamin Hall do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kensington 

the Kensington Improvement Bill, as amended in !™provement 

| the Committee. Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


57. 


i 
yt 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Interment Act, which was presented upon !Mterment Act, 
the 18th day of June last, be printed. No, 479, 





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. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pauperism Pauperism 
(Bedfordshire), which was presented yesterday, be a 


printed. 
No. 480, 





Several Petitions relating to the Church Building Public 
Acts Amendment Bill;—Ecclesiastical Titles As- Petitions, 
sumption Bill ;—Australian Colonies (Steam Com- y;3. Fny. 
munication) ;—Attornies’ Certificates ; — Inhabited seventh Report 
House Duty Bill ;—Beer-houses ;— Exhibition of 00 Public 
1851; — Pharmacy Bill; —Poor Law; — Public Ftitions. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make further Provision for the Conveyance of | 
Mails by Railways: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis 
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
Railways Bill. 











Pauperism 
(Bedford- 
shire.) 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
Railways Bill, 


No. 478. 


Sheffield and 
Glossop Road 
(No. 2) Bill. 


County Ra‘es 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Imperial Con. 


tinental Gas 
Association 
Bill. 


and bring it in. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table, by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 27th day of June last, for a Copy of Report of 
Robert Weale, Esquire, Inspector of Poor Laws, on 
the state of Pauperism in the County of Bedford, 
in the year ended the 25th day of March 1851, as 
compared with Representations made to the House 
of Commons in a Petition, dated in May 1829. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to make 








further Provision for the Conveyance of Mails by 
Railways: 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 adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 3° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 











PRAYERS. 
M R Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Sheffield and 
Glossop Road (No. 2) Bill the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 


Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee 
on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill, to whom 
several Petitions were referred ; That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The Imperial Continental Gas Association 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. 





Houses (Scotland) Bill; —Ramsgate and Margate 
Harbours ;—and, Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Customs was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Customs. 

A Petition relating to Steam Communication with 
India, &amp;c. was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Steam Communi- 
cations with India, &amp;c. 


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


Return, 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; distin- 
uishing the Number of Persons and Amount of 
ncome, and the Allowance for the Maintenance of 
those who individually have less than £.100 per 
annum :—Similar Return, and distinguishing in like 
manner, of those who have more than £.100 and 
less than £.200 per annum :—Similar Return, and 
distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 
more than £.200 and less than £.400 per annum: 
—Similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.400 and less than 
£.600 per annum:—Similar Return, and distin- 
guishing in like manner, of those who have more than 
£.600 and less than £.1,000 per annum :—Similar 
Return, and distinguishing in like manner, of those 
who have more than £.1,000 per annum, with the 
Amount of their Income:—And, Return of the 
Amount of per Centaye, from the 8th day of Ja- 
nuary 1839 to the 8th day of January 1851, on 
Lunatics’ Incomes, received under the Provisions 
of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 36; and of the Pay- 
ments made thereout, from the 8th day of January 
1839 to the 8th day of January 1851 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 378, of Session 


1839). 
A Message, 








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15 Vicroriz. 
ai Assent A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
ib. 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 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 continue the Stamp Duties granted by 
au Act of the fifth and sixth ton of Her present 
Majesty, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great 


Stamp Duties 
(Ireland) 
Continuance 


7 Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for 
collecting and managing the same: 

Compound An Act to amend the Law for the Registration of 

Householders certain Persons commonly 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 : 

Court of An Act to amend the Court of Chancery (Jredand) 

(ireland) Regulation Act, 1850: 


Regulation Act Amendment Bill. 


Highways An Act for the better Management and Control 
_ Wales) of the Highways in South Wales : 


Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to explain and amend an Act for the 
Regulation of Process and Practice in the Superior 
Courts of Common Law in Ireland : 


Prevention of An Act for the better Prevention of Offences : 
Offences Bill, 

Fee Farm An Act to extend the Remedies provided by the 
(uland) on Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act for the Re- 


covery of Fee-farm Rents under that Act, to all 
other Fee-farm Rents, and to other Rents in Ire- 
land, reserved upon Grants of Land in which the 
Grantors have no Reversion : 


Bridges An Act to amend an Act of the sixth and seventh 

(Ireland) Bill. Years of Her Majesty, to amend an Act of the 
nineteenth and twentieth Years of King George 
the Third, for empowering Grand Juries in Lreland 
to present Bridges and Tolls to be paid for passing 
the same in certain Cases: 

vey and = An Act to authorize a Deviation in the Line of the 

Railway Bin, Aél/arney and Valencia Railway, and to continue 
and revive the Powers granted by “ The Killarney 
and Valencia Railway Act, 1847,” for the compul- 
sory Purchase of Lands, and to extend the Period 
by such Act limited for the Completion of the said 
‘Railway : 

Commercial An Act to enable the Commercial Dock Com- 


Improvement ey to purchase and enlarge the East Country 
Bill, ock, to construct a Tramway to connect their 
Docks with the Deptford Branch Railway, and for 
other Purposes : 


7. An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway 

Railway Company to construct Stations at Knottingley and 

Amendment Wakefield, to increase their Capital, to enlarge 

(8o.1) Bil. their London Station, to amend their Acts, and 
for other Purposes : 

Harwich 


in An Act to improve the Town of Harwich, to re- 
Quire wnt, claim Part of the Foreshore of Harwich Harbour, 


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331 


An Act for enabling Arrangements with Reference Great Western 
to the Purchase, Lease, or other Use, by the Great yates a“ 
Western Railway Company, of the Wilts, Somerset ments with re- 


and Weymouth Railway, the Gloucester and Dean ference to the 


Forest Railway, and the South Wales Railway re- Eurchase, &amp;e. 
: ‘ &gt; of the Wilts, 

spectively, to be effected, and for other Purposes: somerset, and 
Weymouth, 


&amp;c. Railways) Bill. 
An Act to authorize Deviations of the Sheffield, Sheffield, 
Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Rotherham, 
Goole Railway, between Sheffield and Barnsley, and Wakeficla, 


to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway: Huddersfield, 
and Goole 
Railway Bill. 

An Act for repairing the Road from the Town of Stroud and 
Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, through Pitch- Gloucester 
comb, into the City of Gloucester : og tg 

An Act for making and maintaining Docks at Briton Ferry, 
Baglan Bay, in the County of Glamorgan, with a ee 7 
Branch Line of Railway to the South Wales Rail- *“'"*7 5" 
way: 

y fe Act for facilitating the Conversion, by the South Devon 
South Devon Railway Company, of Loan into Railway Bill 
Capital, and for enabling the same Company to 
effect Arrangements between different Classes of 
Shareholders, for the Creation of new Shares, and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the South Wales Railway Com- South Wales 
pany to make a new Railway in the Forest of Dean, Railway 
in lieu of the Railway already authorized, to con- nin 
struct New Lines at Cardiff and Britton Ferry, and 
to make an Alteration in the Line and Levels of their 
Railway, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the East East Lanca- 
Lancashire Railway Company, and to enable the Sire Railway 
Company to increase their Capital and Tolls : - 

An Act to facilitate Intercourse between the Eastern Union 
Eastern Union, and certain other Railways, to alter Bailway Bill. 
certain Charges upon the Eastern Union Railway, 
and the Stowmarket Navigation, and for other Pur- 

oses : 

. An Act for making a Railway from the Edin- Saint Andrew's 
burgh, Perth and Dundee Railway, at or near to ®#lway Bill 
Milton, in the Parish of Leuchars, to the City of 

Saint Andrew’s, to be called “ The Saint Andrew’s 

Railway :” 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts re- Edinburgh, 
lating to the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Ferth and 
Company, and to grant further Powers to the said pailway Bill 
Company : 

An Act for managing and repairing the Roads Uttoxeter to 


leading from Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and Stoke, near 
Stone, and 


from Millwich to Sandon, in the County of Staf- from Millwich 

ford : to Sandon 
Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


An Act to authorize certain Deviations of the Monkland_ 
Slamannan and Borrowstowness Railway : Railways Bill. 


An Act to alter the Constitution of the Com- liverpocl 
mittee for the Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees ( aie ” 
of the Liverpool Docks, to authorize the Establish- Management, 
ment of an Emigrant’s Home, and to alter and &amp;c-) Bill. 
amend the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour 
of Liverpool : 

An Act for constructing a Railway from the Waveney 
Tivetshall Station of the Eastern Union Railway, —— , 

: . “? Railway Bill. 

to Bungay, in Suffolk : 
An Act for the better Improvement and Regula- Sunderland 
tion of the Borough of Sunderland ,in the County of Tmprovement 
Durham, and for other Purposes : “A 
An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of Hayling 
the Hayling Bridge and Causeway to construct a Bridge and 
Railway from their Docks and Wharves at Lang- ©*"***Y Bil. 
stone, to join the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway at Havant, in the County of Southamp- 








ua 
Pier Bill” and to construct Quays and a Pier, and for other 
Purposes : 
reads and An Act for altering the Name of the Leeds and 
vay — Thirsk Railway Company to the Name of the 


Leeds Northern Railway Company, for extending 
the Time for Completion of certain Works, for regu- 
lating the Capital of the Company, and for other 
Purposes : 


ton: 

An Act for extending the Powers of Price’s Pa- Price's Patent 
tent Candle Company, in relation to Letters Patent a 
for Inventions, applicable to their Undertaking: | y 
An Act to regulate and increase the Capital of Midland 

the Midland Railway Company, and to confirm and ane 





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uvu2 legalize ‘ . 





332 


and Increase legalize the Creation and Issue of certain Fifty 
= Capital, ~~ Pound Shares, and the Application of the Proceeds 
_ of such Shares, and for other Purposes : 
_~ ee An Act to enable the Dundee and — or 
proatl_., way Company to enlarge their present Termina 
a Station eden and to neni he Acts relating 
to the Company : 
Weston-super- An Act for extending the Provisions of the Wes- 
Mare Improve- ton-super-Mare Improvement and Market Act, and 
ment and ‘ . Q 
Market Bill, for granting further Powers relating to the Sewage 
of the Town: 

An Act to extend the Term and alter the Pro- 
visions of two Acts relating to the Buckingham, 
Brackley and Banbury Turnpike-road, and of an 
Act reiating to the Towcester, Brackley and Weston- 
on-the-Green Turnpike-road, and to consolidate the 
Management of the said Turnpike-roads, 


Brackley 
Roads Con- 
solidation Bill. 


3° Juli. 


A. 1851. 


The Lords have agreed to the York, Newcastle and York, wy, 
Berwick Railway (Abandonment of Part of Bishop castle, mo 
Auckland Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; to Berwick Raj. 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- don Aten. 
rence of this House: And also, Part of Bon 

Aucklang °? 
Branch, &amp;e.) Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the York, Newcastle Yor, New 
and Berwick Railway (Branch to West Durham castle, and 
Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments; to which Berwick Rail. 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of oWane 


this House: And also, sy 
oats c.) Bill, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act td 


to authorize the granting of Building Leases of Part Estate Bill, 
of the Estates devised by the Will of William Moore, ' 
Esquire, deseased, situate in the Parish of Fulham, 
in the County of Middlesex; to which the Lords 


Huddersfield 
and New Hey 
District Turn- 
pike Road 
Bill. 


An Act to amend an Act passed in the sixth year 
of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road 


from Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County 


desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Concordat 








of York, to New Hey, in the Parish of Rochdale, in 
the County of Lancaster, with a Branch to T'rothiil- 
lane, in the said Riding, and for making a New 
Road from Buckstones, to the Highway leading 
from Ripponden to Stainland, at or near to Bark- 
island School,” and to continue the Term thereby 
granted : 

An Act to incorporate the Great Central Gas 
Consumers’ Company : 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers’ Com- 
pany Bill. 
Reading 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Warrington 


An Act to alter and enlarge the Powers of the 
Reading Waterworks Company, and to authorize an 
Extension of the Works of the said Company : 

{ An Act for making a Railway from Warrington 

and Altrinch- ¢4 AJtrincham, with a Branch to join the Birken- 
am Junction A ° ‘ . 
Railway Bill, ead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway at 
Lower Walton, to be called the “ Warrington and 
Altrincham Junction Railway,” and for other Pur- 
poses : 

An Act for enabling the Maryport and Carlisle 
Railway Company to make a Deviation in their 
Line of Railway, and increase their Capital, and for 
other Purposes : 

North Shields An Act for constructing and maintaining a Quay 
es i and other Works at North Shields, in the County 
Bil. €n"8 of Northumberland, and for other Purposes : 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 


An Act to amend the Act relating to the Great 
North of Scotland Railway Company : 


An Act to ratify and confirm certain Subscriptions 
and Payments made by or on behalf of the South 
Wales Railway Company to other Railway Com- 
panies : 

An Act to authorize the Sale to the Honourable 
Richard Cavendish of certain Freehold Heredita- 
ments in the County of Buckingham, devised by the 
Will of Samuel Athawes, deceased, and for directing 
the Investment of the Purchase-money in other 
Hereditaments to be settled upon the Trusts of the 
same Will: 

An Act for confirming certain Leases granted by 
the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the 
City of Zondon, Governors of the Possessions, Re- 
venues and Goods of the Hospital of Edward, late 
King of England, the Sixth, called Christ’s Hos- 
pital, and for enabling them to grant Building and 
other Leases of their Estates, and for other Pur- 
poses. 


Athawes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Christ's 
Hospital 
Estate Bill, 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 
th Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

Great North The Lords have agreed to the Great North of 
of Scotland Scotland Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 
Railway Bill snd also, 

Saint Patrick's The Lords lave agreed to the Saint Patrick's 
ye ae Cathedral (Dublin) Bill; with Amendments; to 
(Dublin) Bill, hich Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


Command,—Copy of the Concordat between the (Spain and 
Queen of Spain and the Court of Rome. Signed at ™) 
Madrid, 16th March 1851. 

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


The Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill was, accord- Oath of 
ing to Order, read the third time. Abjuration 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Jews) Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery and aria and 
Judicial Committee Bill; and, after some time aa 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and No. 481 
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; and be printed. 


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 Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Inhabited 
mittee on the Inhabited House Duty Bill ; Bowe Duty 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Woods, 
into a Committee upon the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. — = 
Bill. : 

(In the Committee.) 


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


Cxrausz, N° 1 (First Commissioner of Works, 
and Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land 
Revenues). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 2, 1. 33, to leave out 
| from the words “this Act” to the words “ and the,” 
inl, as, 
| Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

} 123, 
f 70. 





Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for the {on Henley, 

Noes, Sir Henry Willoughby : 
Clause agreed to. 
Crauszs, N° 2 and N° 8, agreed to, 


Ciavusr, N° 4 (Salaries of Commissioners of 
Woods, &amp;c.) 





Amendment 








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Amendment proposed : In p. 4, Is. 13 and 14, after 
the words “ First Commissioner,” to insert the words 


‘i. ‘¢‘ and so much of the said Acts as makes the Sala- 

‘¢ ries of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and 

“ “ Land Revenues, and the costs, charges and ex- 
‘“« penses attending the management of the Posses- 

IL “ sions and Land Revenues of the Crown charge- 
“ able on the annual income thereof.” 

. Amendment proposed to the said proposed 


h Amendment: To leave out the words “ and the costs, 
“« charges and expenses attending the management 
“ of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the 
“ Crown.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment ; 
The Committee divided. 


f Viscount Duncan, 
Tellers for the Yeas) wie. William Williams;} 7 


7 Mr. Hayter, | 
Tellers forthe N 0es{ Tord Meow Mill: } 99. 


Question, That the words “ and so much of the 
“* said Acts as makes the salaries of the Commis- 
* sioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues,” 
be there inserted ——put, and agreed to. 
Another 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 Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 4° die Julii, 1851: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
l 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. 


Mr. Bernal having reported to the House, That 
the Proceedings of the Committee on the Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. Bill had been interrupted by The 
O’ Gorman Mahon, Member for Ennis, he was called 
upon by Mr. Speaker to explain :—Whereupon he 
stated, tnat he considered he had been improperly 
excluded from the House, having applied for admis- 
sion before the Question was put; and that it had 
been by no means his intention to treat the House 
with disrespect. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Chief Justices’ 
Salaries Bill, 


The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Assessed 
Taxes Com- 
position Bill, 


Public Works 


The Public Works (Zreland) Bill was, according 
(Ireland) Bill, 


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


Public Works, 
Fusheries, &amp;e. 


The Public Works, Fisheries, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whule House, for this 


day. 


School Sites 
Acts Amend- 
went Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the School Sites Acts 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent there- 
in, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment, 

F Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


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333 


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, Highway 
read the third time. Rates Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, accord- Ecclesiastical 
ing to Order, read the third time. = 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, to whom County Courts 
it was referred to consider of making Compensation, further Exten- 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- Ls on 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Officers of (No. 2.) 
the Hundred Court of Offlow, and of certain City 
or Borough Courts, who may sustain loss under the 
provisions of an Act of the present Session for ex- 
tending the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the County 
Courts, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth: 

Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the Hundred 
Court of Offlow, and of certain City or Borough 
Courts, who may sustain loss under the provisions 
of an Act of the present Session for extending the 
Jurisdiction of the Judges of the County Courts. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension Bill, 
that they have Power to make provision therein 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ecclesiastical 
into consideraticn the Ecclesiastical Property Valu- Property 
tion (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second General Board 
reading of the General Board of Health (No. 2) y Fagen 
Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 
mittee on the Vew Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill; ey Removal, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~~” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil Bills, &amp;e, 
mittee on the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Societies 
into a Committee upon the Loan Societies Bill ; and, 5#- 
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 Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; pee - 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday “*!@n®) Bil 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Burgesses and Freemen’s Parliamentary Burgesses 
Franchise Bill was, according to Order, read the and Freemen’s 
hird time. Parliamentary 
thir 4 Franchise Bill, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mullings do carry the Bill to 





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the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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Veterinary The Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption Bill was, 
parrot according to Order, read a second time and com- 
— mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 


nesday next. 


Turnpike Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Trusts to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turn- 
ccc! pike Turnpike Trusts: And that Mr. Cornewall 

Lewis and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Militia Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

Estimates. to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1852 :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Secretary-at- 
War, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Bou- 
verie, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Sidney Herbert, 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Sir John Tyrell, and all Colo- 
nels of Militia; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Turnpike Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to facilitate 
8 
Arrangements 
Bill. 


Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
No. 482, 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 Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 4° die Juli; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


Public R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
{Wifty-ooventh mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 1st, 2d 
and 3d 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. 


ng Moore’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


ShefBeld and Ordered, That the Sheffield and Glossop Road 
(No.2) Bill. (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


London(Wat- A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
sg ‘The mayo That the Petitions presented to this House, 
by being deposited in the Private Bill Office, in the 

last Session of Parliament, in favour of the London 

(Watford) Spring Water Bill, be referred to the 

Committee on the Metropolis Water Bill :—And 

- said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 

rawn. 


Musselburgh The Order for referring the Musselburgh (Arrange- 
ne "* ment with the Creditors of the Burgh) Bill, to 
Creditors of the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- 
So Sa charged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Great The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Southern the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 

ee Southern and Western Railway (Zreland) Bill; and 
(Ireland) 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. 





4° Juliz. A. 1851. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great Railway 


Western Railway (Railways to connect the Bir- some “he 
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway with the Birmingham 


London and North Western Railway at Birming- and Oxford 
ham, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were twice read; and J¥%¢tion Rail. 


way with the 
agreed to. London and 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill North Western 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House Be’, at 
: gham, 
hath agreed to the Amendments made. by their &amp;c.) Bil}, 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yfinisters 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Minis- Widows ana 
ters’ Widows and Orphans’ Fund of the Free Church pj oad Fund 
of Scot/and Bill; and the same were twice read ; eed 
and agreed to. Scotland Bill. 

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 Tay Vaje 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Taw Railway and 
Vale Railway and Dock Bill; and the same were Pk Bill. 
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 Hartlepool Pier and Port (Construction of Hartlepool 
New Pier, &amp;c.) Bill, was, according to Order, read a and Port 
the third time. C Sole 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the &amp;c.) Bill. ’ 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Commissioners 
of the Pier and Port of Hartlepool to construct an 
additional Pier for the Protection of the Harbours 
and Bay of Hartlepool, and to establish and main- 
tain a Ferry across the Commissioners’ Harbour ; 
for enabling the Commissioners to raise further 
Monies ; for repealing, consolidating and amending 
the Acts relating to the said Pier and Port; and 
for other Purposes. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Caledonian 
take into consideration the Caledonian Railway row J 
(Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Polloe and ee el aa 
Govan. &amp;c. Railways) (Amendment and Continua- Coatbridge, 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. — = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. } er 

(Amendment 
and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Kilrush Kilrush and 
and Ennistymon Unions, which was presented upon — 

° nions, 
the 26th day of June last, be printed. No, 484. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships (Me- Ships (Medi- 
diterranean), which was presented upon Wednes- terranean-) 
day last, be printed. No. 485. 


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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Common Law 
Command,—Copy of the first Report of Her Ma- eee 
jesty’s Commissioners for inquiring into the Process, 

Practice and System of Pleading in the Superior 
Courts of Common Law, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church of Rome ; Public 
—Church Rates ;—Spike [sland, &amp;c. (Convicts) ;— Petitions. 
Attornies’ Certificates ;—Paper ;— Property Tax ;— yiae Fifty: 
George Clack ;—County Courts further Extension eighth Report 
Bill ;—Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee te 
Bill; — General Board of Health Bill ;— Ernest 
Charles Jones ;— Pharmacy Bill ; — Public Houses 

(Scotland) 





Lieutenant- 
colonel Rose. 


Adjournment. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Manchester 
Waterworks 


North and 


South Western 


Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Common 
Lodging 
Houses Bill. 


Bolton, 
Blackburn, 


Clitheroe, and 


West York- 


15 Vicroriz. 


(Scotland) Bill; — and, Henry Needham Scrope 
Shrapnel,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Church-rates was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Church Rates. 

Several Petitions relating to the Metropolis 
Water Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this 
instant July, for Copy of Correspondence between 
the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department 
and the Treasury, relative to the Issue of Half-pay 
to Lieutenant-colonel Rose, during the Time that he 
held the Office of Consul General in Syria. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Wa- 
terworks Bill, 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 North and South Western Junction 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Common Lodging 
Houses Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bolton, Black- 
burn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway Bill, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 


— Railway desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Midland Rail- 
way (Purchase 


of Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway, and 
Increase of 
Capital) Bill. 


Dee Standard 
Restoration 
Bill. 


Patent Laws 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dorward’s 
Estate Bill. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Bills, 


Smithfield 
Market 
Removal Bill. 





The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway 
(Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Railway, and In- 
crease of Capital) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Dee Standard Re- 
storation Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the further Amendment of the Law touching 
Letters Patent for Inventions; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for explaining and modifying the Provisions of the 
Deed of Constitution of Dorward’s House of Re- 
fuge for the Destitute in Montrose, and of the Trust, 
Disposition and Settlement of William Dorward, 
Merchant, in Montrose, and Codicils thereto, and for 
incorporating and enlarging and defining the Powers 
of the Managers of the said House of Refuge, and 
for other Purposes relating thereto ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a printed 
Copy of the Report and Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee of the House of Lords 
appointed to consider of the Bill, intituled, An Act 
further to amend the Law touching Letters Patent 
for Inventions; and also of the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the further Amendment of the Law touch- 
ing Letters Patent for Inventions; and to report 
thereon to the House, as desired by this House: 
And also, 

The Lords request that this House will commu- 
nicate to their Lordships, Copies of the Reports 
from the Select Committee of the present Session, 
onthe Smithfield Market Removal Bill, of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Committee, together with the Mi- 
VoL. 106. 


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335 


nutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, and the Appendix 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. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Patent Patent Law 


Law Amendment Bills, which was this day commu- ——- 


nicated from the Lords, be printed. 


No. 468. 
The Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill was, ac- Ecclesiastical 
cording to Order, read the third time. Titles 
Assumption 


An Amendment.was proposed to be made to the pi, 
Bill, in p. 2, 1. 27, by leaving out the words “ shall 
“€ obtain or cause to be procured from the Bishop 
“ or See of Rome, or shall publish or put in use 
“ within any part of the United Kingdom, any such 
“ Bull, Brief, Rescript or Letters Apostolical, or 
any other instrument or writing, for the purpose 
“ of constituting such Archbishops or Bishops of 
“such pretended Provinces, Sees or Dioceses 
“* within the United Kingdom, or if any person ;” 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Sir Frederic Thesiger, | go 

Yeas, Mr. Beresford : &gt;a 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 7 129 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: f 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 3, by leaving out the words “ or by 
“ action of debt at the suit of any person in one of 
“‘ Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law, with the 
“ consentof Her Majesty’s Attorney General in Eng- 











“land and Ireland, or Her Majesty’s Advocate in 
“ Scotland, as the case may be ;” 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢Sir Frederic Thesiger, 7) 115 

Yeas, Mr. Beresford, t hates 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 124 

Noes, {Tord Marcus Hill : } — 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 263 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: } F 

Tellers for the (Mr. Serjeant Murphy, } 46 

Noes, Mr. M‘Cullagh : ’ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Title be, An Act to prevent the As- 
sumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles in respect 
of Places in the United Kingdom ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Title, by leaving out from the word “ prevent” to 
the end of the Title, in order to add the words “the 
“&lt; free exercise of the Roman Catholic Religion in 
*‘ the United Kingdom,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Title :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Title be, An Act to prevent 
the Assumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles in 
respect of Places in the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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336 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend the Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


School Sites 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Assessed 
Taxes Compo- 
sition Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes —— - 
sition 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. 


Public Works, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ae, &amp;c. into a Committee upon the Public Works, Fish- 
eries, &amp;c. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
— , That the Committee had gone through the 
ul. 
Ordered, That the Biil, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Public Works The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Public Works (Zreland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
yg 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 Loan Societies Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

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


Loan Societies 
Bill 


Chief Justices’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Salaries Bill. into a Committee upon the Chief Justices’ Salaries 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
pe 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 Ecclesiastical Property Valuation (Jreland) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 


(ireland) Bill. 


Petty Sessions The Orderof the day being read, for the Com- 
(ircland) Bill. mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jre/and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Collection of 
Bill ; 

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


g read, for the Com- 
Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Owners and 
Lessees of 
Mines (Ire- 
Jand) Bill. 


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A. 1851. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com~ Ways ang 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


Supply, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Conyeyanc 
reading of the Conveyance of Mails by Railways of Mails by 
Bill ; Railways Bil, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; Seamen's Fund 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Marriages (Jndia) Bill was, according to Or- Marriages 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- (india) Bill, 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, Building Acts 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to — 
be made to the Question, That the Church Building 
Acts Amendment Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, itself into a Lands Clauses 
Committee upon the Lands Clauses Consolidation Consolidation 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Gaaaee 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal No, 487, 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill BatterseaPark 
to alter and extend the Powers of an Act of the Amendment 
ninth and tenth years of Her Majesty’s Reign, in- 313 Pxtension 
tituled, “ An Act to empower the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Woods to form a Royal Park in 
Battersea Fields, in the County of Surrey :” And 
that Lord Seymour and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, Acts Con, 
and to make further Provisions respecting Turnpike- “™™"" . 
roads in England: And that Mr. Bouverie and Lord 
Seymour do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Militia Ballots 
to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and Suspension 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom: * 

And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Secretary-at-War 
do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Unlawful 
to continue an Act of the second and third years of and) Bill. 
Her present Majesty, “ to extend and render more 
effectual, for Five Years, an Act passed in the fourth 
year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, to 
amend an Act passed in the fiftieth year of his Ma- 
jesty George the Third, for preventing the adminis- 
tering and taking unlawful Oaths in Zreland,” as the 
same is amended by an Act of the eleventh and 
twelfth years of Her Majesty’s Reign: And that 
Sir William Somerville and Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland doprepare, and bring it in, 

Ordered, 





Turnpike 
Roads ‘ 
(ireland) Bill. 


i 
utic Asylum 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Rattersea Park 
Amendment 
and Extension 
Bill. 


No. 488. 


Unlawful 

Oaths 

(Ireland ) Bill. 
No. 489, 


Turnpike 


Roads 
(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 490. 


Private Lu- 


15 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Ireland: And that Sir William Somerville 
and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 
Her present Majesty, for amending the Law relative 
to Private Lunatic Asylums in Jreland: And that 
Sir William Somerville and Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to alter and extend 
the Powers of an Act of the ninth and tenth years 
of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “ An Act toem- 
power the wectorn ad of Her Majesty’s Woods 
to form a Royal Park in Battersea Fields, in the 
County of Surrey:”’ And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to continue 


an Act of the second and third Years of Her present | 


Majesty, “to extend and render more effectual, for 
five Years, an Act passed in the fourth Year of his 
late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act 
passed in the fiftieth Year of his Majesty George 
the Third, for preventing the administering and 
taking unlawful Oaths in Jreland,” as the same is 
amended by an Act of the eleventh and twelfth 
Years of Her Majesty’s Reign: 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 con- 
tinue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads 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. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- 


natic Asylums ¢inye an Act of the fifth and sixth Years of Her 


(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 491, 


prawns Majesty, for amending the Law relative to 
rivate Lunatic Asylums in Jreland: And the same 





4° 7 Julie. 337 


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 1859 and 1851, and in each of the years :— 
Of the Number of Detections, and of the Number 
of Persons prosecuted for Offences in Jreland against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 
in each quarter of the years ending the 5th day of 
April 1849, 1850 and 1851, distinguishing those 
convicted :—Of the Number of Cases in which the 
Sentences of Persons so convicted have been re- 
mitted in each of the three last years :—And, of 
the Number of Persons confined in each Gaol in 
Ireland, for Offences against the Laws for the Sup- 
pression of Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day of 
January, the 5th day of March, and the 5th day of 
April, in each of the years 1849, 1850 and 1851 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 452 
of Session 1850). 


Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of May Distillers. 


last, for an Account, showing the Number of Li- 
censed Distillers in England, Scotland and Jreland, 
distinguishing each Country, in the year 1848; the 
Number of Distillers, if any, in each Country, al- 
lowed by the Board of Inland Revenue to send out 
Spirits before the Duties thereon are paid, and the 
Length of Credit so given; the Sums lost to the 
Revenue in that year by Distillers failing to pay 
the Duties on Spirits allowed to be sent out before 
the Duties were paid, and the Amounts recovered 
by the Sale of these Distillers’ Utensils; showing 
the net actual Loss to the Revenue, in consequence 
of the Credit given to Distillers in the Payment of 
their Duties, distinguishing each Country ; showing, 
also, the highest Amount of Duties on Spirits owing 
at any one time in that year by those Distillers to 
whom the Credit was given; and, stating if there 
has been any Change made by the Board of Inland 
Revenue in the Mode of Payment of Duties, since 
the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 122, allowing Spirits to be 
warehoused in the same manner in all Parts of the 
United Kingdom, was passed. 





was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of May last, for a Return of the 
several Trials of Sailing of Her Majesty’s Ships 
“* Leander,” “ Phaeton,” “ Arethusa,” “ Indefatiza- 
ble,” “ Thetis,” “ Arrogant,” and “ Dauntless,” be- 
tween the 12th day of March 1850 and the 3d day 
of May 1851, stating by whom the said Ships were 
built, with the Report of Commodore Martin as to 
their several Qualifications for all purposes as Vessels 
of War. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of March 
last, for Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron 
imported and exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1849; distinguishing the several Sorts 
of Iron, and the Countries from which imported and 
to which exported :—Of British Iron exported, in- 
cluding Unwrought Steel, in the year 1849; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same was 
exported :— Of the Quantity of British Hardware 
exported in the year 1849; distinguishing the 
Countries to which exported, and the Declared Value 
thereof :—And, similar Accounts for the year 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of April 
last, for Accounts of the Produce of the Excise 


Duty on Spirits in Jreland, during each of the years | 


ending the 5th day of April 1850 and 1851, and 
the Number of Gallons brought to Charge, showing 
the Increase or Decrease in Duty and in Gallonst— 
Of the Number of Gallons of Spirits brought to 
Charge in Jreland, and the Duty paid thereon, in 
the quarters ending the 5th day of April 1850 and 
1851, showing the Increase or Decrease :—Of the 
VoL. 106. 











Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships 
“ Leander,” “ Phaeton,” &amp;c. be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 7° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victorig Regine, 185 1, 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on Militia 


Militia Estimates 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 Moore’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ™ 


That in the case of Moore’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 


Petitions presented upon the 4th day of this instant jp, 


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. 


ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


and made Amendments thereunto. 





Ordered, That the Bill, as amended , be printed. 
xx + Ordered, 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the Hove Improve- Hove &gt; - 
ment (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- ment Bil. _ 


Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee Administrasior 
on the Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- % © 
ment Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, tm 

Bill 








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338 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Militia Ballots Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to suspend the 
Suspension making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments 
_ for the Militia of the United Kingdom: And the 
No. 494. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Turnpike Acts Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to continue certain 

Continuance Tyrnpike Acts in Great Britain: And the same 

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

No. 495. 4 second time upon Wednesday next, and to be 
printed. 


Dorward’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Dorward's 
Estate Bill. 


Saint Patrick’s The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Cathedral the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint 

(Dublin) Bill. Patrich’s Cathedral (Dublin) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Napier 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 York, 
Seaman” Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Abandonment of 
donment of Part of Bishop Auckland Branch, &amp;c.) Bill; and 
Part of Bishop the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Drench, de.) Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Bil. | | tothe 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 York, 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Branch to West 
Durham Railway, &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 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


York, New- 
castle, and 


York, New- 
castle, and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Branch 
to West Dur- 
ham Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea 
and Loughor Railway 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. 


Cameron’s 
Coalbrook 
Steam Coal 
and Swansea 
and Loughor 
Railway Bill. 


Cubitt’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do 


rdered, 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. 


Kensington 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Kensington Improvement Bill was read the 
—y time; and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Wexford The Wexford Free Bridge Road Bill was read 
Free Bridge the third time. 
om Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Farmers’ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estate Society the Farmers’ Estate Society (Jre/and) Bill, as 
(Ireland) Bill | mended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


7° Juli. 





A. 1851. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration General 
the General Reversionary and Investment Company Reversionary 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bi,” 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Lincolnshire 
the Lincolnshire Estuary Bill, as amended in the Estuary Bill, 
Committee. 

A Clause (Providing remedy in case of Injury to 
Navigation) was twice read ; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Works below bigh Water-mark 
not to be executed without the consent of the Lords 
of the Admiralty) was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Notice to be given Admiralty of 
every Embankment below high Water-mark) was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Allotments to be made to Her 
Majesty in right of Her Crown) was twice read; 
and made part of the Bill, 

Another Clause (Such allotment to be in satis- 
faction of Her Majesty’s prerogative Right in Soil of 
Lands reclaimed) was twice read ; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Whole of Crown Lands authorized 
to be reclaimed to be inclosed within ‘Twenty years : 

Term extended) was twice read ; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Plan of Crown Allotment to 
be subscribed by Inclousure Commissioners) was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Costs incurred by the Crown to 
be paid 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands mee . 
nee Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- }suicae” 

ittee. 


Junction 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Railway Bill. 
Upton’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Upton's 
committed. Estate Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Factories. 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Fac- 
tories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State 
for the Home Department for the half-year ending 
30th April 1851. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- General Board 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of May ° Health. 
last, for Accounts of the Total Amount of Money 
received annually by the General Board of Health 
since the Establishment of the Board, and also of 
the Payments made during each year, distinguish- 
ing the Money paid in respect to the execution of 
the Public Health Act; setting forth, the Expenses 
of each of the Preliminary Inquiries for the Appli- 
cation of the Public Health Act, the Expenses of 
the Printing and Publication of the Reports and 
Statements sanctioned by the Board in relation 
thereto, and all the Expenses incurred; distin- 
guishing the Towns where Provisional Orders have 
been confirmed, where Orders in Council have been 
issued, and where Pravisional Orders have not been 
confirmed, and where Orders in Council have not 
been issued; and also the Average Expenses 
thereof, and the Time occupied, and the Total Num- 
ber of Copies of Reports circulated or sold locally, 
so far as the same may be ascertained :—Of an 
M received or due, or owing by the Local 
Boards in respect of Provisional Orders, or Orders 
in Council, made under the Public Health Act, and 
of any Balance or Payments due or owing by or to 
the Board :—Return of the Names of any shag “ 

P whic 














Benefices, 


Militia 
Estimates, 
No. 496, 


Mortmain, 


15 VicrorigZ. 


which Inquiries have been directed with a view to 
the Application of the Public Health Act, without 
any Local Application therefor:—Account of the 
Money paid in respect to the Preparation or Exe- 
cution of the Metropolitan Interments Act :—Re- 
turn of the Expenses incurred by the General 
Board of Health in conducting the Investigation 
into the Nature and Extent of the Supplies of Water 
to the Metropolis, and into the Means for their Im- 
provement :—Account of the Money expended in 
carrying out the Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Prevention Act, and the Measures in relation to the 
late Epidemic ‘Cholera :—Returns of the Number 
and Names of the Places from which Applications 
have been made to the General Board of Health for 
Assistance under the Diseases Prevention Act as 
well as under the Public Health Act:—Of the 
Number of Board Meetings of the General Board 
of Health, the Number and Subjects of Deputations, 
the Number of Witnesses examined, and the Amount 
of Correspondence and other Business transacted 
by the General Board of Health, in relation to the 
several Acts on chief Subjects, during each year 
since its Appointment :--Of the Names, Professions 
or Occupations of the Persons permanently or tem- 
porarily engaged as Officers or Assistants in the 
Execution of the Public Health Act, of the Diseases 
Prevention Act, and of the Metropolitan Interments 
Act; and the Amounts of any Salaries, Rates of 
Pay or Allowances paid in respect thereto, up to 
the End of 1850; also, a Statement of any paid or 
unpaid Public Service in which any such Person 
may be now engaged, or may have been engaged up 
tothe End of 185u:—Of the Expenses of each Pre- 
Jiminary Inquiry made under the Authority of the 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c.129, upon Applications for Im- 
provement Acts, setting forth the Title or Ob- 
ject of the Bill, the Expenses of the Reports upon 
the preliminary Inquiries, and of the Numbers of 
them sold or known to be circulated within the Dis- 





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tricts for which the improved Works might be in- 
tended, and the Average Expenses of each such 
Inquiry :—And, of the Expenses incurred in respect 
of each Private Bill for Towns Improvement Acts, | 
for which Application has been made to the House | 
of Commons during the years 1849-1850, as allowed | 
by the Taxing Officer of the House, and the Aver- | 
age Expense of such Bills or Acts. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
22d day of May lust, for a Return of all Benefices, | 
Rectories or Vicarages, which have been united | 
under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 98, s. 8, stating the | 
Names of the united Benefices, with the Names of | 
Incumbent or Incumbents, the Amount of the Po- | 
pulation, 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 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 524, of Session 1850). | 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


| 


Mr. Bouverie reported 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 | 
1852; That they had prepared the said Estimates | 
accordingly, and directed him to make a Report | 
thereof to the House. | 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will give leave to his 
Grace the Archbishop of Dublin to attend to be 
examined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, to consider the policy of extending the 
Law of Mortmain, so as to include Personal Estate, 
and generally to consider whether any alteration 





339 


should be made ir the Law as it affects Testamen- 
tary or other Dispensations in favour of Religious, 
Charitable or Permanent Objects: And that Mr. 
Headlam do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Knares- 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ borough Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Knaresborough, in 
the room of the Honourable William Sebright Las- 
celles, deceased. 


Ordered, That there be laid hefore this House, an Merchant 

Abstract of the Returns made to the Board of Trade wo. 
: ; und. 

relating to the Merchant Seamen’s Fund. No.497 

Mr. Labouchere accordingly presented the said “°**** 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron, which Iron. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 498. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Jre- Spirits 


land), which was presented upon Friday last, be Gent) 
printed. No. 499. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Distillers, Distillers. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. = No. 500. 
Several Petitions relating to the Burgesses and Public 
Petitions. 


Freemen’s Parliamentary Franchise Bill ;—May- 
nooth College; — Regium Donum; — Attornies’ Vide Fifty- 
Certificates ;—Coffee ;—Flour ;—Ministers’ Money — — 
(Ireland) ;—Arrest of absconding Debtors’ Bill ;— Petitions, 
British White Herring Fishery Bill; —Education 
(Scotland) ;—Exhibtion of 1851 ;—Improvement of 

Towns (Ireland) Bill; —Intoxicating Liquors ; — 
Pharmacy Bill ;—Poor Law ;—Poor Law (Ireland) ; 

—Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Ramsgate and 

Margate Harbours; —Registration of Assurances 

Bill ;—Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ;—Spirits ; 

—and, Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption Bill,— 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inhabited 
into a Committee upon the Inhabited House Duty om Duty 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 1 (Duties granted on Inhabited 
Houses as specified in the Schedule annexed, in lieu 
of Duties repealed). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words : “ Provided also, 
“That stories of buildings (as in the case of Model 
“ Lodging Houses, or of Flats, as in Scotland), or 
‘parts thereof, occupied as separate dwellings, and 
‘assessed, or claiming to be assessed, separately 


“to the Poor-rate, shall be held to be inhabited 


“ dwelling-houses under this Act, and shall be sub- 


“ject to the same liabilities and exemptions as are 
“with regard to inhabited dwelling-houses, in this 
“ Act and the Schedule thereto annexed provided.” 
Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N°2, agreed to, 


Crause, N° 3 (Market-gardens and Nursery- 
grounds not to be included in Valuation of Houses). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 3, 1.3, to leave out 
the word “ market.” 

Question, That the word “ Market ” stand part of 
the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 3, 1. 8, 
after the word “That” to insert the words ‘no 
‘“‘ Church, Chapel or place used for public worship, 
“that no College, Museum, School-house, Lecture 
“Room, Public Library or place set apart for edu- 
“ cational or scientific purposes, and that no Court- 





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xx3z “ house, 





Message from 
the Lords, 


Survey of 
Great Britain, 
&amp;c. Bill. 
Hainault 
Forest Bill. 


Cork and 
Waterford 
Railway Bill. 


340 
“house, Police Office, Prison, City or County Of- 
“ fices ;” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. Alexander Hastie, 40 

Yeas, Mr. Duncan: 7 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 164 

Noes, { Lord Marcus Hill: } , 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 3, 1. 3, after 
the word “ That” to insert the words “all houses 
“ not liable to be assessed to pay duty on windows 
** shall not be assessed, or liable to be assessed, to 
the said duties.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 and No. 5, agreed to. 

ScHEDULE: 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed : In p. 4, 1. 5, after 
the word “ person” to insert the words “for pro- 
“fessional or educational purposes, or by any 
“ person.” 

Question, That thcse words be there inserted 

put, and negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause {Provided always, and be it Enacted, That 
no neglect or omission to pay, within any limited 
period, the duties assessed under the authority of 
this Act, in respect of any house or other building, 
shall prevent any person from being admitted or re- 
tained on the Register or List of Persons entitled 
to vote in the election of a Member or Members to 


serve in Parliament for any city or borough, or 
from voting at any such election) brought up, 
and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 
The Committee divided. 
} 60. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { saecdinene: uncan, 
lle Tooe J Mr. Hayter, rt 
Tellers for the Noes, er ans jus. 


Clause (That in the case of any premises occu- 
pied with a dwelling-house, and heretofore exempt 
from the rate or duty in respect of the windows 
or lights therein, and which premises shall be as- 
sessed to the rate or duty hereby imposed, it shall 
be lawful for the occupier of such premises to re- 
quire that the dwelling-house occupied with such 
premises shall be assessed at the before-mentioned 
rate or duty of nine-pence, and thereupon the said 
premises shall not be liable to any rate or duty) 
—— brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to theSurvey of Great Bri- 
tain, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Hainault Forest 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cork and Waterford 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 


7° Juliz. 


A. 1851. 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Malvern Im- Great Malvern 
provement, Police, Sewers, Waterworks, Gas and !™provement, 
Markets Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- wat... _" 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Gas and” 
House: And also, Markets Bill, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Glasgow 
to authorize the Appropriation to Charitable Pur- Provident 
poses of the Unclaimed Funds and Property under _ Estate 
the Control of the “ Glasgow Provident Bank,” and ~ 
the Winding-up of its Affairs ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Musselburgh 
for regulating and securing the Debt due by the (Arrange- 
Burgh of Musselburgh, in the County of Edinburgh, ioleea” 
and for other Purposes in relation thereto ; to which the Burgh) 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And =state Bill. 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Tayleur’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Houlbrooke Vivorce Bill. 
Tayleur, Esquire, with Emma Elizabeth Tayleur, 
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 request that this House will give Episcopal and 
leave to Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire, Richard Capitular 
Spooner, Esquire, William Hodgson Burrow, Es- eosentiny 
quire, and John Pemberton Plumptre, Esquire, 

Members of this House, to attend their Lordships, 


to be sworn, in order to their being examined as 


Witnesses before the Select Committee appointed 
by their Lordships in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Ma- 
| nagement Bill :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Episcopal and 

that part of the Message from the Lords, of this so 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this House mene Bill 
will give leave to Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Es- 
quire, Richard Spooner, Esquire, William Hodgson 
Barrow, Esquire, and John Pemberton Plumptre, 
Esquire, Members of this House, to attend their 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to their being exa- 
mined as Witnesses before the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament on the Episcopal and Capitular Es- 
| tates Management Bill. 
( And Mr. Barrow and Mr. Spooner, being present 
in their places, severally declared they were willing, 
with leave of the House, go to the House of Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships in their said Mes- 
sage. 

Resolved, That William Hodgson Barrow, Esquire, 
and Richard Spooner, Esquire, have leave to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to William Hodgson Barrow, Esquire, and Richard 
Spooner, Esquire, to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, if they think fit: And 
that Mr. Greene do carry the said Message. 





resolved itself Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 

No. 501. 


The House, according to Order, 
into a Committee upon the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuiavuses, N° 5 to N° 35, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 36, disagreed to. 

Cravsss, N° 37 and N° 38, amended, and agreed 





to, 
Schedule 





Supply. 


New Palace at 
Westminster. 


Secret 
Services, 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


Law Charges, 


Mint Prose. 
Cutions, 


Sheriffs’ 
» &amp;e, 


15 Vicroriz. 


Schedule agreed to. 
Clauses 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 Friday 
next ; and 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 
“ the Architect of the New Palace at Westminster 
be requested to lay before the House forthwith 
a Report in detail on the manner in which he 
would recommend that the mterior decorations 
of the New House of Commons, and of the Halls 
and Rooms connected with it, should be com- 
pleted ; and that he be directed to prepare his 
plans with due attention to the style of decoration 
usually adopted at the period to which the gene- 
ral architectural character of the New Palace is 
referrible,” 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. 


te 
‘c 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding Thirty-two 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 1852. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Twenty 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 1852; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. William Williams, 4l 

Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp : \ ; 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 1140 

Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: ro 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and twenty-six thousand five hundred and 
sixty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of Stationery, Printing and Bind- 
ing, for the several Public Departments, including 
the “Expense of the Stationery Office, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances 
and Incidental Expenses in the Offices of the Soli- 
citor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand six hundred and seventy pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
connected with the Prosecution of Offenders against 
the Laws relating to the Coin, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1852, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the Defi- 
ciency in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Re- 


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341 


membrancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and 

Ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 

of Exchequer, and certain Expenses of the Queen’s 

Prison. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Insolvent 
thousand and eighty pounds, 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 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Law Expenses 
seven thousand eight hundred and forty pounds, be ee 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses 
in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Law Charges, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (Heland.) 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 

other Law Charges in Jreland, to the 31st day of 

March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Metropolitan 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to (puttin.) 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of 

March 1852. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two County Rates. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 

jesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1852, 

certain Charges formerly paid out of County Rates. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen Inspection 
thousand four hundred and seventy-two pounds, be ees ape 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of prisons, 
Inspection and General Superintendence over all the 
Prisons in the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Prisons and 
hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and Convict Estaq 
sixty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to , 
defray the Charge of the Government Prisons and 
Convict Establishments at Home, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Maintenance 
hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and % Prisoners. 
ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
County Gaols, the Philanthropic Institution, and 
Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of Removal of 
Convicts, to the 31stday of March 1852. 

14. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, Transportation 
not exceeding Ninety-eight thousand eight hundred  Covicts. 
and sixty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray Expenses connected with the Transportation 
of Convicts, to the 31st day of March 1852; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 og 
Yeas, {ord Marcus Hill: ta 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hume, Rise 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: f ~* 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Convict Esta~ 
dred and eighty-three thousand and thirty pounds, (Colonies 
be granted to Her Majesty to defray the Expense of ; 
the Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to the 


31st day of March 1852. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 8° die Julii, 1851: 


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, proceeded to take Assessed 
into consideration the Assessed Taxes Composition 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, 


Taxes Compo= 
sition Bill, 





VoL. 106. 





Ordered, 


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342 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Public Works, The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
— &amp;c. take into consideration the Public Works, Fisheries, 

&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


Public Works The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(Ireland) Bil. take into consideration the Public Works (/reland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Stock in Trade 


a The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, 
ul, 


read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Loan Societies 


The Loan Societies Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. 


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. 


Chief Justices’ 


: The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Salaries Bill. - P P 


into consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
Railways Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Conveyance of Mails by Railways 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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. 
Customs Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill ; 

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


Marriages 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(India) Bill. 4 


mittee on the Marriages (India) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill ; 

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


Turnpike 
Trusts 
Arrangements 
Bill. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Petty Sessions The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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


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A. 1851. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Owners ana 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- Lessees of 
lant) Bill ; ey 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) o Towns 
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 second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scot/and) Bill; Fisheries 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (ootand) 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Unlawful 
reading of the Unlawful Oaths (Jredand) Bill ; Oaths (Ire. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time land) Bill. 
upon ‘Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Turnpike 
reading of the Turnpike-roads (Zre/and) Bill; ey (Ire- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — ) =. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Private Lu. 
~— i of the Private Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (ireland; Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Works 
Return of the Amount, 1. of all Grants for Public (reland) 
Works in Jreland; 2. of all Sums advanced in Aid 
of Relief Works; 8. for Arterial Drainage; 4. for 
the Improvement of the Shannon; 5. for the Em- 
ployment of the Labouring Poor; 6. for the Im- 
provement of Landed Property under the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland :—Anud, a gene- 
ral Statement of the other Transactions of the Com- 
missioners of Public Works (Jreland), from their 
Appointment under the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 33 
(1831); showing the Total Amount of Exchequer 
Bills and Money issued to them, Interest calculated 
at the Rate of Three per cent. per annum; the 
Amount of Payments into the Exchequer, Interest 
calculated at the same Rate; the Balances of Loans 
and Interests outstanding, and the estimated Profit 
to the 5th day of January 1851. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- Battersea 2 
day next, the Battersea Park Amendment and Ex- — _ : 
tension Bill, was read, and discharged. Extension Bill. 

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, and to make his Report forthwith. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Rate 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ee, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, from the several Parishes and Town- 
ships in England and Wales, of the Number of 
separate Assessments in the Rate for the Relief of | 
the Poor, made next before the Rate now collecting, 
specifying the Amount of such Rate, the Number 
of Assessments, the Annual Rateable Value of 
which is under £.1, and at £.1 and under £.2, at 
£.2 and under £.3, at £.3 and under £.4, at £.4 and 
under £.5, at £.5 and under £.6, at £.6 and under 
£.7, at £.7 and under £.8, at £.8 and under £.9, at 
£.9 and under £.10, and at £.10 and above £.10 
respectively ; together with the Gross Number of 
Persons assessed in such Rate :—Of the Number 


| of Tenements or Premises assessed at each of these 


several Values, of which the Owners have been as- 
sessed instead of the Occupiers, under the .Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 99, or any other General or Local 

Act :— 








Poor Relief, 


County Rates, 


Lunatics, 





15 Vicroriz. 


Act :—And, of the Number of Municipal Electors 
on the Burgess List last made out before the Date 
of this Order in the several Boroughs in England 
and Wales which return Members to Parliament, 
and have a Municipal Corporation. 

Ordered, That 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 Patent Law Amendment Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; aad to be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of August, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Returns for each year from 1839 to 
1849, inclusive, of the Number of Lunatics against 
whom Commissions of Lunacy are now in force, 
and of the Total Amount of their Annual Incomes, 
and the Total Amount of the Sums allowed for their 
Maintenance ; distinguishing the Number of Per- 
sons, and Amount of Income, and the Allowance 
for the Maintenance of those who individually have 
less than £.100 per annum; a similar Return, and 
distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 
more than £.100 and /ess than £.200 per annum; a 
similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.200 and less than 
£.400 per annum; a similar Return, and distin- 
guishing in like manner, of those who have more 
than £.400 and less than £.600 per annum; and a 
similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.600 and less than 
£.1,000 per annum; also, a similar Return, and dis- 
tinguishing in like manner, of those who have more 
than £. 1,000 per annum; with the Amount of their 
Income :—And, for each of the said years, of the 
Amount of Per-centage on Lunatics’ Incomes 
received under the Provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 
Will. 4, c.36; and of the Payments made thereout 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 378, 
of Session 1839). 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of June 
last, for a Return, showing the Causes of Relief of 
the 170,286 Adult Able-bodied Paupers relieved in 
606 Unions and Parishes in England and Wales, 
on the 1st day of January 1850, and the 144,177 
relieved on the 1st day of January 1851, as con- 
tained in Parliamentary Paper, No. 3, of Session 
1851; distinguishing such Causes of Relief under 
the several Heads expressed in the Appendix to the 


Second Annual Report of the Poor Law Board, | 
presented to Parliament by command of Her Ma- 
jesty, page 152. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return, showing the Amounts re- 
paid to County Rates out of the Consolidated Fund 
during the years 1849 and 1850 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 596, of Session 1849). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Return of the Amounts 
of Per-centage paid in each year from the sth 
January 1839 to the 8th January 1849 on Lunatics’ 
Incomes, and of the Payments made thereout in 
each year during the same Period, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 86 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 378, of Session 
1839.) 


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


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343 
Martis, 8° die Juliti ; 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


The Musselburgh (Arrangement with Creditors of Musselburgh 
the Burgh) Estate Bill was read the first time. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- of the Burgh) 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Estate Bill. 
The Glasgow Provident Bank Estate Bill was Glasgow 
read the first time. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- pili —_ 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Tayleur’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Tayleur’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 





The Order for reading the third time the National National Land 


’ , ) on - ane ‘&lt;. Company 
| Land Company Dissolving Bill was read, and dis Tiestieinn 
| charged. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
| former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
| sit and proceed upon Friday next, at Twelve of the 
clock, with Three Members. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration pee standard 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Dee Restoration 
Standard Restoration Bill; and the same was twice Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Colonel Estcourt 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 yidana 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Midland Railway (Pur- 
Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Railway, a 
and Increase of Capital) Bill; and the same were Railway, and 
twice read, and agreed to. Increase of 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill ©pita!) Bill. 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Caledonian 
Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;c. td 
Railways) (Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill mae _ 
be read the third time To-morrow. Coatbridge, 
Polloe and 
Govan, &amp;c. Railways) (Amendment 
and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into considera- King’s College 
tion the King’s College Hospital (No. 2) Bill, as Hospital 
amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llynvi Valley, 
the Llynvi Valley and Duffryn, Llynvi and Porth- = —— 
cawl Railways Bill, as amended in the Committee. Fuctheawh 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Railways Bill. 

Several Petitions relating to Vote by Ballot ;— Public 
Marriages (India) Bill ;—Attornies’ Certificates ;— ———_ 
Fire Insurances ;—Arrest of Absconding Debtors’ vide sixtieth 





| Bill; —Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill ; — County Report 
| Courts further Extension Bill ;—Education ;—Ex- a 


hibition of 1851 ;—Health of Towns Act ;—Land- 

|lord and Tenant (Jreland) ;—John Millar ;—Phar- 
| macy Bill;—Poor Law ;—Postage;— Public Houses 
| (Scotland) Bill;—- Ramsgate and Margute Har- 
'bours ;—Registration of Assurances Bill ;—Sum- 
mary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill ;—and, Veterinary 
Surgeons’ Exemption Bill,—were presented, and 
|ead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


xx4 Ordered, 








344, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to County Courts, which was psesented upon the 
22d day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the General 
Board of Health, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


CountyCourts. 
No. 5038. 


General Board 
of Health. 


No. 504. 


Lunacy. 
No. 505. 


Poor Relief. 
No. 506. 


County Rates 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Re- 
lief, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
No. 507. Rates, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Lunatics. Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics, 
No. 508. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


County Courts 
further Ex- 
tension Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Crausez, N° 22, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Postponed Ciause, N® 73 (How Landlord shall 
proceed in cases where a Year’s Rent shall be due). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 37, 1. 15, to leave 
out the words “ or under a tenancy from year to 
“« year.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

jMr. Hayter = 

Tellers for the Yeas, | Lord ieee Hill: j 
Tellers for the Noes, _ a 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 
jMr. Hayter, 

(Lord Marcus Hill: 


Tellers for the Noes, {a Ravi ies 


Tellers for the Yeas, 6. 


0. 


ls 
oe 

1 

9 
j - 

Postponed Cravuses, N° 82, and N° 158, agreed 
to. 

ScHEDULEs amended, and agreed to. 

Clauses 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 Thursday 
next. 


Battersea Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Park + ee one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Fetension Bill, #2 respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Battersea Park Amend- 
ment and Extension Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Private Bills 


Mr. Baring Wall reported from the Committee 
(Group 31.) 


on Group 31 of Private Bills ; That the Committee 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment; but that 
Mr. Reynolds, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present this day, during the sitting 
of the Committee. 


8° Juli. 








A. 1851. 


Ordere?, That M:. Reynolds do attend the said 
Committee upon Thursday # 2xt. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message 4 
Mr. Speaker, ’ the Loria, 

The Lords have agreed to the Prisons (Scotland) Prisons (sey 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment land) Bill, 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the British White British 
Herring Fishery Bill, with Amendments; to which White Herring 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ‘ty Bil 
this House :—And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Im- Birmingham 
provement Bill, with Amendments; to which J™provemen; 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Colonel Estcourt reported from the Committee Dee River 
on Group 18 of Private Bills ; That in the case of Conservancy 
the Dee River Conservancy Bill, the Parties pro- 54 
moting the same had stated to the Committee, that 
it was not their intention to proceed further with 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Law of 
to consider the Law of Partnership, and the ex- Partnership. 
pediency of facilitating the limitation of liability, No. 509. 
with a view to encourage useful enterprise, and the 
additional employment of labour, have power to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Slaney reported from the said Select Committee, 

That they had considered the matter tothem 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, Wheat,Barley, 
an Account for the second Quarter of the year 40 
1851, of the Number of Quarters of Wheat, Barley 
and Oats, and of the Number of Sacks and Barrels 
of Flour respectively imported into England, Ire- 
land and Scotland, severally from the United States 
of America, from Canada, from France, and from 
all other Parts of Europe; distinguishing the Quan- 
tity of those Articles sent from each Country re- 
spectively; also, stating the Number of Quarters 
of Wheat to which the entire Number of Sacks and 
Barrels of Flour from each Country are all equiva- 
lent (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

317, of this Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Manchester 
Copy of the Evidence taken at an Inquiry held at Watchouss 
Manchester before the Surveyor-general of Customs, No. 510. 
on the 4th day of June 1850, in pursuance of di- 
rections from the Treasury, with the view of ascer- 
taining the Effect of the Introduction of the Ware- 
housing System into that Town. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 Criminal 
Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 6th day of Fro rscotland) 
June 1851, laying down Regulations, with the view No sil. 
to the Payment out of a Grant of Parliament of “™ 
the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions, and for 
Maintenance of Prisoners in Scotland. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Paper. y 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. ee 








15 Vicroriz. 8°—9° 

Viscount Palmerston reported to the House, That 
the Address of the House of Commons of the 27th 
day of June last, that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to add to the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings 
in the High Court of Chancery, two or more Persons 
not of the Profession of the Law, but such as to 
Her Majesty may seem qualified as men of busi- 
ness to assist in and make more effectual the Labours 
of the Commissioners; and also praying that Her 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to cause In- 
structions to be given to the said Commissioners to 
direct their immediate attention to the course of 
Business before the Masters in Ordinary of the said 
Court, so as to report, as speedily as may be, their 
opinion as to the proper steps for regulating the 
business in those Offices in such manner as to di- 
minish the delay and expense to the Suitors, had 
been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her Ma- 
jesty has given directions accordingly. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Ting 
ill, 


eut 


Church 


Viscount Palmerston reported to the House, That 
Extension. 


Her Majesty has received the Address of the House 
of Commons of the 1st day of July 1851, praying 
that She will be graciously pleased to take into 
Her consideration the state of spiritual destitution 
existing throughout England and Wales; with a 
view that Her Majesty may be pleased to direct the 
adoption of such measures as She may deem ex- 
pedient, for affording more efficient relief to the 
spiritual wants of the people, and for an extension 
of the parochial system corresponding to the growth 
of arapidly increasing population, by the help which 
may be drawn from the resources of the Established 
Church itself; and that Her Majesty has com-| 
manded him to inform the House, that the attention 

of Her Government had previously been directed | 
to the best means of rendering the resources of the | 
Established Church available for affording more | 
efficient provision for the spiritual wants of Her | 
people in England and Wales, and that they may 

be assured of Her cordial concurrence in the adop- 

tion of well-considered measures for promoting this 

important object. 





Attornies’ and 
Solicitors’ 
Certificate 
Duty, 


A Motion was made, andthe Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the 
Attornies’ and Solicitors’ Annual Certificate Duty ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Lord Robert Grosvenor, 

Yeas,. Mr. Stafford : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, _ 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: f 133. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir Frederic Thesiger do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


} 162. 


Vote by ; . 
Ballot ion being 


A Motion was made, and the Quest g put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Pro- 
tection of the Parliamentary Electors of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, by taking the Votes by way of 
Ballot ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

{ Mr. Henry Berkeley, 

Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr. John Gillis " “4 
SMr. Hayter, 50 
LMr. Grey : rom 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Mr. Henry Berkeley, Mr. John Ellis and Mr. 
Hume do prepare, and bring it in. 


87. 


; Tellers for the Noes, 


Poor 


Employment A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
(ltdand.) 


That, inorder to lighten the severe pressure of Poor’s 
Rate in Jreland, it is expedient to facilitate, by 
every means, the employment of the inmates of 
workhouses in reproductive labour, so as to make 
VoL. 106, 








Juliz. 345 


these establishments, as far as possible, self-sup- 
porting ; and that it is the duty of the Poor Law 
Commissioner to see so desirable an object fully 
carried out ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Mr. Scully, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. O'Flaherty : 
Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, Soak Mien 


So it passed in the Negative. 


} 42. 
1 oa 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New Houses 
a Copy of a Letter, dated the 29th day of May o Parliament. 
1851, addressed to the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, by Dr. D. B. Reid, and 
also of the Protest accompanying it, in reference 
to Proceedings connected with the New Houses of 
Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, County Courts 
a Return of all Claims for Compensation made Compensa- 
under the County Court Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 101, °°" 
s. 17; also, of all Claims granted under the said 
Act; also, of any Compensations not wholly or 
partially suspended, on account of the Claimants 
being appointed to any Public Office or Employ- 
ment ; the Names and Occupations of the several 
Claimants to be also stated. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rate in Aid, 

a Copy of all the Correspondence which has taken &amp;¢- (Ireland.) 
place between the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury and the Commissioners for ad- 
ministering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in 
Ireland, respecting the Advance, Distribution or 
Expenditure ef the Amounts raised under the au- 
thority of the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 24, for a General 
Rate in Aid in Ireland: —Account showing, under 
separate Heads, the different Purposes for which 
Money has been granted to distressed Unions in 
Ireland, under the Provisions of the Act 12 &amp; 13 
Vic. c. 24, for a General Rate in Aid ; distinguish- 
ing the Amount allotted in each Half-year, and, on 
the whole, to each Union, for each Purpose respec- 
tively ; the Gross Amount thus appropriated, and 
the Balance left available :-—And, Statement, ex- 
planatory of the Circumstances under which the 
Advances have been made in each case to distressed 
Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jreland, under 
the Provisions of the Act 13 Vic. c. 14, whether as 
regards the Payment of the Union Debts generally, 
or for the Reduction of the Balances standing 
against particular Electoral Divisions. 


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


Mercurii, 9° die Julit, 1851: 


The Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Bill sermon 
} j ° arine Ac 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ‘Aan 
committed to a Committee of the House, for Mon- pjj, 
day next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second General Board 
: t 
i of the General Board of Health (No. 2) (No. 2) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- Militia Ballots 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Suspension 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Inhabited 
take into consideration the Inhabited House Duty ie Duty 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third tme 








To-morrow. 
yyY Mr. 





Supply. 


Secret 
Services. 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


Law Charges. 


Mint Prose- 
cutions, 


Sheriffs’ 
Exvenses, &amp;c, 


Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court. 


Law Expenses 
(Scotland.) 


Law Charges 
(Treland.) 


Metropolitan 
Police 


(Dublin. ) 


County Rates, 


Inspection 
and Superin- 
tendence of 
Prisons. 


Prisons and 
Convict Esta- 
blishments. 


Maintenance 
of Prisoners. 


Transportation 
of Convicts, 


346 8°—9° 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Com- 
mittee of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two 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 
1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and twenty-six thousand five hundred and 
sixty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Stationery, Printing and 
Binding, for the several Public Departments, in- 
cluding the Expense of the Stationery Office, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances and 
Incidental Expenses in the Offices of the Solicitor for 
the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand six hundred and seventy pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
connected with the Prosecution of Offenders 
against the Laws relating to the Coin, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, tou the 31st day of March 
1852, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the Defi- 
ciency in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and 
ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 
of Exchequer, and certain Expenses of the Queen’s 
Prison. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand and eighty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
seven thousand eight hundred and forty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses 
in Scotland, to the 81st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1852, 
certain Charges formerly paid out of County Rates. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousaud four hundred and seventy-two pounds, 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 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and 
sixty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Government Prisons and 
Convict Establishments at Home, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and 
ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners 
in County Gaols, the Philanthropic Institution, and | 
Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of Removal of 
Convicts, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

14, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight thousand eight hundred and sixty pounds, be 





Julie. A. 1851. 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- 
nected with the Transportation of Convicts, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Convict Rg 
dred and eighty-three thousand and thirty pounds, blishments 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the | Sea (Colonies.) 
of the Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriages 
mittee on the Marriages (India) Bill; (India) 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- County Courts 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension further Ex. 
Bill ; tension Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Patent Law 
was read, and dis- i 
1 


Patent Law Amendment Bill, 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Immigrants 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 404 Liberated 
togive directions, that there be laid before this House, Africans, 
a Return, showing the Number of Immigrants and 
Liberated Africans admitted into each of the Bri- 
tish West India Colonies, as well as the Places from 
whence they were introduced, for each year since the 
last Return :—And, similar Return 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. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Victoria-street 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Sewer. 
Order, dated the 10th day of April last, for a Re- 
turn, from the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, of the Estimate for the first Contract Length 
of the Victoria-street Sewer; with a Statement of 
the Contract Price, and the actual Cost for Com- 
pletion of the same, so far as the Account can be 
made up:—Copies of the Report of Joseph Smith, 
Surveyor to the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, dated on or about the 1st day of March 
last, on the State and Condition of the first Con- 
tract Length of the Victoria-street Sewer, as ascer- 
tained by his Survey of the same ; and of any Plans 
and Sections accompanying the Report :—And, of 
the Report of the Engineer to the Commissioners, 
upon the subject-matter of the said Report of the 
said Joseph Smith. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of June Public Works. 
last, for a Return of the Names of the Commission- No, 512. 
ers appointed and now officiating for the Advance 
of Loans for Public Works in Great Britain and 
Treland :—Accounts of the yearly Expenses of the 


Board of Commissioners for the Advance of Loans 
for Public Works, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 165, of Session 1849) :—Of the 
Amounts placed at the disposal of the Commission- 
ers under the several Acts of Parliament passed for 
that purpose, the Amounts advanced, and _ the 
Amount remaining unissued on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1851:—Of the Amounts advanced to Bor- 
rowers, and contracted to be advanced; the Dates 
of such Advances, the Objects thereof, and how to 
be repaid ; the Rates of Interest ; Amounts of In- 
terest paid, of Principal repaid, and of Principal 
remaining unpaid on the 5th day of January 1851: 
—Abstract showing the Total of Principal and In- 
terest paid into Her Majesty’s Exchequer, on ac- 


count of Loans advanced by the Commissioners 
under 








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Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-ninth 
Report.) 


Harwich 
Election. 


South Holland 


15 Vicroriz. 8°—9° 


under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c.34, and subsequent 
Acts, to the 5th day of January 1851 :—General 
Statement of the Transactions of the Commissioners 
for the Advance of Loans for Public Works, &amp;c. 
from their Appointment under the Act 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 34 (June 1817); showing the Total Amount ad- 
vanced, Interest calculated at the Rate of 3 per 
cent. per annum; the Total Amount paid into the 
Exchequer ; Interest calculated at the same Rate ; 
the Balances of Loans and Interest outstanding, 
and the estimated Profit, to the 5th day of January 
1851. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Works be printed. 


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


day. 











Mercurti, 9° die Juli ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 7th 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. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Harwich, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating to such 
Election and Return, and the Lists of Voters de- 
livered in to the Committee by either Party : 

John Fergus, Esquire, Sir Henry Willoughby, Ba- 
ronet, James Kershaw, Esquire, George Arkwright, 
Esquire ; Chairman, William Deedes, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Members appointed to serve 
on the said Committee do attend in their places 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed, being seve- 


Acts rally Owners of eighty acres each or upwards of 


South Holland 


land lying in the district of South Holland, in the 
county of Lincoln, and, as such owners, being trus- 
tees of and under certain Acts of Parliament here- 
tofore passed for draining and improving such 
Jands, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Trustees of the South Holland Drainage, in the 
county of Lincoln, to raise further monies, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


ieee one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the South Hol- 
land Drainage Acts Amendment Bill. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


burn. Cl: 
and Wruteroe the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bolton, 


es) 
Yorkshire 


Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway 


lailway Bin, Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to, 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
VoL. 106. 








Juliz. 


to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


347 


The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, Caledonian 
and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;c. Railways) Railway 
(Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill was, ac- ne eh 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Polloc and 
Title be, An Act to sanction certain Arrangements hae 
entered into between the Caledonian Railway Com- (Amendment 
pany and the Holders of guaranteed and preferen- 4nd Continua 
tial Interests in the Company, and to enable the _ 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money. 

Ordered, That Sir James East do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Coatbridge, 


The Sheffield and Glossop Road (No.2) Bill was sheffield and 
read a second time ; and committed. Glossop Road 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (N® 2) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Several Petitions relating to Universities (Aber- pyyji. 
deen) ;—Attornies’ Certificates ;—Hops ;—Arrest of Petitions. 
Absconding Debtors’ Bill;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jre- Vide Riatleth 
land) Bill ;— Exhibition of 1851 ;— Home-made baa yaa 
Spirits in Bond Bill ;—Money Payment of Wages ; Public 
— Pharmacy Bill ;— Spirits; — and, Veterinary Petitions. 
Surgeons’ Exemption Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Piracies 
Command,—Paper relating to the Piracies com- (Indian Archi- 
mitted in the Indian Archipelago, and to the Mea- P¢!#8°) 
sures adopted by the Government of the Nether- 
lands, in the year 1816 to 1845, for their repres- 
sion. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, Benefices. 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No.513. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Labouring 
to Labouring Poor (Zreland), which was presented Poor(treland 
upon the 26th day of May last, be printed. No. 514. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Victoria- Victoria- 
street Sewer, which was presented yesterday, be *'@¢t Sewer- 
printed. No. 515. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- Attornies’ and 
men who are appointed to prepare and bring in the Selicitors 

‘ ye ee ee Certificate 
Bill, to repeal the Attornies’ and Solicitors’ Annual puty Bill. 
Certificate Duty, that they do make Provision 
therein for repealing the Annual Certificate Duty 
payable by Pructors, Writers to the Signet, and 
Notaries. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor presented a Bill to repeal Attornies’ and 
the Annual Certificate Duty payable by Attornies, a 
Solicitors, Proctors, Writers to the Signet, and puty Bill. 
Notaries: And the same was read the first time; No 516, 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 23d day of this instant July; and to be 


printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- valuation 
mittee on the Valuation (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 
mittee on the Colonial Property Qualification Bill ; Property. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- (iy /#ea40# 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
to provide for the abolition of any Property Qualifi- 
cation for the Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


yy2 Ordered, 


Arrest of 
Absconding 
Debtors’ Bill. 


Law of 
Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Churches 
and Chapels 
(Ireland) Bill. 


348 


Ordered, That the Order for the Committee on 
the said Bill be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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 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 Yeas, Mr Ma Oe 

Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, fi Marcus Hill: pi 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being 


put ; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Arrest of Absconding Debtors’ Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. is 


The Law of Evidence Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Resi- 
dences (Jre/and) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Churches and Chapels 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


UnitedChurch The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


of England 
and Ireland 
Bill. 


into a Committee upon the United Church of Eng- 
land and 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 Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Pharmacy 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, be printed. 

Ordered, That tie Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


G°—10° Sulit. 


A. 1851, 


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, after the other “*!#24) Bil 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Veterinary 
mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption Surgeons’ 
Bill ; xemptions 

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


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- Turnpike Acts 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed Continuance 
to a Committee 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Valuation 

into a Committee upon the Valuation (JZre/and) (Ireland) Bill 
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, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; Charities 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday “land Bill 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Copyhold, 
to consolidate and continue the Copylold and In- Inclosure and 
closure Commissions, and to medio for the Com- fe sy 
pletion of Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation 
Acts: And that Mr. Bouverie and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Moore’s Estate Bill be read a yfoore’s Estate 
second time. Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to consolidate and Copyhold, 
continue the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, a ag 
and to provide for the Completion of Proceedings jpissions Bill. 
under the Tithe Commutation Acts: And the same No, 518, 
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. 











Jovis, 10° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committecs. 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords request that this House will give Episcopal and 
leave to Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, Esquire, a ne aren i 
Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, pagoment Bill 
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 — 
ment, 








Cts 





15 Vicroriz. 


ment, on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 
Management Bill :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 

The House proceeded to take the said Message 
into consideration. 

And Mr. Cayley, being present in his place, de- 
clared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, Es- 
quire, have leave to go tothe House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


Cork and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Waterford the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cork 

Railway Bill. ond Waterford 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. 


Great Malvern The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Improvement, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
eet Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Waterworks, 
Gasand | ©Gas and Markets Bill. 

Markets Bill. § The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 8 is 
made to carry out more clearly the object of the 
Clause as passed by this House, and to make the 
Provision consistent with the Provisions of the Com- 
missioners’ Clauses Act, 1847), 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. 


Farmers’ The Farmers’ Estate Society (Jreland) Bill was 
—_ a 4 read the third time. 
ae Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester, The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands 
—— Junction Railway Bill was read the third time. 
lands Junction  2vesolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Railway Bill. © Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Below aland The House proceeded to take into further conside- 
Enates Mae ‘fation that part of the Message from the Lords of 


nagement Bill, Monday last, wherein their Lordships request that 
this House will give leave to Henry Aglionby Ag- 
lionby, Esquire, Richard Spooner, Esquire, William 
Hodgson Barrow, Esquire, and Jalan Pemberton 
Plumptre, Esquire, Members of this House, to attend 
their Lordships, to be sworn, in order to their being 
examined as Witnesses before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament, on the Episcopal and Capitular Es- 
tates Management Bill. 

And Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Plumptre, being pre- 
sent in their places, severally declared that they 
were willing, with leave of the House, to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Es- 
quire, and John Pemberton Plumptre, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire, and John 
Pemberton Plumpire, Esquire, to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if they think 
fit And that Mr. Brotherton do carry the said Mes- 


Von. 106. 


10° Juliz. 








349 


Several Petitions relating to Borneo (Destruction Public 

- Pirates) ;— Attornies’ Certificates ; — Flour ;— Petitions. 

ugar (Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 97) ;— British White v:3.3.:; 
Herring Fishery Bill; — Education (Ireland); ~ Keston 
General Board of Health (No. 2) Bill ;—Mercaant Public 
Seamen’s Fund Bill;—Pharmacy Bill ;— Ramsgate P°*““™* 
and Margate Harbours ;—Salmon Fisheries (Scoé- 
land) Bill;—and, Island of Skye,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee upon the Merchant Seamen’s Seamen's Fund 
Fund Bill. -_ 

(In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 to N° 4, amended, and 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to prarwich 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Election. 
— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Harwich, were called over ; and, being 
come to the Table, they were swern by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists put in by 
either Party, relative to the Election and Return for 
the Borough of Harwich, be referred to the Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at half an hour after Eleven of the clock in 
the forenoon. 


_ The House, according to Order, again resolved Merchant 
itself into a Committee upon the Merchant Seamen’s Seamen’s Fund 
Fund Bill. Bill, 

(In the Committee.) 


Criauses, N°5 to N° 55, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to, 


Clauses added. 

Clause (Provided always, and it is hereby de- 
clared, notwithstanding any thing herein contained 
to the contrary, That all monies now invested or 
standing in the name or names of aTrustee orTrus- 
tees for any Outport, pursuant to and under the 
provisions of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 52, shall, from 
and after the passing of this Act, be laid out or dis- 
posed of in such way and manner, forthe bene‘itof the 
Masters and Seamen of and belonging to the Port, 
for and in respect of which the Fund and Monies 
were collected or contributed, as the Trustees, Mas- 
ters and Seamen of such Outport shall, at a meeting 
to be called by a notice in writing under the hands 
of the Treasurer of the Fund, or the Receiver for 
the Port, direct, such notice to be affixed on the 
outer door of the Custom House of such Port for at 
least ten days prior to the holding of the said 
meeting, and such meeting to be held within three 
months from the passing of this Act). 

Brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernat 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, T 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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

Y_¥3 


‘hat 


A Moticn 





350 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 


a morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordnance 
Survey 
(Scotland.) 


No. 519. 


Scarborough 
Writ. 


Arundel Writ. 


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 a portion of the Deficiency of Annual Income 
of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund ; 

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 consi- 
deration of the House. 

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 Lands Clauses Consoli- 
dation (Jreland) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
ee postponed. 


Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 11, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


CravseE, N° 12, disagreed to. 
Cause, N° 13, 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, 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 Valuation (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Comniittee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into and report on the present state of the 
Ordnance Survey in Scotland, and on the Works 
which will be required for its Completion, have 
power to report their Observations thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Charteris accordingly reported from the said 
Select 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, 
and an Appendix. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Scarborough, in the 
room of the Honourable George Augustus Constan- 
tine Phipps, commonly called the Earl of Mulgrave, 
who, since his election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Comptroller of Her Majesty’s 
Household. 


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 Arundel, in the room 
of Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard, commonly 
called the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, who, since 
his election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


10° Julie. 





A. 1851, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Harbours of 
a detailed Statement relative to the Harbours of Refuge. » 
Refuge, showing, 1. The Total estimated Cost of No, 599 
the Works proposed; 2. The Sums — voted : 
by Parliament for each Harbour; 3. The Amount 
required to be voted for the present year, ending the 
31st day of March 1852; 4. The Sums that will stil] 
remain necessary for the Completion of the Works; 
accompanied by the Reports of the Engineers in 
charge of the Works, for the four Quarters of the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 Benefices. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, from the Province of York (pursuant to 
an Address of this House, dated the 16th day of 
May 1850), of all the Benefices, Rectories or Vi- 
carages, which have been united under the Act 
1 &amp; 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Benefices. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, from the Province of York (pur- 
suant to an Address of this House, dated the 22d 
day of May 1851), of all Benefices which have been 
united under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 98, s. 8, 
stating the Names of such united Benefices, with 
the Names of the Incumbents thereof, the Amount 
of the Population, and the yearly Value of each, 
and the Distance of the Churches of the united Be- 
nefices from each other, with the County and Dio- 
cese 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 Mr. Bright have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction. 48° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Turnpike- 
Return of the Salary and Expenses of the General = 
Superintendent of Turnpike Roads in South Wales, , 
in each year from the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 
Vic. c. 91, and the Source from which the Payment 
is made (on Finance Accourts, page 81). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a ad 
Copy of any Reports on the experimental Improve- nom Haniel 
ments on the Crown Estate of King Williamstown, 
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 Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 612, of Session 1844). 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Landlord and Te- 
nant Bill, without any Amendment: And also, . 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made pan Sate 
by this House to the Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital Hospital 
Estate Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Estate Biil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Apprentices to Sea Apprentices | 
Service (Ireland .No. 2) Bill, with Amendments ‘nae 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- (No, 2) Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Expenses of Pro- Expenses of 
secutions Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Prosecutions 

ments 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 





st Anglian 


me 
and Lancaster 
Railway Bill. 


Barton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Bridgewater's 
Estate Bill. 


Masters’ 
Jurisdiction 
in Equity Bill. 


Free Sittings 
in Churches, 


Belfast Union, 
&amp;e, 


Land Tax 
(Bra 
Haverstoe. ) 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 





15 Vicrortiz. 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Anglian Rail- 
ways Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ulverstone and 
Lancaster Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 


which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- | 


rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for extending Powers created by the Will of John 
Watson Barton, deceased, and for enabling Sales 
and Leases to be made of Lands subject to his Will, 
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 


Conveyances in Fee, or Demises for long Terms of 
Years, of his Trust Estates, and more effectually to 
administer to Trusts of the Will of the said Duke; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


10° Julie. 


to enable the Trustees of the Will of the Most | 


Noble Francis, late Duke of Bridgewater, to make | 
| to Order, read the third time. 





351 


| Reid, and also of the Protest accompanying it, in 
|reference to Proceedings connected with the New 
| Houses of Parliament. 

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Navy (Vessels 
‘dated the 18th day of June last, for a Return of all Purchased.) 
Vessels that have been purchased for the Royal 





| Navy, since the 10th day of May 1847 (the Date of 
'the last Return), stating from whom purchased, the 
| Price paid, and the Tonnage of each ; distinguish- 
| ing the Slave Vessles (and by whom captured) that 
| have been taken into the Service under the Pro- 
| visions of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c.'73, for which the 
um of £.6,500 has been voted in the Estimates. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
The Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill was, according Chief Justices* 
Salaries Bill. 


|  Lesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


House: And also, 
The Lords request that this House will give leave | 


to the Master of the Rolls, a Member of this House, consideration the Court of Chancery and Judicial 


to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in order to | Committee Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ys 
his being examined as a Witness before the Select | Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- Bill. 


Committee appointed by their Lordships in the | tion after the Notice of Motion relative to Borneo. 
present Session of Parliament, on the Master’s | 
Jurisdiction in Equity Bill :—And then the Messen- | 
ger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer | 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 


of their own. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
( Chancery 
and Judicial 


The Inhabited House Duty Bill was, according Inhabited 
to Order, read the third time. os Duy 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. | 


Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he! The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill was, ac- Aone 


axes Com- 





again withdrew. cording to Order, read the third time. ing 
. . | Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. se 
pS el ei pe ee on Address | Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
sty, 2 , for 

a Return of the Number of Free Sittings established | Cie Lente, aad Aen Caer eeme TEE 

in the several Churches built under the several; The Public Works, Fisheries, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- Public Works, 

Church Building Acts, with the aid of Grants from | cording to Order, read the third time. _— &amp;e. 

the Church Building Commissioners, since the Act} Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

58 Geo. 3, c. 45; stating the Numbers of Free Seats! Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

in each Church, and the aggregate Number in Eng- the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

land and Wales :—Also, the Number, if any, of Free | ; ; , 

Sittings that have been otherwise appropriated) The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was, according Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill. 


since the Consecration in each of the said Churches, 
so far as the same can be ascertained. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of June 
last, for Copies of all Communications between the 
Guardians of Belfast Union, the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, and the Board of Supervision in Scot- 
land, relative to the Removal of an Infant named 
John Stewart from Stranraer to Ireland, in the 
Month of February 1851; including Copies of the 
Petition and Complaint of the Inspector of the 
Poor of the Parish of Stranraer; of the Medical 


Certificate and Removal Order; and of the De-' 


clarations made by the Master of the Workhouse 

and the Relieving Officer of the Belfast Union. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of 
June last, for Copies of all Letters that have passed 
between Mr. Keogh, the Secretary to the Board of 
Inland Revenue, or any other person by direction 
of that Board, and any Commissioner of Land Tax 
or Clerk to Commissioners of Land Tax, relative to 
the Judgment of the Court of Queen’s Bench in 
January last, in the case of the Queen v. the Com- 
missioners of Land Tax for the Division of Bradley 
Haverstoe. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- 
stant July, for Copy of a Letter, dated the 29th day 
of May 1851, addressed to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by Dr, D. B. 
VoL. 106, 


‘to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. oul do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 
| The Order of the day bein 
/ mittee on the Stock in Trade Bill; 
| Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


~ Stock in 
read, for the Com - ate og 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 
mittee on the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill ; on 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ~ 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Turnpike 
mittee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill ; os _— 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice Ri, 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Militia Ballots 
mittee on the Militia Ballots Suspension Bill ; Suspension 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice~ 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 
General Board 


of Health 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the General Board of Health (No, 2) 
Bill; 











Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
yx4 The 








Unlawful 
Oaths (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Turnpike- 
roads (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Private Luna- 
tic Asylums 
(ireland) Bill. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
(Treland) Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


Owners and 
Lessees of 
Mines (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
Railways Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 


Administra- 
tion of Crimi- 
nal Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


352 


The Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Private Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion after the Notice of Motion relative to Borneo. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Borneo. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (Lreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Collection of Fines (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Zre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Borneo, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Borneo, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Conveyance of Mails by Railways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Awendments which, 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Church Building 
Acts Amendment Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 
Improvement Bill ; 

Dashed, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
ey hme an humble Address be presented to 

er Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 

leased to appoint Her Royal Commission to inquire 
into the proceedings of Sir James Brooke on the 
North Western Coast of Borneo, since his appoint- 
ment as Her Majesty’s Commissioner and Consul 
General to the Sultan and Independent Chiefs of 
Borneo, and especially into the Attack made by 
Her Majesty’s and the Honourable East India 
Company’s Naval Forces, under his advice and di- 
rection, on certain wild Tribes of that Island, called 


10°—11° Juliz. 





A. 1851. 


the Sakarran and Sarebas Dyaks, on the night of 
the 31st July 1849; and further, that Her Majesty 
will graciously command, that the opinion of Her 
Majesty’s Judges be taken and laid by Her Majes- 
ty’s Ministers before this House, touching the le- 
gality or otherwise of the holding by Sir James 
Brooke, at one and the same time, of the following 
apparently incompatible Offices, viz. of Sovereign 
Ruler of Sarawak, he being a British Subject; of 
Her Majesty’s Commissioner and Consul-General 
to the Sultan and Independent Chiefs of Borneo, 
he, Sir James Brooke, residing at Sarawak, where 
there is no independent Chief ; and also of the ap- 
pointment of Governor of the British Settlement 
of Labuan, distant 300 miles from Sarawak, at 
which British Settlement Sir James Brooke has not 
been actually present more than a few months durin 


o 
the last Three years; 


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


Veneris, 11° die Julii, 1851: 
And the Question being put; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 

; Mr. Hume, 71 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Urquhart: 19, 
| Mr. Hayter, \aa0 


UMr. Grey : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Court of 
take into consideration the Court of Chancery and Chancery 
Judicial Committee Bill, as amended in the Com- — 

- mittee 
mittee. Bill, 

A Clause (Additional Salary to the eleventh 
Clerk to the Registrars), was twice read, and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

P Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


Tellers for the Noes, - 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself stock in 
into a Committee upon the Stock in Trade Bill ; Trade Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr, Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Trusts Ar- Trusts 
; . . . Arrangements 
rangements Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pi), 
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 Militia Ballots 
into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspen- —_— 
sion 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. 

Civil Bills, &amp;c. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to (Ireland) Bill. 


take into consideration the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
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 Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; Tecotiand) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pin, 
upon Monday next, 


i NS) 
resolved itself ae 
(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 521, 


The House, according to Order, ed its 
into a Committee upon the Summary Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent — 

r, 











10°—11° Julie. 


15 Vicroriz, 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next, 


353 


matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 


A Motion being made, That the Return to an British 
Order, dated the 17th day cf February last, for an Museum. 
Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
British Museum for the year 1850, of the Esti- 
mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending the 
25th day of March 1852, 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 1844 to Christmas 1850 ; 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 1850, which 
; 'was presented upon the 19th day of February last, 
—_,, . The House, according to Order, resolved itself | be referred to the Committee of Supply ; 

(land) pill, Into a Committee upon the Collection of Fines, &amp;c.; The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
(Ireland) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, | jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal | Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress | matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 


petty Sessions §=6'['he House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(ireland) Bill. 4+4 2 Committee upon the Petty Sessions (Zreland) 
No. 522- Bill; aad, 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, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 





Collection 


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. | 


} 
} 
| 





Owners and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ane reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
way Bil, Zand) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. ; 
Improvement The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill. — on the Improvement of Towns (Zreland) | 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Constabulary Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
a further to amend an Act of the sixth year of King 
"William the Fourth, to consolidate and amend the | 
Laws relating to the Constabulary Force in Ireland : | 
And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Attorney | 
General for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in, | 
erny Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Nodel Schoo! Copy of the Correspondence between the Rev. | 
" M. L. Conner and the Commissioners of National | 


Education, concerning the Dunmanway District | 
Model School. | 


Prisons (Scot- 


land) Bill. The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Prisons | 
(Scot/and) Bill; and the same was 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 Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the British 
White Herring Fishery 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, 





ll A Motion being made, That the Report which, 
upon Friday 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 
1852, be selboend to the Committee of Supply ; 

_ The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
Jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, that Her 


Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 





OL. 106. 





sideration of the House. 
Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the 
Committee. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill further to Constabula 


amend an Act of the sixth Year of King William —_ = 
the Fourth, to consolidate and amend the Laws re- a wm 
0. 523, 


lating to the Constabulary Force 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 One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 11° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Musselburgh 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private — 
Bills; That in the case of the Musselburgh (Arrange- ‘eine Burch) 
ment with Creditors of the Burgh) Estate Bill, the 


of the Burgh) 
zn : Estate Bill. 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dorward’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill. 
That in the case of Dorward’s Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. : 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Glasgow 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; _.. 
That in the case of the Glasgow Provident Bank pi 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable, 


Mr. Bernal reported Jackson’s Estate Bill, with Jackson's 
an Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Lethbridge’s Estate Bill, Lethbridge’s 
with two verbal Amendments. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baring Wall reported from the Committee cameron's 
on Group 31 of Railway Bilis; That in the case of Coalbrook 
Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and ee, 
Loughor Railway (No. 2) Bill, they had examined and Loughor 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Railway 
Bill, but the same had not been proved to their sa- O° ?) bal, 
tisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders several Resolu- Orders; 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

ZZ 1. Resolved, 





354 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Battersea 
Park Amendment and Extension Bill, the Standing 


Battersea 
Park Amend- 


oo. pill, Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 


ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


South Holland 
Drainage Acts 


pace aes Drainage Acts Amendment Petition, the Standing 


Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the Par- 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with 
the exception of the Proviso at the end of Clause 3, 
provided the same be presented not later than three 


clear days after the presentation of this Report ; 


11° Julai. ’ 


That the Par- | 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the South Holland| 


4.1851. 


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


Barton’s Estate Bill was read the first time, Barton's 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill 
/ miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


| 


__ Sir Harry Verney reported the National Land National Lang 

Company Dissolving (re-committed) Bill, without 

further Amendment. Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Company 
Dissolving 


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 said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Public 

Petitions 
(Sixtieth 
Report. ) 


Mr. Thornely a from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 8th, 9th and 
10th 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 Musselburgh (Arrangement 
ah Cedieene with Creditors of the Burgh Estate) Bill, be read 


of the Burgh) a second time. 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Glasgow Provident Bank Es- 
tate Bill be read a second time. 


Glasgow 

Provident 

Bank Estate 

Bill. 

South Holland The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

a Acts of the Petition for the South Holland Drainage 

mendment. Acts Amendment 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 


te enable the Trustees of the South Holland Drain- | 


age, in the County of Lincoln, to raise further Mo- 
nies: And that Sir John Tro/lope and Mr. Childers 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Dorward’s Estate Bill be read a 
second time. 


Dorward's 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of The Duke of Bridgewater’s Estate Bill was read 

Bridgewater's the first time. 

Estate Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Birmngham § The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Improvement the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir-| 


Bill. mingham Improvement 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 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the General Reversionary and In- 
vestment Company Bill be read the third time upon 
iy. Monday next. 


General Re- 
versionary and 
Investment 
Company B 
King’s College The King’s College Hospital (No.2) Bill was 
Hospital _ read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
(No. 2) Bil. +, the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lincolnshire Ordered, That the Lincolnshire Estuary Bill be 
Fstuary Bill. read the third time upon Monday next. 


The Liynvi Valley and Duffryn Llynvi, and 
Porthcawi Railways Bill was read the third 
Liynvi, and 


~ time. 
Railways Bil, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Llynvi Valley, 
and Duffryn 


| Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Coal- Coalwhippers 
whippers (Port of London) Bill have Power to re- — of Lon. 
_ port the Minutes of their Proceedings, together with -) 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
| Mr. Labouchere reported from the said Select 
| Committee, to whom several Petitions were referred ; 
‘That they had taken Evidence, which they had 
_ directed him to report to the House ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the Committee, together with the Minutes of the 
_ Evidence taken before them, be printed. 


No. 6524, 


No. 525. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ernest Charles 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Jones. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of a Letter addressed by Ernest Charles 
Jones, a Prisoner in the Westminster House of Cor- 
rection, in March 1850, to Sir George Grey; and, 
Copy of the Report of Mr. Perry thereupon, as to 
'the Health and Treatment of the Prisoner, dated 
the 18th day of March 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. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Canada 
and New 

Brunswick 

Boundaries. 


/mand,—Papers relative to the Settlement of the dis- 

| puted Boundaries between the Provinces of Canada 
and New Brunswick. 

_ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

| Table. 


_ A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The kee have agreed to the Stucktun, Middles- Stockton, Mid- 
brough, Yarm, &amp;c. Waterworks Bill, without —— 
| Amendment: And also, Waterworks, 
} Biil. 
The Lords have agreed to the Cam Navigation Cam Navigs- 


(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, cor 2) 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Cubitt’s 
by this House to Cubitt’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Electric Telegraph Electric . 
Company Bill, with an Amendment; to which [erent y, 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 

| this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


| 
Several Petitions relating to Australian Colonies Public 
‘(Steam Communication) ; — Cape of Good Hope Petitions. 
| (Seat of Government, &amp;c.);—-Attornies Certificates ; yige sixty- 
—-Corn and Flour ;—Funeral Carriages and Horses ; first Report 
—Arrest of Absconding Debtors’ Bill ;—Exhibition raters 
of 1851 ;— Hungarian Refugees (Turkish Empire) ; 
— Lough Corrib Improvement ; — Richard John 
Mahony ;—Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ;—Na- 
vigation Laws ;—Pharmacy Bill ;—Postage ;—and, 
Registration of Assurances Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Court of 
to the Court of Chancery, which was presented Chancery- 


30th day of June last, be printed. No. 526. 
upon the ay of Ju , be p ville 














Sittings 
Prnurches. 
No. 527. 
{and Tax 


(Bradley 
Haverstoe. ) 


No, 528. 
Belfast Union, 
&amp;e. 

No, 529. 
Navy (Vessels 
Seehssed.) 

No, 530. 
Court of 
Chancery 
and Judicial 


Committee 
Bill. 


Supply ; 


Educational 
Trusts. 


British 
Museum. 


Education. 


Education 
Ireland.) 


School of 
Design. 


Professors 

(Diversities 
rd and 

Cambridge. ) 


University of 
Tandon? 


15 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Free Sit- 
tings in Churches, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Tax- 
(Bradley Haverstoe), which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Belfast 
Union, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy (Ves- 
sels Purchased), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee 
Bill 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. 


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

And a Motiun 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, 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
“ appoint a Commission to inquire into and report 
“ upon the administration of the Educational Trusts 
“ confided to the Cathedral Establishments of the 
“ Kingdom,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-six 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the British Museum, to the 25th day of March 
1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
one thousand two hundred and twenty-one 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 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British 
Museum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring 
Antiquities. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for Public Education in Great Britain, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-four thousand five hundred and sixty 
mane be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 

xpenses of the Commissioners of National Educa- 
tion in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand 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 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
Jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al- 
lowances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand nine hundred and twenty pounds, be 
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355 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Scottish 
thousand six hundred and ten pounds, be granted to Universities. 
Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1852, 

Grants to Scottish Universities, formerly defrayed 
from the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown. 

10. 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 1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Royal — 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- —— 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber- “ _ 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Royal Dublin 
thousand two hundred and sixty pounds, be granted S¢ciety- 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Royal 
Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Theological 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay een ke 
the Salaries of Theological Professors at Bei; ast, ‘ ee 
and Retired Allowances to Professors of the Belfast 
Academical Institution, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

14, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Queen's _ 
thousand six hundred and twenty pounds, be granted University in 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Queen’s University in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One National 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her “allery- 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1851, the Expenses 
of the National Gallery. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen Geological 
thousand six hundred and twenty-three pounds, be Survey, &amp;e- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the mem of 
the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, 
the Museum of Practical Geology in London, and 
the Museum of Jrish Industry in Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Magnetic _ 
thousand four hundred and twenty-one pounds, be O&gt;servatories, 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the y See oo 
lagnetic Observatories Abroad, including the Su- 
perintendent’s Establishment at Woolwich ; also, of 
Observations and Services carrying on under the 
direction of the Astronomer Royal, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten — 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- (famburgh.) 
wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of 
erecting Buildings for a National Gallery in Edin- 
burgh, and other purposes connected therewith, and 
with the Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 12° die Julii, 1851: 


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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the aes 
Payment, ovt of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
such Sums as may be necessary to make good a 

rtion of the deficiency of Annual Income of the 

erchant Seamen’s Fund, 


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356 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sum as may be necessary to make good a portion 
of the deficiency of Annual Income of the Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund. 


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. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Stock in Trade 


~ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ul. 


consideration the Stock in Trade Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
Arrangements 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration;the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Militia Ballots Suspension 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Unlawful 
Oaths (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, ‘resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Unlawful Oaths (Jre- 
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 Bili, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


Turnpike 
Roads (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Roads (Jre- 
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 Monday 
next. 


Private Lu- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
a vo into a Committee upon the Private Lunatic Asylums 
' ‘"~* (Treland) 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. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
ance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ae That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill; 


New Forest 
Deer Removal, 
&amp;c. Billi, 


11°—12° Julie. 





A. 1851. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second General 
reading of the General Board of Health (No. 2) of Health 
Bill ; (No. 2) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to woods, 
take into consideration the Woods, Forests, &amp;c, Forests, &amp;¢, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 2#!- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Customs Bi, 
reading of the Customs Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriages 
into a Committee upon the Marriages (Zndia) Bill ; (India) Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 531, 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Civil Bills, &amp;, 
reading of the Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zre/and) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Assurances Bill; —_ of Assurances 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 21st day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Collection of 
mittee on the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) Fines, &amp;e. 
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 Owners and 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- —,. 
land) Bill ; land) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
17, on the Improvement of ‘Towns (Ireland) Cleland) ill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Ecclesiastical 
take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Residen- peer 
ces (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ( ne 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Churches 
take into consideration the Churches and Chapels ont Gare 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ( ) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to United Chareh 
take into consideration the United Church of Eng- ° pein, 
land and Ireland Bill, as amended in the Com- Bil. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


i]} Local Acts 
a Bill (Prt ioary 
nquiries) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in 
to repeal the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 129, and to autho- 
rize 








Exhibition 
af 1851. 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Buildings 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Local Acts 

(Preliminary 

(Inquiries) Bill. 
No, 582, 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


No, 533, 


Metropolis 
(No. 2) Bill, 
No. 584. 


Holland 
Acts 
t 


"i 


[ 


15 Vicroriz. rye 


rize Preliminary Inquiries in certain Cases of Ap- 
plication for Local Acts, and to make other Pro- 
visions in lieu thereof: And that Sir John Yarde 





Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Deedes do pre-4 


pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Warrant under Her Majesiy’s 
Sign Manual, authorizing the Commissioners for 
the Exhibition of 1851 to enter upon a Piece of 
Ground in Hyde Park, and to erect Buildings there- 
upon for Purposes of the Exhibition :—And, of 
Deed of Covenant from the Commissioners for the 
Exhibition of 1851 to the Queen’s Most Excellent 
Majesty, to observe and perform certain Terms and 
Conditions mentioned in the said Warrant, and to 
re-instate and yield up the Site granted for the Pur- 
poses of such Exhibition. 

Ordered, That 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 amend two several Acts of Her Majesty’s Reign, 
enabling the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods to purchase Lands for and to form Victoria 
Park ; and to indemnify the Trustees of Copyhold 


Lands held in Trust for Her Majesty: 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 regulate the Construction and the Use of Buildings 
in the Metropolis and its Neighbourkood : And that 
Lord Seymour and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill to repeal 
an Act of the eleventh and twelfti Years of Her 
present Majesty, for making Preliminary [nquiries 
in certain Cases of Applications for Local Acts, and 
to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to amend two 
several Acts of Her Majesty’s Reign, enabling the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to purchase 
Lands for and to form Victoria Park ; and to indem- 
nify the Trustees of Copyhold Lands held in Trust 
for Her Majesty: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to regulate the 
Construction and the Use of Buildings in the Me- 
tropolis and its Neighbourhvod : 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 One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 12° die Juli ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Brotherton presented a Bill to enabie the 
Trustees of the South Holland Drainage, in 
the County of Lincoln, to raise further Monies: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 
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12° Juiiz. 





357 


Several Petitions relating to Flour ;—Newspa- Public 
pers, &amp;c. ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ;—Gene- Petitions. 
ral Board of Health Act ;—Ramsgate and Margate Vide Sixty- 
Harbours ;—and, Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill,— first Report 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon = Public 
the Table. etitions. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- Militia Ballots 
ing 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into Turnpike Acts 
consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, Continuance 
as amended in the Committee ; —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The General Board of Health (No. 2) Bill was, General Board 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- of Health 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for %®% 2) Bi- 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Woods, 
reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; _— ae. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now ~ 
read the third time ; 

Lord John Russell, 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. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill was, according Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 49, 1. 27, by leaving out the words “ other 
“ than in ejectment and replevin.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Lord Marcus Hill, P 

Yeas, Mr. Cornewall Lewis : } . 

Tellers for the (Mr. M‘Cullagh, 1 

Noes, Mr. Sharman Crawford: § 

So it was resoived in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 49, 1. 29, by leaving out from the word 
‘ pounds,” to the word “shall,” in 1. 32, and by in- 
serting the words “ a jury shall be summoned, in 
“ the manner hereinafter mentioned, to try each of 
‘¢ such actions,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General for Zreland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


6. 


The Ecclesiastical Residences (Zreland) Bill was, feclesiastical 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their cou- 
currence. 


Residetces 


(Ireland) BL 


The Churches and Chapels (Jreland) Bill was, Churches 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to consolidate and amend the 
zz3 


and Chapels 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Laws 














358 


Laws relating to the Erection and Endowment of 
Churches and Chapels and Perpetual Curacies in 
Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


United Church 
of 


The United Church of England and Ireland Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence, 


and Ireland 
Bill. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge Assess- 
ment Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Public Health Act, and an Act of the 
fourth and fifth Years of King Wil/iam the Fourth, 
in respect of the Assessment of Tithe Rent-charges 
for certain Rates: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Lands Clauses 
Consolidation (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Valuation The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
(Ireland) Bill. Committee, upon Monday next, on the Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge Assess- 
ment Bill. 


No. 535. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to amend 
the Public Health Act, and an Act of the fourth 
and fifth Years of King William the Fourth, in re- 
spect of the Assessment of Tithe Rent-charges for 
certain Rates: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


Battersea Park 
Amendment 
and Extension 
Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Battersea Park Amendment and Extension 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That ali Committees have leave to sit 
this day, notwithstanding any adjournment of the 
House. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 














Luna, 14° die Juli ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on 

the Harwich Election Petition have leave to 
sit this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-first 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 11th and 
12th days of this instant July; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Duke of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Bridgewater's one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Duke of Bridgewater’s Es- 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


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A. 1851, 


Ordered, That the Duke of Bridgewater’s Es- Duke of 


tate Bill be read a second time. Bridgewater's 
Estate Bill, 


The Order for referring the Law Property As- Law p 
surance and Trust Society Bill to the Committee assurance and 
of Selection, was read, and discharged. Ba ety 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the South Holland Drainage Acts South Hotang 
Amendment Bill be read a second time To-morrow, Drainage Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 
Mr. Bernal reported Upion’s Estate Bill, without Uptons 
Amendment. Estate Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Saint Andrew's 
Saint Andrew's and Quebec Railway Bill; That 224 Quebec 
they had examined the allegations contained in the ®*!"ay Bil. 
Preamble, and had amended the same, by inserting 
a recital describing more fully the constitution of 
the Company; 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 ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Anglian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East ailways Bill. 
Anglian Railways 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 Electric 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Electric Telegraph 
Telegraph Company Bill; and the same was twice Comgey 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ulverstone 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ulver- snd Lanciatr 
stone and Lancaster Railway Bill; and the same . 
were twice read, and agreed to, as far as the Amend- 
ment in p. 11, 1.16. 

P. 11, 1.16, the next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by inserting, after the word “ footpath,” the 
words “upon payment to the Company of the sum 
“ of Bes 

And the said Amendment was twice read with a 
blank, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, iseroninety, Te- 
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 they had 
considered the said Amendment; and had made an 
Amendment thereunto, by filling up the blank with 
“ one halfpenny.” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment. 

Then the Amendment made by the Lords, so 
amended, was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments made by the 
Lords 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, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 


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Re- The General Reversionary and Investment Com- 
vasionary 20d »45y Bill was read the third time. 


Investment esolved, That the Bill de pass. 
coer Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Lincolnshire A Motion being made, That the Lincolnshire Es- 
petuary Bill. tuary Bill 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 a 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; 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. 

Hove Im- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
provement the Hove Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
oi. Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Moore's Moore’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
Bstate Bill. = committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Criminal Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 

Offenders. § mand,—Tables, showing the Number of Criminal 
Offenders (England and Wales), committed for 
Trial or bailed for Appearance at the Assizes and 
Sessions in each County, in the year 1850, 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. 

EmestCharles Mr, Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 

vue. dress to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of this 
instant July, for Copy of a Letter addressed by Er- 
nest Charles Jones, a Prisoner in the Westminster 
House of Correction, in March 1850, to Sir George 
Grey ; and Copy of the Report of Mr. Perry there- 
upon, as to the Health and Treatment of the Pri- 
soner, dated the 18th day of March 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

Public Several Petitions relating to Ecclesiastical Leases ; 
Petitions. § — Proprietary Chapels ; — Flour ;— Windows ; — 
Vide Sixty- Arrest of Absconding Debtors’ Bill ;— Beerhouses ; 
second Report —-County Courts further Extension Bill ;—Dublin | 
rei’ ~—- Hospitals ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;—General Board 
; of Health (No. 2) Bill ;—Office of High Sheriff ;— 
Medical Prescriptions ;—Merchant Seamen’s Fund 
Bill; — Robert Owen ; -—— Patent Law Amendment 
Bill; —Pharmacy Bill;—Poor Law (Ireland) ;— 
Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ;—Salmon Fishe- 
ries (Scotland) Bill;— and, Veterinary Surgeons’ 
Exemption Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Property Tax Act was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Income and Property Tax. 

a from A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 
paaete. Mr. Speaker, 
london (City) The Lords have agreed to the London (City) 
*ewers Bil. Sewers Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
oes The Lords have agreed to the South Staffordshire 
emma Railway (Branches to join the Birmingham, Wolver- 
(Branches  Aampton and Stour Valley Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, with- 
‘join the out any Amendment: And also, 
irmingham, 


_ Wolverhampton, and Stour 
Valley Railway, fc.) Bill. 


Smithfield 
Market, 


The Lords request that this House will communi- 
cate to their Lordships, Copies of the Reports from 
the Select Committees appointed by this House, in 
the Sessions 1828, 1847 and 1849 on Smithfield 
Market :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message. 

Resolved, That this House will send to the Lords 
printed Copies of the said Reports, as desired by 
their Lordships, 

And the Messenger was again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith ; and printed 
Copies of the said Reports were delivered to him, 
to be communicated to the Lords :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Smithfield 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 4th Market 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships re- ~~” 

uest that this House will communicate to their 
Lordsliigi, Copies of the Reports from the Select 
Committee of the present Session on the Smithfield 
Market Removal Bill, of the Proceedings of the 
Committee, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, and the Appendix 
and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That printed Copies of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the same. 


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 
“ considering the public importance of maintaining Dublin 
as National Institutions the very valuable Schools Hospitals. 
of Medicine in Jreland, which have derived their 
chief efficiency from the instruction afforded by 
the Dublin Hospitals, to the support of which 
for a long series of years Parliament has con- 
tributed, it is unjust and impolitic to reduce the 
amount of the annual Grant which was allowed 
in 1848 and the preceding years to those Hos- 
pitals,” 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. Hayter 
Tellers for the Yeas, or 7 mol Hill: }1os. 
Tellers for the Noes, {oie ame } 43. 


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 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 1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Prince Ea- 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her ward’s Island. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Prince 
Edward's Island, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

3. Resolzed, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Ecclesiastical 
thousand six hundred and seventy-seven pounds, be oe 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ae 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Indian De- 
thousand six hundred and sixty pounds, be granted partment 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Indian ‘C™™4*) 
Department in Canada, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy Bahama 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards de- Islands. 
fraying the Charge of the Bahama Islands, to the 
31st day.of March 1852. 

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6. Resolved, 





Governors, &amp;c. 
West India 
lonies. ) 


Stipendiary 
Justices 
(West India 
Colonies and 
Mauritius.) 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Saint Helena. 


Western 
Australia. 


Port 
Essington. 


Heligoland. 


Falkland 
Islands. 


Hong Kong. 


360 14°— 


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 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand and seventy-five pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Sala- 
ries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipen- 
diary Justices in the West India Colonies, and the 
Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thonsand seven hundred and eighty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to rex the Charge of 
the Civil Establishments on the Western Coast of 
Africa, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand 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 1852. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand three hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be 
granted tc Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Western Australia, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand one hundred and three pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

12. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a sum, not exceeding Twenty thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
New Zealand, to the 31st day of March 1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand and 
sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of New Zealand, to the 31st day 
of March 1852 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. Hume, 

Yeas, Mr. William Williams : 

Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 

Noes, { Mr. Cornewall Lewis : 

Original Question again proposed ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 


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Majesty, to defray the Charge of Labuan, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Emigration, 
five thousand three hundred and thirty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and of 
the Emigration Officers at the different Ports of 
this Kingdom, and other Expenses connected with 
Emigration, to the 31st day of March 1852, 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Captured 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Negroes and 
defray Expenses incurred for the Support of Cap- pert 
tured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 
Charges under the Acts for the Abolition of the 
Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen Slave Trade 
thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Commissions, 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1852, the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under the Treaties 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

‘the Committee divided. 

’ { Mr. Urquhart, 7 

Tellers for the Yeas, \Culonel Sibthorp: § 
. : &gt;. | Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers tor the Noes, yy. Heieenit Lewis :f207 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty-eight 
thousand four hundred and ninety pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1852; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


26, 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


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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 aiso acquainted the House, that he 


posed, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen thou-| was directed to move, That the Committee may 


sand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma-| 
jesty, to defray the Charge of New Zealand, to the | 


3ist day of March 1852 ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and eighty-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Heligoland, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

14, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Falklund Islands, to the 
3ist day of March 1852. 


15. Motion made, and Question proposed, That | 
a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand five hundred | 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the | 


Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 
1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Ten thousand five hun- 
cred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defra 
the Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 


1852; 
The Committee divided. 
\ 39. 
} 65. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Scott, 
= Spooner : 
| Mr. ffayter, 
Tellers for the Noes, 14 i ie veel ll Lewis 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 





have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Mr. Bernalreported from the Committee, to whom Merchant 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- eal 
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 a portion . 
esolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five | of the deficiency of Annual Income of the Merchant 


Seamen’s Fund, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Pay- 


ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sum as may be necessary to make good a portion 
of the deficiency of Annual Income of the Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pursu- 
ant to the said Resolution. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply;. 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-six British 


thousand eight hundred and twenty-four pounds, be Museum. 
granted 








Education. 


Fdueation 
({reland. ) 


School of 
Design. 


Professors 
(Universities 
of Oxford and 
Cambridge. ) 


University of 
Iondon. 


Scottish 
Universities, 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society, 


Sen's 
hiversity in 
Iehnd, &gt; 


Magnetic 








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granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the British Museum, to the 25th day of March} Magnetic Observatories Abroad, including the Su- 
1852. perintendent’s Establishment at Woolwich; also, of 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-| Observations and Services carrying on under the 
one thousand two hundred and twenty-one pounds, | direction of the Astronomer Royal, to the 31st day 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense | of March 1852. 
of New Buildings and Fittings at the British Mu-, 18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten National 
seum, to the 31st day of March 1852. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- ae . 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of (pee) 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her | erecting Buildings for a National Gallery in Edin- 

Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British burgh, and other purposes connected therewith, and 
Museum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring | with the Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland. 
Antiquities. | The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- | were agreed to. 
drea and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for Pubiic Education in Great Britain, to| The Order of the day being read, for the second Conveyance 
the 31st day of March 1852. reading of the Conveyance of Mails by Railways of Mails by 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- | Bill; i 
dred and thirty-four thousand five hundred andsixty,; A Motion was made, and the Question being 
“sn be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the | put, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed 

xpenses of the Commissioners of National Educa- | in the Negative. 
tion in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1852. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not-exceeding Fifteen | upon Thursday next. 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the School of | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
Design, and for Aid to Provincial Schools, to the | mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
31st day of March 1852. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two| solve itself into the said Committee. 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al-| The Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commissions Copyhold, 
lowances to certain Professors in the Universities of | Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; perry 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March | and committed to a Committee of the whole House, pin i oh 
1852. for To-morrow. Bill. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand nine hundred and twenty pounds, be| The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Stock in Trade 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of| into consideration the Stock in Trade Bill, as Bill 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March | amended in the Committee. 

1852. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven | morrow. 
thousand six hundred and ten pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1852, The House, according to Order, proceeded to Unlawful 
Grants to Scottish Universities, formerly defrayed | take into consideration the Unlawful Oaths (Jre- Oaths A 
from the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown. land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. land) EAE. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three! Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-, this day, at Twelve of the clock. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1852. | The House, according to Order, proceeded to Turnpike 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | take into consideration the Turnpike-roads (Zreland) Gireland) Bill. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-| Bill, as amended in the Committee. : 
wards defraying the Expense of the Roya] Hiber-| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1852. this day, at Twelve of the clock. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand two hundred and sixty pounds, be granted| The House, according to Order, proceeded to Private Lu- 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the take into consideration the Private Lunatic Asy- ae a 
Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March | lums (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 7") ™ 
1852. | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | this day, at Twelve of the clock. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
the Salaries of Theological Professors at Belfust,| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
and Retired Allowances to Professors of the Belfast, into a Committee upon the Merchant Seamen’s Peet 
Academical Institution, to the 31st day of March} Fund Bill. oe 
1852. : 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One, Gate Seeman 
thousand six hundred and twenty pounds, be granted; Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the| Power to make provision in the Bill, fs est to the 
Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st day of| Resolution reported on the 14th of July——read. 
March 1852. | Clauses added. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One| Preamole agreed to. 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her | Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Majesty, to defray, in the year 1851, the Expenses 
of the National Gallery. | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen reported, That the Committee had gone through 
thousand six hundred and twenty-three pounds, be the Bill. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of} Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
the Museum of Practical Geology in London, and | next. 
the Museum of Jrish Industry in Dublin, to the 
3ist day of March 1852. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mercantile 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two! mittee on the Mercantile Marine Act Amendment = Act 
thousand four hundred and twenty-one pounds, be Bill; _— 

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General Board 


of Health 
CNo. 2) Bill. 


362 
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 General Board of Health (No. 2) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Turnpike Acts The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


Continuance 
Bill. 


Marriages 
(India) Bill. 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petty Sessions 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Owners and 
Lessees of 
Mines (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 


take into consideration the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
ance Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Marriages (India) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Billi. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Victoria Park Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) 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 Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Collection of 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


read, for the Com- 
ines, &amp;c. (Ireland) 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
land) 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 Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) 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 Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain Temporary Provisions relating 
to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Zreland ; 
and also to provide for the due Annexation of an 
ssolated District, formerly of the County of Dublin, 
to a Barony of the County of Wicklow, for the Pur- 

ses of Grand Jury Cess, and other Purposes: And 
that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue an Act of the fourteenth year of Her 
Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain 
Poor Reade in Unions in England and Wales 
upon the Common Fund; and to make certain 
Amendments in the Laws for the Relief of the 


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A. 1851. 


Poor: And that Mr. Baines and Mr. Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ardee 
Copy of the Correspondence between Proprietors Drainage. 
ee the Commissioners of the Board of Works, as 
to the Ardee Drainage. 


The Order made upon the 6th day of May last, Sale of Beer 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to Houses licensed for the Sale of 
Beer, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Sale of Beer 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider thz Laws (No. 2) Bill 
relating to Houses licensed for cue Sale of Beer :— 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to Houses licensed for the 
Sale of Beer. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 
amend the Laws relating to Houses licensed for the 
Sale of Beer:—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Sir John Pakington, Mr. Deedes, Mr. 
Headlam and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue an Act Poor Relief 
of the fourteenth year of Her Majesty, for charging A“ — 
the Maintenance of certain Poor Persons in Unions “"” 
in England and Wales upon the Common Fund; No. 586, 
and to make certain Amendments in the Laws for 
the Relief of the Poor: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sale of Beer 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No, 537. 


Sir John Pakington presented a Bill to amend 
the Laws relating to Houses licensed for the Sale of 
Beer: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon oe 
the 23d day of this instant July; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Monies in the 
an Account of Monies in the Exchequer, or remain- we 
ing to be raised, on the 5th day of July 1851, to No, 538. 
complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
Service of the years 1848, 1849 and 1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Common 
Lodging _ 
Houses Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Common 
Lodging Houses Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and 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. 


And then the House, havin 
till One of the clock on 
adjourned till this day. 


continued to sit 
uesday morning, 








15 Vicroriz. 





! 


Martis, 15+ die Juli ; | this present Parliament for the Borough of Har- 


| wich is a void Election. 


Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 


Committees. O RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the | 
sitting of the House. 


guth Holland The South Holland Drainage Acts Amendment | 
prinage Act® Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; | 
il and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- } 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-} 
mittee of Selection, that they have Power to appoint | 
the Committee on the Bill to meet on any day not | 


earlier than Tuesday next.” 


to. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Several Petitions relating to Ecclesiastical Pro- | 
perty (Jreland) ;—Attornies’ Certificates ; —Flour ; 
—Arrest of Absconding Debtors’ Bill ;— Count 
Courts further Extension Bill; Exhibition of 1851 
—Patent Law Amendment Bill ;—Pharmacy Bill 
— Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ;—Registra- | 
tion of Assurances Bill; — and, Veterinary Sur- | 
geons’ Exemption Bill,—were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vide Sixty- 
third Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Lieutenant- Ordered, That the Return relative to Lieutenant- 
calnel Rose. colonel Rose, which was presented upon the 4th 
No. 539. day of this instant July, be printed. 


15° Julzi. 


entered in the Journals of this House. 


} into a Committee u 
| Extension Bill. 


_ graph. 


Y | reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
&gt; | in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
’ | the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


| resolve itself into the said Committee. 





EmestCharles Ordered, That the Return relative to Ernest 
jam, Charles Jones, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 540. printed. 
Unlawful The Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
Micland) Bill ing 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. 
Turnpike The Turnpike-roads (Jreland) Bill was, aceord- 
Roads ing to Order, read the third time. 
(chad) Bil, “Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Private Lu- The Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill was, 
(iebed it 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. 


TumpikeActs The Turnpike Acis Continuance Bill was, ac-| 


Bill, cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

iiaringes §=» The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(dia) Bil. reading of the Mansieges (Bedi) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day, at Twelve of the 
clock, 

ee Mr. Deedes, from the Select Committee appointed 


to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
of William Cuss Randfield and James Pain, electors 
of the Borough of Harwich, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
informed’ the House, that the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That Robert Wigram Crawford, Esquire, is not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Harwich. 

Vou. 106. 














363 


That the last Election of a Burgess to serve in 


























































And the said Determinations were ordered to be 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 


. further Exten- 
pon the County Courts further sion Bill 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravusss, N° 1 to N° 9, with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 


Cxiavu sg, N° 10, postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 11 to N°13, amended, and agreed 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Patent Law 
reading of the Patent Law Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ® 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administration 
mittee on tle Administration of Criminal Justice nn 
Improvement Bill ; pan 

esolved, That this House will, after the other Bill. 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lands Ciauses 
1 idati nd) Corsolidati 

ile on the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Jreland) é a “ 4 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- valuation 
mittee on the Valuation (Zreland) 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- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill; Charities 

Resolved, That: this House will, To-morrow, re- “*eland) Bill 
solve 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 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 1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Prince 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Edward's 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Prince _ 
Edwara’s Island, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Ecclesiastical 
thousand six hundred and seventy-seven pounds, be Establishment 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of _ one 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Indian 
thousand six hundred and sixty pounds, be granted ‘Casey 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Indian ‘ ; 
Department in Canada, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 


8a2 5. Resolved, 





Bahama 
Islands. 


Governors, &amp;c. 
(West India 
Colonies.) 


(West India 
Colonies, and 
Mauritius. ) 


Western Coast 


of Africa. 


Saint Helena. 


Port 
Essington. 


New Zealand. 
Heligoland. 
Falkland 


Islands, 


Hong Kong. 


$64, 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards defray- 
ing the Charge of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand and twenty-eight nse he 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 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand and seventy-five pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Sala- 
ries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipen- 
diary Justices in the West India Colonies, and the 
Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Civil Establishments on the Western Coast of 
Africa, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

9. 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 1852. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand three hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Western Australia, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand one hundred and three pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of New Zealand, to the 31st day 
of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not eceeding Nine 
hundred and eighty-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Heligoland, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 


14, 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 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Hong Kong, to 


15° Juli. 


A. 1851. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon ‘Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Harwich 
the Select Committee on the Harwich Election Pe- Election, 
tition be laid before this House. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : Me 
Mr. Speaker, the Lorda, 
The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 
(Motherwell Branch Extension, and Lesmahagow Railway 


Branches) Bill, without any Amendment: And ewer 
also, tension oe 
Lesmahagow Branches) Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Newarh-upon-Trent Newark. 
Improvement and Market Bill, without any Amend- 'Pon-Trent 
ment: And also, sal ene 

tket 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Brighton Extra- Brighton 
mural Cemetery Bill, without any Amendment: Extra-mural 
And also, Cemetery Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lodging Houses Lodging 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment Houses Bil, 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Royal Edinburgh 
Asylum for the Insane Bill, with Amendments ; to Royal Asylum 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence — Insane 
of this House: And also, i 

The Lords have agreed to the Jtchen Bridge and Itchen Bridge 
Roads Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- #4 Reads 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Killarney Junction Killarney 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Junction 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®#!way Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dublin, Dundrum Dubiin, 
and Rathfarnham Railway Bill, with Amendments ; naan and 
_to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway Bill 
| rence of this House: And also, 
| _The Lords have agreed to the Copper Miners in Copper Miners 
| England Company Bill, with Amendments; to in England | 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- ©™P#Y Bill 
| rence of this House: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Waterford and Li- Waterford 
| merick Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which "4 Limerick 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ®*!#y Bill 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Waterford, Wex- Waterford, 








osB8 &gt; 


the 31st day of March 1852. | ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Bill, with Wexford, 


. 


16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Labuan, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 


Emigration. 


Captured 
Negroes and 
Liberated 
Africans. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Marriages 
(India) Bill. 


17. fesolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand three hundred and thirty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and of 
the Emigration Officers at the different Ports of 
this Kingdom, and other Expenses connected with 
Emigration, to the 31st day of March 1852, 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray Expenses incurred for the Support of Cap- 
tured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 
Charges under the Acts for the Abolition of the 
Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four- 
teen thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1852, the Salaries and Contingent Expenses 
of the Mixed Commissions established under the 
Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the 
Traftic in Slaves. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Marriages (Jndia) Bill ; 


Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords wire, Ge 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, way Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bath Improvement, Bath Improve- 


Markets, Waterworks, and Bath Commons or Free- eat, Markets, 
. bot ‘ . &gt;. Waterworks, 
men’s Estate Bill, with Amendments; to which anq Bath 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Commons or 


i Pile ; . Freemen’s 
this House :— And then the Messenger withdrew. Sh hoy 





* Ordered That the Select Committee appointed Church Rates. 
to consider the Law of Church Rates, and the dif- No. 541. 
ference of practice which exists in various parts of 
the country in the assessment and levy of such 
Rates, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 
Mr. Trelawny reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; ‘That they had examined several witnesses 
upon the matters referred to them, and had agreed 
to report the Evidence given by them to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented eee 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Number of County Elec- 
tors in each County, Division of a County, or Rid- 
ing, in England and Wales, registered for Property 
situated within the Limits of any Borough, distin- 
guishing the Total Number registered in each Con- 





stituency ; 





de Ea ee et et 











15 VicrorizZ. 


stituency ; and also distinguishing the Number of 
County Electors registered for Property in each 
Borough, situated within 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. 


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 any Persons who have held the 
Office of Judge in the East Indies, or any of Her 
Majesty’s Deminions beyond the Seas, and who, on 
their Retirement, have been called to the Board of 
Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, and 
have acted on the Judicial Committee thereof, since 
the year 1833 to the present Time; distinguishing 
those who have and those who may not have claimed 
or been paid any Indemnification or Allowance for 
their Attendance at the said Judicial Committee, 
and the Amounts for each year of their several Al- 
lowances. 

Ordered, That 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. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of April last, for 
Returns of the Sums received as Clerks’ Fees, by 
each Assistant Clerk of the County Courts, under 
the County Courts Bill, in each year since the Esta- 
blishment of the County Court ; and the Sum paid 
over by him to the Chief Clerk in each year :—Of 
the Sums allowed to each Chief Clerk, where ap- 
pointed to more than one District, for Rent of Of- 
fice, and the Sum paid over by him to each Assist- 
ant Clerk:—Of the Places of Residence of each 
Chief Clerk of the County Courts, the Distance of 
his Residence from the nearest Town of his District, 
and the Number of Times he has attended in that 
District, and the Number of Days he remained in 
each Place where the Court is held in each District: 
—And, of the Residence of each High Bailiff of 
County Courts, the Distance of his Residence from 
the nearest Town of his District, and the Number 
of Times he has attended in that District, and the 
Number of Days he has remained at each Place 
where the Board is held in each District. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 


meat of Copy- Committee on the Enfranchisement of Copyholds 
Enfranchise. Bill; and, the Enfranchisement of Copyholds (No.2) 
ment of Copy- Bill, That thev have Power to consolidate the said 
oO 2) Bills into one Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Number of Members composing 
Select Committees be reduced (except when special 
cause be shown, to the satisfaction of the House, 
for enlarging that number) to seven :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
osed, That this House will, on a future day, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to take into consideration 
the present state of the Milling Interest in Ireland ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 16° die Julii, 1851: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Me Newey sodaes } 93. 
Tellers for the Noes, i. niu: }328- 
So it passed in the Negative. 

VoL, 106. 





15°—.16° Juliz. 





365 


The House was moved, That the Order made 


Drainage 
upon the 15th day of April last, That there be laid (“reland.) 


before this House, a Return of the different Works 
of Drainage in Jreland, under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. 
c. 89, &amp;c. &amp;e., distinguishing, first, those finished, 
showing the Name of District or Work, the County 
in which situated, the Quantity of Land originally 
estimated to be benefited, the Quantity of Land 
found to be benefited on Revision and detailed 
Survey, the Sum originally estimated for the Work 
in the Printed Reports sanctioned by the Board of 
Works, the Total Cost of the Works, the Date of 
the Completion of the Works, the Sum levied in 
each year since the Completion of the Work ; dis- 
tinguishing the Part thereof paid in Interest, and 
the Part paid in Diminution of the Debt, and stating 
further whether any Interest or Instalment of Prin- 
cipal be due, and whether any Advance (and, if 
so, from what Funds) has been made in Payment 
of Interest or Instalment; secondly, those unfi- 
nished, showing the Name of District or Work, the 
County in which situated, the Quantity of Land 
originally estimated to be benefited, the Quantity of 
Land found to be benefited, on revision and detailed 
Survey, the Sum originally estimated for the Work 
in the printed Report sanctioned by the Board of 
Works, the Sum hitherto expended on each Work, 
to the 31st day of December 1850, including In- 
terest on borrowed Money, the Engineer’s Approxi- 
mate Estimate of further Sums necessary for the 
Completion, from the 1st day of January 1851 ; and 
further stating each Case in which further Advances 
and Surveys were abandoned, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Return to the said Order be laid be- 
fore this House forthwith :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Quit and 


1 ; ‘ope Crown 
the 6th day of June last, That there be Jaid before land.) 


this House, a Return of all Estates in Ireland on 
which the Quit and Crown Rents were purchased by 
the Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Es- 
tates ; specifying the Rate of Purchase ; and also the 
Number of Years’ Purchase at which such Estates 
were sold, calculated on the Rental of the Estate 
when held by the Proprietor; and further stating 
any Charges subject to which such Estate was sold ; 
also the Poor Law Valuation and Griffiths’ Valua- 
tion at the Time the Petition for Sale was pre- 
sented, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Return to the said Order be laid be- 
fore this House forthwith :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Cattle and 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her ‘ea = 


Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Cases of Cattle and Sheep 
Stealing reported by the Constabulary in the Counties 
of Westmeath and Roscommon respectively, during 
each of the three last years ending the 1st day of 
June 1851; of the Number of Persons committed 
for Trial or bailed for such Offences ; of the Num- 
ber of such Persons convicted ; of their Sentences, 
and a Statement of the Names and Cases in which 
such Sentences have been commuted, or Pardons 

ranted, up to the present Time; whether in each 

ase the Commutation or Pardon was recommended 
by the Judge, and the Nature and Date of such 
Commutation or Pardon :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cattle and 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased a&gt; 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Cases of Cattle 
343 and 


Rents 


366 
and Sheep Stealing reported by the Constabulary 


in the Countics of Westmeath and Roscommon res- 
pectively, during each of the three last years ending 
the 1st day of ine 1851 ; of the Number of Per- 
sons committed for Trial or bailed for such Offences ; 
of the Number of such Persons convicted ; of their 
Sentences, and a Statement of the Names and Cases 
in which such Sentences have been commuted, or 
Pardons granted, up to the present Time. 

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. 


15°—16° Julzi. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons’ Exemption Bill ; | 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Veterinary 
Surgeons 
Exemption 
Bill. 


| 
The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- | 
cording to Order, read the third time. | 

A Clause (Construction of Terms) was thrice | 
read ; and added to the Bill. | 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | 
Title be, An Act to facilitate Arrangements for the 
Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain Pro- | 
visions respecting Exemptions from Tolls, 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
Arrangements 
Bill. 


Tithe Rent- The Tithe Rent-charge Assessment Bill was, ac- | 
— i cording to Order, read a second time; and com-| 
"mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this | 
day. | 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the General Board of Health (No. 2) 
Bill ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Petty Sessions The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cireland) Bill. mittee on the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Collection of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Fines,&amp;c. mittee on the Cullection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Administration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
= mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 
Improvement Improvement Bill ; 
Bill Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Lands Clauses The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cosland) Bil mittee on the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Zreland) 
" Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Lodging- 
houses Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this | 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


Grand Jury Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- 
= (ireland) tinue certain Temporary Provisions relating to the 
. Collection of Grand Jury Cessin Irelund, and also 
No. 542; 4, provide for the due Annexation of an Isolated 


A. 1851; 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed, 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 5th day of June last, for a Return of the 
Names, alphabetically arranged, of all Members 
who have served on Public Committees in each Ses- 
sion of the present Parliament, with the Date of the 
first and last Day of the Sitting of each Committee, 
the Number of Days of Attendance of each Member 
on each Committee, and the Number of Days on 
which each Committee sat :— 


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The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was also 
laid upon the Table, by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Committee 
on the Harwich Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned. till 
this day. 








Mercurii, 16° die Juliz ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 


Public 
Committees, 





Harwich 
No. 543, 


Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 


Sixty-second 


District, formerly of the County of Dublin, to a Petitions presented upon the 14th day of this in~ Report.) 


Barony of the County of Wicklow, for the Purposes | 
of Grand Jury Cess, and other Purposes: And the 


stant July, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 





anue cos 


wee oD oe were 


— &amp; te ee 


ae 


owt het oes 


—_—o = tee 


ae was oS = a ~— 


tt eS 


=~ &gt; 


‘ King- 
dom Electric 


Company Bill. 


ackson’s 
~ Bill. 


Lethbridge’s 
Estate Bill. 


National Land 


Company 
Dissolving 


Battersea Park 
Amendment 
and Extension 
Bill 


Dorward’s 
Estate Bill. 


Glasgow 
Provident 
Bank Estate 
Bill. 


Musselburgh 
(Arrangement 
with Creditors 
of the Burgh ) 
Estate Bill. 


[ 


Notices Bill, 


Charitable 
Deeds Bill. 








15 VicToriz. 16° Julie. 367 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Com- 
pany Bill was read the third time ; and an Amend- 
ment 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Jackson’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mnittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lethbridge’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the National Land Company Dissolving Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Battersea Park Amendment and Extension 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 


Dorward’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to ap- 
point the Committee on the Bill to meet on any 
day not earlier than Seven clear days after the 
second reading. 


The Glasgow Provident Bank Estate Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Musselburgh (Arrangement with the Credi- 
tors of the Burgh) Estate Bill, was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on the Bill to meet on any day not 
earlier than Seven clear days after the second 
reading. 


Several Petitions relating to Flour ;—Exhibition 
of 1851;—Pharmacy Bill;—and, Registration of 
Assurances Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the allegations contained in a Peti- 
tion from certain electors of the Borough of Har- 
wich, presented upon the 16th day of June last, com- 
plaining of the conduct of persons connected with 
the Government at the !ast Election for the said 
Borough. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Charitable Institutions 
Notices Bill; and, after some time speut therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
— , That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Pasdbeas Deeds Bill ; 
Vou. 106. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the-Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Moticn were, 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coroners’ Bill. 
reading of the Coroners’ Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Arrest of 
into a Committee upon the Arrest of Absconding Absconding 
Debtors’ Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 7°“ eis 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal No. 544, 
“nama 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; and be printed. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Law of Evi- 
into a Committee upon the Law of Evidence Sere 
Amendment Bill. — 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Curauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 3 (Proviso as to Criminal Proceed- 
ings.) 

Amendment proposed: In p. 2, 1. 14, to leave 
out from the word “herself,” 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. 


Crausz, N° 4, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 5 (Party intending to be examined 
as a Witness on his own behalf, to give Notice to'the 
adverse Party, &amp;c.) 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand j owe of the Bill; 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢Lord Marcus Hill, 37 
Yeas, Mr. Cornewall Lewis ; } : 

Tellers for the Mr. John Evans, 29 
Noes, Sir George Strickland : } ‘ 


Ciavuses, N° 6 to N° 20, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed 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 Monday 
next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pharmacy 
mittee on the Pharmacy Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
344 The 





S68 


The Local Acts (Preliminary Inquiries) Bill was 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


Local Acts 


fquivies) Bi. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Copyhold, Inclosure and 
Tithe Commissions 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. 


Copyhold, 

josure 
and Tithe 
Commissions 
Bill. 


Stock in Trade The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, 
= read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Victoria Park The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bil. into a Committee upon the Victoria Park 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. 


County Courts 
further Ex- 
tension Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the County Courts further 
Extension Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 14, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Removal of Interpleader Cases, by leave 
of Judges of Superior Courts) 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. 


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. 

Medical 


Charities 
(Treland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zre/and) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge Assess- 
ment Bill. 


' The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Tithe Rent-charge As- 
sessment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
a, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


County Courts A Motion bein 
further Ex- 
tension [Com 
pensati 

(No, 3.)) 


g made, That this House will, To- 
_ morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of making Compensation, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, to Officers of certain Courts of Local 
Jurisdiction who may sustain loss under the Pro- 


16°—17° Juliz. 


A. 1851. 


visions of an Act of the present Session for extend- 
ing the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the County 
Courts ; 

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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a p 
Return of Salaries, Wages and Allowances of the —o 
Post-office Department generally, divided into 
Branches and Classes, and showing the Number of 
Persons employed, and the Amount paid under each 
Class, in the year ending the 5th day of Janua 
1835, and in every subsequent year, to the 5th day 
of January 1851. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
Courts, which was presented u 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Com- py}j;, 
mittees, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Committees, 
No. 546. 


Count 
pon the 1st day of this teal 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


S—_ anneal 


Jovis, 17° die Juiii; 


Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 

O RDERED, That the Select Committee ap- 

pointed to consider the policy of extending 
the Law of Mortmain, so as to include personal 
estate, and generally to consider whether any alte- 
| ration should be made in the law as it affects tes- 
| tamentary or other dispensations in favour of reli- 
| gious, charitable or permanent objects, have Power 
- report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
| them. 

Mr. Headlam reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had examined several Witnesses 
on the subject referred to them ; and had agreed to 
report their Evidence to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mortmain. 
No. 483. 





Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee county Rates 
on the County Rates and Expenditure (re-com- and Expendi- 
mitted) Bill; That they had made other Amend- ture Bill 
_ ments thereunto. No, 547, 
| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 





Mr. Evelyn Denison reported from the Select yew Forest 
Committee on the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Deer Removal; 
(re-committed) Bill; That they had made other &amp;¢- Bill 
Amendments thereunto. No. 548 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- gjasgow 
mittee of Selection, that they have Power to appoint Provident 
the Committee on the Glasgow Provident Bank Bank eeanad 
Estate Bill to meet upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- gyegfeld and 
mittee of Selection, that they have Power to ap- Glossop Ros 
point the Committee on the Sheffield and Glossop (No. 3) 
Road (No. 2) Bill to meet upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken gy, omeld and 
before the Committee on the Sheffield and Glossop Glossop Rood 
Road Bill be referred to the Committee on the Bill. 
Sheffield and Glossop Road (No. 2) Bill. 

Ordered, 

















RE 


et 


dment 


Im 


Bill. 


15 Vicroriz. 


read the third time To-morrow. 


Upton’s Estate Bill 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 Select Committee on the Battersea Park 


Amendment and Extension Bill was nominated of 


= Lord Seymour, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. 


Barton's 


Jatate Bill. 


Public 


Petit 


Vide Sixty- 


D’ Eyncourt, Sir William Cluy, Mr. William Wiil- 
liams, Mr. Alcock, and three Muaibons to be nomi- 
nated by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of Barton’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Several Petitions relating to Bishops ;—Church 
Building Acts Amendment Bill ;—Ecclesiastical 
Titles Assumption Bill;— Wesleyan Methodists ; — 


third Report Flour ;—Newspapers, &amp;v. ;—Arrest of Absconding 


on Public 
Petitions. 


Western 


Highlands 


Debtors’ Bill panagae of Mails by Railways 
Bill;—County Courts further Extension Bill ;— 
Education (Jreland) ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;—Me- 
tropolis Water and Sewerage ;—Patent Law Amend- 
ment Bill ;—Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ;—and, 
Shetland Islands,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report to the Board of Supervision, 


— by Sir John M‘Neill, G.C.B., on the Western 


Tithe Rent- 
(Ireland. ) 


Redundant 
list ( Public 
ments.) 
No, 549, 


= 





Highlands and Islands. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 31st day of March last, for a Return 
of all Petitions lodged in the Courts of Chancery 
and Exchequer, Jreland (under and by virtue of 
1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 109, “ An Act to abolish Composi- 
tions for Tithes in Jreland, and to substitute Rent- 
charges in lieu thereof”), for the Appointment of 
Receivers for the Recovery of Arrears of Tithe 
Rent-charges ; specifying for what Amount of Tithe 
Rent-charge same were presented respectively ; also 
the Parish and County in respect of which said 
Tithe Rent-charge accrued; also specifying, in 
each case, if Receiver appointed, his Name ; also, 
the Name of the Solicitor and Attorney to each Pe- 
tition, and Order thereon respectively, for Ten years 
ending in 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons on the Redun- 
dant List of the Public Departments at the Com- 
mencement of the year 1850; the Number that 
have died, or become incapable of Service during 
the year 1850; the Number that huve re-entered 
the Public Service during the year; the Number 
that have been added to the List during the year ; 
and the Number that remained on the List at the 
Close of the year 1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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, 
a Return showing the several Amounts borrowed 
from the Public Works Loan Commissioners (and 
ry 5 wholly repaid) by Turnpike Trusts in England 

OL. 106. 


17° Juli. 


Ordered, That the Hove Improvement Bill be 


369 


and Wales, the Date of each Loan, the Rate of In- 
terest, the Amount of Principal repaid, and the 
Amount of Principal, also of Interest, remaining 
unpaid on the 5th day of January 1851 :—And, a 
similar Return for Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bridge Trusts 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ee 
House, a Return from Turnpike and Bridge Trusts 
in Scotland, stating the Title and Date of each ex- 
isting Local Act, the Dates when they will severally 
expire, and the Length of Road belonging to each 
Trust. 

Ordered, That 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. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Enfranchise- 
on the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill; and, ment of Copy- 
the Enfranchisement of Copyholds (No. 2) Bill, 7oldsBill; and, 
to whom several Petitions were referred ; and who ment of Copy- 
were empowered to report the Minutes of their Pro- holds (No. 2) 
ceedings, together with the Minutes of the Evi- ~~ 
dence taken before them, to the House; and who 
were instructed to consolidate the said Bills into 
one Bill; That they had taken Evidence, and agreed 
to report the same, together with the Minutes of 
their Proceedings, to the House ; and had consoli- 
dated the said Bills into one Bill, “to extend the Enfranchise- 
Provisions of the Acts for the Commutation of ment of Copy- 
Manorial Rights, and for the gradual Enfranchise- pay eenaies 
ment of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure;” W559 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- aia 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


No. 551. 


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 House was moved, That the Order made Harwich 
yesterday, that a Select Committee be appointed to Plection. 
inquire into the allegations contained in a Petition 
from certain electors of the Borough of Harwich, pre- 
sented upon the 16th day of Jiine last, complaining 
of the conduct of persons connected with the Govern- 
ment at the last Election for the said Borough, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it be an Instruction to the General Committee 
of Elections to select a Chairman, and six other 
Members to be the said Select Committee; and 
that the Members so selected do constitute the said 
Committee ; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records, and that Five be the Quorum ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Bankes, 1 

Yeas, Mr. Boldero: | Baan 
Tellers for the Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 80 
Noes, \Sir Benjamin Hall: : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply ; 
mittee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- Account of 
chequer, or remaining to be raised, on the 5th day of Exchea aes 
July 1851, to complete the Aids granted by Parlia- refered, 
ment for the Service of the years 1848, 1849 and 
1850, which was presented upou Monday last, be 
referred to the Committee. — 

n 





3B 





370 


And a Motion bein 
being proposed, That 
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 

Hawlbowline. “ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the want of accommodation for the repair of Steam 
“ Vessels at Hawlbowline,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question 


made, and the Question 
r. Speaker do now leave 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern 
Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
tNo. 3) Bill Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to regulate certain Proceedings in relation to the 
Elections of Representative Peers for Scotland ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for amending the several Acts for the Regulation of 
Attornies and Solicitors ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to empower the Dean and Chapter of Westminster 
to build on Ground contiguous to Westminster Ab- 
bey, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Great 


Representative 
Peers (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Attornies’ and 
Solicitors’ Re- 
gulation Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Westminster’s 
Estate Bill. 





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. Hayter, 
Fellers for the Yeas,{ Lord Marcus Hill: 


} 104. 


Tellers for the Noes,) Mt. Serjeant Murphy,| a6, 
’\ Dr. Power : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty-eight 
thousand four hundred and ninety pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Shes of the Con- 
sular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1852 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty- 
four thousand four hundred and ninety pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1852; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ;Mr. Urquhart, 1 

Yeas, (Mr. William Williams: - 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Lord Marcus Hill: \ — 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Missions 2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Abroad. sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Extraordinary Dis- 
bursements of Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, to 
the 31st day of March 1852 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand two hun- 
dred and fifty pounds, be granted tu Her Majesty, 
for the Extraordinary Disbursements of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 
1852——-put, and Negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Consular 
Establish- 
ments Abroad. 


17°—18° Julii. 





A. 1851. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 5 
dred and eight thousand two hundred and five tions. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Superannuation Allowances and Com- 
serge to Persons formerly employed in the 

ublic Service, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Toulonese 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted ond Corsican 
to Her Majesty, to grant Relief, to the 31st day of — "™™"* 
March 1852, to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 

Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists and 
others who have heretofore received Allowances 
from Her Majesty. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, ae Two National 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Vaccine 
defray de Bape of the National Vaccine Bota. a 
blishment, in the year 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her Destitute 
Majesty, towards the Support of “‘ The Refuge for the 
Destitute,” in the year 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Polish 
thousand four hundred and fifty pounds, be granted py ot as 
to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of gpaniards, 
the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- Miscellaneous 
sand one hundred and sixty-six pounds, be granted Allowances. 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1852, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, &amp;c., 
for which no permanent Provision has been made by 
Parliament. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- Foundling 
dred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, (Deblin) 
towards defraying the Expense of the Foundling ‘ 
Hospital Department, House of Industry, Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1852. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 18° die Julii, 1851: 


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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Victoria Park 
take into consideration the Victoria Park Bill, as Bil 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Marraiges (India) Bill was, according to Marriages 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were India) Bill 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Elliot 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, according to Order, proceeded to Merchant 
take into consideration the Merchant Seamen's Sea Bill 
Fund 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 Order of the day being read, for the second ay, Jury , 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Zreland) pe ad, Bi 
.' Or 


? 














15 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. : 





oagyhold, The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
jncosure and take into consideration the Copyhold, Inclosure and 
a Tithe Commissions Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Mercantile The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Marine Act mittee on the Mercantile Marine Act Amendment 
Amendment Bill : 
Bill Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Act Contina- reading of the Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill ; 


aad Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 

General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

an mittee on the General Board of Health (No. 2) Bill; 

es Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Collection of The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 

Fines, &amp;c. a Committee upon the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Lre- 

(ireland) Bill land) Bili; 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. 

Petty Sessions The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(dead) Dil mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill ; 
) Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Conveyance The Order of the day being read, for the second 
_— by reading of the Conveyance of Mails by Railways 
ways Bill. Bill - 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Administration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Criminal mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 


Justice Im- . 
Improvement Bill ; 
‘i, Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Improvement © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Iteland) pip, Mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) 
* Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lands Clauses 
idation 
d) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mers and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Mines (Ine: a of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
land) Bil, land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
—, 2 The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Valuation (Ireland) Bill; 
Vou. 106. 


17°—18° Juliz. 





371 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; pA ne oe Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Guten) 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, Building Acts 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to Sn 
be made to the Question, That the Church Building ~ 
Acts Amendment Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coalwhippers’ 
mittee on the Coalwhippers’ (Port of Zondon) Bill; (Port of 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 1084) Bill 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis 
reading of the Metropolis Buildings (No. 2) Bill ; Buildings 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (8% 2) Bil 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Charitable 
take into consideration the Charitable Institutions eer 
Notices’ Bill, as amended in the Committee. ene Scr 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Local Acts 
mittee on the Local Acts (Preliminary Inquiries) (Preliminary 
Bill; nquiries) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Courts 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension = = 
[Compensations] (No. 3) ; penne A oe 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (No. 3.) 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- county Courts 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension further Exten- 
Bill ; sion Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ; Charities 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve “**l@n4) Bil. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Tithe Rent- 
take into consideration the Tithe Rent-charge As- charge Assess- 
sessment Bill, as amended in the Committee. eee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Metropolitan 
upon the 19th day of May last, That there be laid Sewers Com- 
before this House, Returns of the Names of the ™*™ 

resent Commissioners of Metropolitan Sewers, the 
ns of their Appointment, the Number of Courts 
held, and the Names of the Commissioners attendin 
such Courts, and the Dates thereof :—Of the Num- 
ber of Courts, and the Dates thereof, appointed to 
be held, and which have been adjourned in conse- 
quence of the Non-attendance or an insufficient At- 
tendance of Commissioners; the Names of the 
Commissioners present in each case; the Dates to 
which such Courts were adjourned ; and the Busi- 
ness set down for Hearing or Consideration at each of 
such Courts:—And, of the Names of all Officers 
and other Persons who have been employed, whether 
temporarily or otherwise, by the Commissioners, 
setting forth the Offices they held, the Date of Ap- 
pointment, the Salaries paid, the Time they may 

3B2 have 





372 17°— 


have been employed, and the Duties discharged, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be 
laid before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pur- 
suance of a special Report of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Westminster’s 
Estate Bill. 


The Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Estate 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Representative 
Peers (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 552. 


Commons’ 
Inclosure 
(No. 2) Bill, 


No. 553. 


The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill 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 authorize 

the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a 
Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 
Juggernaut. The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of June last, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts from any Despatches or from any other Cor- 
respondence between the Supreme Government of 
India, the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, and tke Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, on the Subject of the Discontinu- 
ance of any Connexion between the Government 
of India and the Support of the Temple of Jug- 
gernaut (in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, 
No. 191 of Session 1850, and No. 621 of Session 
1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of June 
last, for an Account of all Sums levied and issued 
to each Union in Jreland under the Act 12 Vic. c. 24, 
for a General Rate in Aid in Jreland, showing in 
Columns for each Union, Ist, the Name of the 
Union ; 2d. the Net Annual Value thereof when 
the Order for the Rate in Aid of 1849 was issued ; 
3d. the Sum ordered to be raised by it; 4th. the 
Sum paid to the “General Rate in Aid” Account, 
by the Treasurer of each, prior to the 23d day of 
December 1850; 5th, the Sum issued to each to 
that Date by Grant, special Issue, or Advance ; 6th. 
the Net Annual Value of each when the Rate in Aid 
of the 23d day of December 1850 was ordered; 7th. 
the Sum ordered to be raised by it; 8th. the Sum 
paid to the “‘ General Rate in Aid” Account by the 
Treasurer of each after that Date; and, 9th. the 
Sum paid to each Union after that Date; with a 
Summary by Provinces. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of June 
last, for a Return of the Number and Tonnage of 
British Steam Vessels which entered the Ports of 
the United Kingdom from France, Holland and 
Belgium, in the year 1850, including their repeated 
Voyages ; and distinguishing the Name and Ton- 
nage of each such Steam Vessels, with the Number 
of Voyages made by each, and stating the Number 
of Men by whom the same were manned. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,-—Statement, 
No. 145, of Amount proposed to be transferred from 
the Company’s Cash to the Credit of the Fund for 
the benefit of the Widows and Families of Officers 
and Clerks of the Regular Home Establishment of 
the East India Company, and to the Credit of the 
Fund for the Benefit of the Widows and Families 
of extra Clerks and others of the said Establish- 
ment, as Compensation, under anArrangement sanc- 
tioned by the Board of Commissioners for the Af- 


Rate in Aid 
(Ireland.) 


Steam Vessels. 


East India. 


18° Judiz. 


A. 1851. 


fairs of India, and laid before the Honourable the 
House of Commons on the 26th February 1835, 

A List of all Pensions granted between the 20th civil List 
day of June 1850 and 20th day of June 1851, and Pensions, 
charged upon the Civil List. 


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, 18° die Julit ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera~ Bath Improve. 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to ment, Markets, 
the Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterworks and fa 
Bath Commons or Freemen’s Estate Bill; and the eeu er 
same were twice read, and agreed to. men’s 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 2st#te 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 Copper Miners 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Copper in England 
Miners in England Company Bill; and the same ©™P*Y Bill 
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 Dublin, Dun- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dublin, drum, and 
Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Bill ; and the Railway BIL 
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 Edinburgh 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edin- ys —_ 
burgh Royal Asylum for the Insane Bill; and the on wees 
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 Itchen Bridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Jtchen mag 
Bridge and Roads 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. 


David Salomons, Esquire, returned as one of the David 
Members for the Borough of Greenwich, came to Salomons, 


the Table, to be sworn; and being tendered the Roque. 


New Testament by the Clerk, stated that he desired 
to be sworn on the Old Testament :—Whereupon 
the Clerk reported the matter to Mr. Speaker ; and 
Mr. Speaker asked him why he desired to be sworn 
on the Old Testament; he answered because he - 
considered it binding on his conscience; Mr.Speaker 
then desired the Clerk to swear him upon the Old 
Testament; the Clerk handed to him the Old Tes- 
tament, and tendered him the Oaths ; and he took 
the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, repeating 
the same after the Clerk ; the Clerk then proceeded 
to administer the Oath of Abjuration, which Mr. 
Salomons read as far as the words Bo the true 
faith of a Christian,” which he omitted, concluding 





with 











Killarney 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 


15 Vicroriz. 


with the words “ So help me God :”—And the Clerk 
having reported to Mr. Speaker, that Mr. Salomons 
had omitted to repeat the words “ upon the true 
faith of a Christian,’ Mr. Speaker desired Mr. Sa- 
lomons to withdraw :—He thereupon retired from the 
Table, and sat down upon one of the lower benches ; 
upon which Mr. Speaker informed him that, not 
having taken the Oath of Abjuration in the form 
prescribed by the Act of Parliament, and in the 
form in which the House had upon a former occa- 
sion expressed its opinion that it ought to be taken, 
he could not be allowed to remain in the House, but 
must withdraw :—And he withdrew accordingly. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for 
the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Greenwich, in the 
room of David Salomons, Esquire, who has refused 
to take the Oath of Abjuration in the form pre- 
scribed by Law:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the further Proceedings be ad- 
journed till Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Kil- 
larney Junction 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 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Water- 


Railway Bill. ford and Limerick Railway Bill; and the same were 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow, and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Bill, 


Mad 
provement, 
Bil 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-third 
Report. ) 


Saint Helen's 
Improvement 
{No. 2.) Bill. 


Morayshi 
Railway. 


No, 555, 





twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carrry 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 Water- 
ford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 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 Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Hove Improvement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 15th, 16th and 17th 
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 a Committee be appointed to 
inspect the Journals of the House of Lords, with 
relation to any Proceedings upon the Saint Helen’s 
Improvement (No. 2) Bill, and to make Report 
thereof to the House :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Brotherton, 
Mr, Thornely and Mr. Duncan :—And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Report of the Com- 
missioners of Railways on the Abandonment of 
Part of the Morayshire Railway. 

VoL. 106. 


18° Julzz. 


‘of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dub- 








373 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Committees om 
Return of Private Bill Committees which have sat Private Bills. 
during the present Session (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 409, of Session 1850). 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Mining 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner ap- Districts. 
pointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vie. 

c. 99, to inquire into the operation of that Act, and 
into the State of the Population in the Mining Dis- 
tricts, 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Several Petitions relating to Rome (Occupation of Public 
by French Troops) ;—Attornies’ Certificates ;—Flour ; Petitions. 
— Newspapers, &amp;c.;—Administration of Criminal yiae sixty- 
Justice Improvemert Bill ; — Agriculture ; — Con- fourth Report 
veyance of Mails by Railways Bill ;—Copyholds ;— Pe Pus 
James Edwards ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;— Fisheries *““"“°™* 
Board (Scotland) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medi- 
cal Charities (Zreland) Bill; — Metropolis Water 
Bill; —Patent Law Amendment Bill ;— Pharmacy 
Bill; —Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ;—and, 
Registration of Assurances Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Petitions relating to the Metropolis Water 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rate in Aid Rate in Aid 
(Zreland), which was presented yesterday, be (Ireland.) 
printed. No. 554. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Steam Vessels. 
Vessels, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No, 556. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil List Civil List 
Pensions, which was presented yesterday, be Pensions. 
printed. No. 557. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine House of 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three pounds, Industry 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the (P%4™) 
Expense of the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Female 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- a House 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan aaa 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Westmoreland 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 10ck Hospital 

: , wer / (Dublin. ) 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Lying-in Hos- 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- pital (Dublin) 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hos- 
pital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1852, 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- Doctor 
sand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Stevens’ Hos- 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor Pi*#! (Dublin.» 
Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1852. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three House of 
thousand and forty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Recovery and 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the House pital (Dublin) 
lin, to the 3ist day of March 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Hospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Incurables 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for P¥°4™) 
Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1852, 


3383 8. Motion 





Protestant 
Dissenting 


Ministers, &amp;c. 


(Ireland. ) 


Charitable 
Allowances 
(Ireland. ) 


General Board 


of Health. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
Commission 
(Ireland. 


Lighthouses 
Abroad. 


Census of the 
Population. 


Inverness 


Hunterian 
Collection, 
Royal College 
of Surgeons. 


Babylonian 
and Assyrian 
Inscriptions, 


Excavations at 


Susa. 


Works at 
Spurn Point 
¢ 


iver Point. ) 


$74 


8. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, 
not exceeding Thirty-eight thousand one hundred 
and sixty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding 
and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, to 
the 31st day of March 1852; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the yMr. Hayter, lis 

Yeas, | Lord Marcus Hill : | mee 
Tellers for the fMr. William Willams, } 43 

Noes,  \Mr. Anstey: ' 
9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- 

sand five hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1852, Charitable Allowances charged on the 
Concordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allow- 
ances and Bounties formerly defrayed from the 
Grants for the Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil 
Contingencies, &amp;c. 
10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty-four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1851, the Expense of construct~ 
ing | arbours of Refuge ; 
hereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Eighty-four thousand 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to — in 
the year 1851, the Expense of constructing Har- 
bours of Refuge ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Cobden, 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the comme of 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commission 
in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1851, 
the Expense of erecting and maintaining certain 
Lighthouses Abroad. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense incurred in 
taking the eel of the Population of the United 
Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the Erection of a New Bridge at 
Inverness. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1851, the Expenses incurred in 
consequence of the Cholera in Jamaica, 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards the erection of an additional Museum, and 
for enlarging the Theatre at the Royal College of 
Surgeons for the delivery of the Hunterian io 
tures. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of 
the Publication of Babylonian and Assyrian In- 
scriptions, 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of 
Excavations at the Mound of Susa. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


\ 21. 
1 ot 


18°—19° Juliz. 


jesty, to discharge the like Amount of Sup 





A. 1851, 


defray, in the year 1851, the Expense of the Con- 
struction of Works at Spurn Point, to resist the 
Inroads of the Sea and protect the Channel of 
Navigation at the Humber. 

21. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Civil Contin. 
sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be 8encies. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum neces- 
sary to defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 31st day of March 1852; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Forty-four thousand two 
hundred and eighteen pounds ten shillings and 
three-pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to com- 
plete the sum necessary to defray the Charge of Civil 
Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1852; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. William Williams, 


Yeas, Mr. Mowatt : 43 


69. 


\ 
J 
\ 
J 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, 
Original Question again proposed. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Forty-eight thousand 
nine hundred and thirty-four pounds and _ three- 
sum necessary to defray the Charge of Civil Contin- 
gencies, to the 31st ws of March 1852; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp, } 33. 

Mr. Hayter 

Tellers for the Noes, oad ate Hill: \ 81. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Commissariat, 
twenty-nine 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 1852. 
four thousand six hundred and thirteen 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 

arch 1852. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Post-office 
hundred and nine thousand four hundred and ninety- Packet Ga 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Disembodied 
hundred and three thousand seven hundred pounds, Militia. 
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 
1852. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 

, plies 
granted for the Service of the year 1850, or for any 
preceding year. 


Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill : 
pence be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the 
Mr. ym : 

hundred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred and 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
a during the year ending on the 31st day of 
the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service, which 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Supplies. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 19° die Julii, 18 51: 


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 Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-eight thousand four hundred and 
ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Consular Establishments 
Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen 


consular Esta- 
ishments 
Abroad. 


aoe thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
the Extraordinary Disbursements of Her Majesty’s 
Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1852. 
u- 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
ations. dred and eight thousand two hundred and five 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to a the 
Charge of Superannuation Allowances and Com- 
one to Persons formerly employed in the 
ublic Service, to the 31st day of March 1852. 
Tulonese 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
wi Corsican thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
bmigrants. to Her Majesty, to grant Relief, to the 31st day of 
March 1852, to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 
Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and 
others who have heretofore received Allowances 
from Her Majesty. 
National 5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
Vaccine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
istablishment- defray the Expense of the National Vaccine Bsta- 
blishment, in the year 1851. 
Refugeforthe 6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
Destitute. hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the Support of “The Refuge for 
the Destitute,” in the year 1851. 
Polish 7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
Refugees and thousand four hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
eee to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of 
: "the Polish Retugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1852. 
Visellaneous 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- 
Allowances. sand one hundred and sixty-six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1852, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, &amp;c., 
for which no permanent Provision has been made 
by Parliament. 
Foundling 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
Hospital dred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
(Dublin). ; 
towards defraying the Expense of the Foundling 
Hospital Department, House of Industry, Dublin, 
to the 31st day of March 1852. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Victoria Park © The Victoria Park Bil! was, according 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. 
+ Jury § The Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
me ean) ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Copyhold, 


~&lt;A The Copyhold, Inclousure and Tithe Commissions 
Tithe Commis. Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 


sions Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
wire and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Mercantile The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Ame Act = mittee on the Mercantile Marine Act Amendment 
i," Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
ha elet The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was, ac- 
Duance - cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


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375 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health (No. 2) Bill; &gt; ay 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday iain 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Petty Sessions 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (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- Summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Iredand) Bill ; Cichnd) Bid. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Conveyance of 
— of the Conveyance of Mails by Railways ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Owners and 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- — f 
; Mines (Tre- 
land) Bill; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church Build- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, ins Acts 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to i see 
be made to the Question, That the Church Building 
Acts Amendment 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 Com- Coalwhippers 
mittee on the Coal-whippers (Port of London) Bill ; Ca 
Resolved, That this Seo will, upon Monday ed 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Charitable Institutions Notices’ Bill was, ac- Charitable 
cording to Order, read the third time. er 
Resolved, That the Bill de pass. wees 
Ordered, That Mr. Mullings do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Local Acts 
into a Committee upon the Local Acts (Preliminary (Preliminary 
Inquiries) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, — ana 
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 Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 
into a Committee, to consider of making Compensa- "ther —~a 
tion, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United \emation) 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Officers (No. 3.) 
of certain Courts of Local Jurisdiction who ma 
sustain Loss under the Provisions of an Act of the 
present Session for extending the Jurisdiction of 
the Judges of the County Courts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to Officers of certain Courts 
of Local Jurisdiction, who may sustain Loss under 
the Provisions of an Act of the present Session for 
extending the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the 
County Courts. 


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 this day. 

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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


County Courts 
further Exten- 
sion Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bil ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Tithe Rent- The Tithe Rent-charge Assessment Bill was, ac- 
charge Assess- cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ment Bill, = ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 
and an Act of the third and fourth years of King 
William the Fourth, in respect of the Assessment 
of Tithe and Tithe Rent-charges for certain Rates. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Customs Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patent Law Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Veterinary 
Surgeons’ Ex- 
emption Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Veterinary Surgeons’ Ex- 
emption Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis reported, That the Committee had made 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 Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Soap Duties 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain of the Allowances of the Duty 
of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures: And that 
Mr. Cornewall Rawle and the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


St. Helen’s 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee ap- 
se to inspect the Journals of the House of 

rds with relation to any Proceedings upon the 
Saint Helen’s Improvement (No. 2) Bill, and to 
make Report thereof to the House ; That they had 
inspected the said Journals accordingly; and had 
found the following Entries : 


“ Die Veneris, 18° Julij, 1851. 


“The Lord Abinger reported from the Se- 
lect Committee appointed to consider of ‘ The 
‘Saint Helen’s Improvement (No. 2) Bill’; 
That they had considered the said Bill, and 
examined the allegations thereof, which were 
found to be true; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made one 
Amendment thereto ; 

“Which Amendment was read by the Clerk, 
as follows ; viz. 

“P. 3, 1.36. Leave out from ‘ lying’ to 
‘and,’ in p. 4, 1. 16, and insert ‘on the 


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A. 1851. 


‘ northerly side of a line, drawn from an arch- 
‘way under the Ravenhead Branch of the 
‘ Saint Helen’s Railway, near Grove House, 
‘ south of the Ravenhead Copper-works, in an 
‘easterly direction, until it meets the said 
‘ branch Railway; thence along the southerly 
‘ side of such Branch Railway to Cross-lane ; 
‘ thence along the westerly side of Cross-lane, 
‘to Peasley ho thence along the southerly 
‘ side of the lane leading from Peasley Cross 
‘ to the lane leading northerly to a bridge over 
‘ Sutton Brook, called Sutton Bridge, and on 
‘ the westerly side of another line, drawn along 
‘ the easterly side of such last-mentioned road, 
‘and thence along the course of Sutton Brook 
‘ to its junction with Sankey Brook.’ 

“&lt; Ordered, That the further consideration of 
the said Amendment be put off to this day 
three months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for St. Helen's 


leave to bring in the Saint Helen’s Improvement ! 
Bill, which was presented upon the 6th day of Fe- 
bruary last, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and extending the Provisions of the 
Act for the Improvement of the Town of Saint 
Helen’s, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for other Purposes: And that Mr. William Brown 
and Mr. Henry do prepare, and bring it in. 


mprovement 


(No. 3) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Newspapers, 


to inquire into the state and operation of the Law 
relative to Newspaper Stamps, also into the Law and 
Regulations relative to the transmission of News- 
papers and other Publications by Post, and to report 
their Opinion thereupon to the House, have Power 
to report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Brotherton 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. 


The following ‘yo was laid upon the Table by 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of this instant July, for an Ac- 
count, for the Second Quarter of the year 1851, 
of the Number of Quarters of Wheat, Barley 
and Oats, and of the Number of Sacks and Barrels 
of Flour respectively imported into England, Ire- 
land and Scotland severally from the United 
States of America, from Canada, from France, and 
from all other Parts of Europe; distinguishing the 
Quantity of those Articles sent from each Country 
respectively ; also, stating the Number of Quarters 
of Wheat to which the entire Number of Sacks 
and Barrels of Flour from each Country are all 
equivalent (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 317, of this Session), 


No. 558, 


Wheat, Barley: 
and Oats. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions British 


of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table, by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Re- 

ort by the Commissioners for the British Fisheries 
of their Proceedings, in the year ended 5th January 
1851, being Fishing 1850. 


And then the House, havin 
till Two of the clock on 
adjourned till this day. 


continued to sit 
aturday morning, 


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15 VicroriZ. 


Sabbati, 19° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 


Committees. QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave 

to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 

Midland Rail- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ieee the Amendments made by the Lords to the Midland 

~9) Railway (Extension of Time, &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 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Jackson's Jachson’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Estate Bill. Resolved, That the Bill, 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. 

Lethbridge’s Lethbridge’s Estate Bill 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 con- 
currence of their Lordships. 

NationalLand The National Land Company Dissolving Bill was 

Company §- read the third time. 

a ‘a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Duke of The Duke of Bridyewater’s Estate Bill was read 

oo a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Soap Duty Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue 

_— certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on 

No. 859 Soap used in Manufactures: And the same was 
0.00%. read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 

won Several Petitions relating to the Registration of 

= Assurances Bill ;—were presented, and read; and 

Vide Sixty- ordered to lie upon the Table. 

fourth Report 

on Public 

Petitions, 

Supply. Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Committee 
of Supply several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow : 

House of 1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine 

(Dahli) thousand eight hundred and eighty-three pounds, 
be ted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 

grante yesty&gt; ying 
Expense of the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1852. 

oe ‘ 2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- 

(Dublin dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

Westmoreland 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 


(bas sand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to 


Her Majesty, towards eT oe Expense of the 
Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1852. 


maoe-in 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
(Dublin) | dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 

defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, 
a Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1852. 


Stevens’ Hos. °° Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 
pital (Dublin. ) “= two hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
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377 


jesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor - 
Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1852, 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three xouse of 
thousand and forty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Recovery and 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the House ‘Duin 
of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, : 
to the 31st day of March 1852. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four nospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Incurables 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for Game 
Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
eight thousand one hundred and sixty pounds, be Dissenting 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of (ireland) 
Non-conforming, Seveding and Protestant Dis- 
senting Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- Charitable 
sand five hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be ee 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day — 
March 1852, Charitable Allowances charged on the 
Concordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allow- 
ances and Bounties formerly defrayed from the 
Grants for the Lord Lieutenant's Household, Civil 
Contingencies, &amp;c. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Harbours of 
hundred and forty-four thousand pounds, be granted Refuse. 
to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1851, the 
Expense of constructing Harbours of Refuge. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine General Board 
thousand and nine hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be ° Health 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1852. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Incumbered 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Estates Com- 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Ireland.) 
Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commission 
in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Lighthouses 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-three pounds, be Abroad. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1851, 
the Expense of erecting and maintaining certain 
Lighthouses Abroad. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Census of the 
hundred and thirty thousand pounds, be granted to Population. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense incurred in 
taking the tel of the Population of the United 
Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1852. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Inverness 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Bridge. 
Majesty, towards the erection of a New Bridge at 
Inverness. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Cholera ia 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Jamaica. 
defray, in the year 1851, the Expenses incurred in 
consequence of the Cholera in Jamaica. 


17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen funterian 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Collection, 
wards the erection of an additional Museum, and poy men 
for enlarging the Theatre at the Royal College of gsi “Hae 
Surgeons for the delivery of the Hunterian Lectures. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Babylonian 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- ond Assyrian 
wards defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of ™*’P¥°"* 
the Publication of Babylonian and Assyrian In- 
scriptions. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Excavations 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards #* Sus. 
defraying, in the year 1851, the Expense of Exca- 
vations at the Mound of Susa. ; 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten Works at 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to hive Foiess 
defray, in the year 1851, the Expense of the —— 
struction of Works at Spurn Point, to resist the 
inroads of the Sea, and protect the Channel of Na- 
vigation at the Humber. 


3c 21. Resolved, 








‘Commissariat. 


Post-office 
PacketService. 


Supplies, 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


General Board 
of Health. 


378 


21. 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 
1852. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-nine 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 1852. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand six hundred and thirteen pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Fialf-pay, Pensions end Allowances in the Commis- 
sariat Department, which will come in course of 
— during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1852. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
hundred and nine thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and three thousand seven hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1852. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to discharge the like amount of Supplies 
granted for the Service of the year 1850, or for any 
preceding year. 

The first Twenty Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

The Twenty-first Resolution being read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ Fifty thousand pounds,” and 
inserting “ Forty-nine thousand seven hundred and 
eighty pounds,”’ instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That “ Fifty thou- 
sand pounds”’ stand part of the Resolution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Sir William Gibson Craig } 

Tellers for the (Mr. William Williams, } 

Noes, Colonel Salwey: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution. 

Then the subsequent 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 Con- 
tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
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 authorize the Employ- 
ment of the Non-commissioned Officers: And that 
Mr. Bernal, Sir George Grey and Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


3 
29. 


Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of all Me- 
morials and Statements made to the General Board 
of Health, with reference to the Reports of the 
Superintending Inspectors on the under-mentioned 
Towns, pursuant to Section 142 of the Public 
Health Act, 1848. 


Morpeth. Weymouth and Mel- 
combe Regis. 


Worthing. Wrexham. 


19° Juli. 








A. 1851. 


Newmarket. 
Sherborne. Kingston-upon- Hull. 
Margate. Macclesfield. 
. "anaes That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Beverley. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Grand Jury Cess (Ire- 
land) 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 upon Monday 
next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine Act 
Amendment Bill, 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crausses, N° 1 to N° 22, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N° 23 (Naval Courts constituted under 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 98, s. 82, to have power to make 
certain decisions as to Wages). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the words, “ any Naval or Consular Officer 
“ duly authorized to summon Naval Courts under 
“ the provisions of the Mercantile Marine Act 
‘ of 1850, 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 93, s. 82, shall, if he so 
“ think fit, summon such Court to be held upon 
“ the complaint of two or more of the crew of any 
‘ British ship, any thing contained in the said Act 
“ notwithstanding.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Ciavuses, N° 24 to N° 28, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (That so much of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. 


c. 112, s. 50,as exempts Seamen quitting Merchant 
Ships, and entering on board of a ship of war, from 
forfeiture of their wages, as in other cases of breach 
of their articles of agreement, shall be repealed) —— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Anderson, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Moffatt : } 12. 

Tellers for the Noes, { M*- Hayter, } 32. 

(Mr. Grey: 

Clause (That such provisions of this Act, and of 
the Mercantile Marine Act 1850, as apply to the 
personal supervision of shipping masters over the 
engagements and discharge of seamen, shall only 
be applicable when the services of a shipping 
master for that purpose shall be required by the 
master, owner, or any seaman or seamen, concerned 
in such engagement or discharge ; and nothing con- 
tained in the said Acts, or either of them, shall 
authorize any shipping master to interfere in the 
engagements or discharge of any seaman or sea- 
men, unless the master or owner, seaman or seamen, 
shall request the interference of such shippin 
master for that purpose) brought up, an 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be read a second time put, and Negatived. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, 


Grand J ury 
Cess 
Bil (Ireland) 


Mercantile 
Marine Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 





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15 Victoriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Conveyance of Mails by Railways Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


re 


failways 


County Courts 
further Ex- 
ension [Com- 

tions ] 
(No. 3.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of making 
Compensation, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
Officers of certain Courts of Local Jurisdiction who 
may sustain Loss under the Provisions of an Act of 
the present Session for extending the Jurisdiction 
of the Judges of the County Courts, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to Officers of certain Courts 
of Local Jurisdiction, who may sustain Loss under 
the Provisions of an Act of the present Session for 
extending the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the 
County Courts. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


New Forest The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— into a Committee upon the New Forest Deer Re- 
moval, &amp;c. 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 upon Monday 

next. 


General Board Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(ia 3) Bil for confirming certain Provisional Orders of the 


General Board of Health: And that Lord Seymour 
and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Inverness 
Bridge 
[Advances, | 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider of authorizing an Advance, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, towards erecting and con- 
structing the new Bridge Approaches and Works 
over the River Wess, at Jnverness ; 

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. 


General Board 
of Health 


(No. 3) Bill, 
No. 560. 


Lord ‘Seymour presented a Bill for confirming 
certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of 
Health: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; aud to be printed. 


ll Ordered, That Barton’s Estate Bill be read a 
* second time, 
Mita Pay Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented 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 Allowances in 
certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
genne, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the 
ilitia, and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-Commissioned Officers : ink the same was 
. Von, 106. 


No, 561, 





19°—21° Julrz. 








379° 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Heyworth presented a Bill for amending and Saint Helen’s 
extending the Provisions, of the Act for the Im- Improvement 
provement of the Town of Saint Helen’s, in the X% ) Bil- 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Apprentices 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Appren- to Sea Service 
tices to Sea Service (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill; and the Ore a) Ball 
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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from gaint Helen’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Improvement 
That in the case of the Saint Helen’s Improvement (N° 3) Bill. 
(No. 3) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Ordered, That the Saint Helen’s Improvement Saint Helen’s 


j i I t 
(No. 3) Bill be read a second time. (No. 3) Bill. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 21° die Juli ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
1 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had aoe . 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th ‘Soon y - 
and 19th days of this instant July, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Sheffield and Glossop sheffield and 
Road (No. 2) Bill, without Amendment. Glossop Road 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.  (N® 2) Bill 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Income and 
to inquire into the present mode of assessing and Property Tax, 
collecting the Income and Property Tax, and to No. 563. 
consider whether any other system of levying the 
same, so as to render the Tax more equitable, can 
be adopted, have Power to report their Opinion 
thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, That they had made Progress in the Inquiry 
to them referrad ; and had come to the following 
Resolutions, which they had agreed to report to the 
House: 

That the Committee have determined, considering 
the advanced period of the Session, and the state of 
the Business of the House, that their Proceedings 
be now closed. 

That it is not expedient, in the present very in- 
complete state of the Inquiry, to report the Evidence 
to the House. 

That, in the opinion of this Committee, a Com- 
mittee should be appointed next Session for the 
purpose of continuing this Inquiry. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order for referring the Poulnasherry Em- pouinasherry 
bankment Bill to the Committee of Selection, was Embankment 
read, and discharged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Saint Helen’s gaint Helen’s 
Improvement (No. 3) Bill, the 
3c 2 


Orders Improvement 


65 Nos. 160 (No. 3) Bill. 











Great North- 
ern Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Hove 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Westminster's 
Estate Bill. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Westminster's 
Estate Bill. 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure 
(1850.) 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


No. 564. 


Schools 
(ireland. ) 


No. 562. 


380° 


21° Juliz. 


A, 1851. 


Nos. 160 and 191 be suspended ; and that the Bill in Return of 1st June 1848 :—And, similar Return 
be read a second time on the Parties giving one with respect to Non-vested Schools, 


clear day’s Notice in the Private Bill Office; and 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


that the Clerks in the Private Bill Office may re- | Table; and that an Abstract thereof be printed. 
ceive such Notice this day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the 
Metropolis Water Bill to take Evidence, and to 
hear Coonan upon the nature of the proposed un- 
dertaking for furnishing a supply of pure Spring 
Water by the London (Watford) Spring Water 
Company, the Plans and Estimates of which were, 
by an Order of the House on the 17th day of 
June last, referred to the said Committee, and to 
report thereupon to the House:—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petition of James Millis, that he be allowed | 
to give evidence on the subject of improving the 
Water Supply and Sewerage of the Metropolis, be | 
referred to the Committee on the Metropolis Water 
Bills :—It passed in the Negative. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
Northern Railway (No. 2) 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 Hove Improvement Bill was, according to’ 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act. to extend the Pimits of the Bruns- 
wick-square (Hove) Improvement Act, and for other 
Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon tae Table,—Report of 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Dean and Chapter of West- 
minster’s Estate Bill no Standing Orders are appli- 
cable. | 


Ordered, That the Dean and Chapter of West-| 


minster’s Estate Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament to inquire into the Expendi- | 
ture on account of the Army and Ordnance, and to | 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Army and 
Ordnance Expenditure. 


Colonel Anson reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the Expenditure 
on account of the Army and Ordnance, and to re- 
port their Observations thereupon to the House; | 
and to whom were referred the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken in the last Session of Parliament on 
the same subject ; That they had inquired into 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. 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 2d day of April last, for a Return, 
showing the Names and Parishes of the several 
Vested Schools under the National Board in Jre- 
land, with their Counties, and the Names and Pro- 
fessions of their respective Patrons, on the 30th day 
of September 1850, in Tabular Form, as contained 


| (Scotland) ;—General Board of Health ;—Medical 





Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- x,,: 
mand,—Copy of the + tad bon 4 Report of the rer ll 
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, (Ireland, 
(for the year 1850). Vol. I.: with Appendices 
(A), (B), (C), (D), CE), (F) and (G). 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Male Convicts 
sentenced to Transportation in the United Kingdom 
in each of the Twelve years ending on the 31st da 
of December last :—Of the Number sent Abroad in 
each of the same years :—Of the Number detained 
in the United Kingdom on the 1st day of January 
in each of the last Twelve years, including 1851 :— 
Of the Number who have made their Escape in 
each of the Three years ending on the 31st day of 
December last, distinguishing the Number of those 
from the Hulks :—Of the Number who have been 
pardoned in each of the same years, distinguishing 
the Number from the Hulks, and distinguishin 
those pardoned on Medical Grounds :—And, of the 
Number confined at Bermuda who have escaped, 
or who have received a Pardon, in each of the same 
years. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the genipition of 


11th day of this instant July, for a Copy of Warrant 1851. 
under Her Majesty’s Sign al authorizing the 
Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to enter 
upon a Piece of Ground in Hyde Park, and to erect 
Buildings thereupon for Purposes of the Exhibition: 
—And, of Deed of Covenant trom the Commissioners 
for the Exhibition of 1851 to the Queen’s Most Ex- 
cellent Majesty, to observe and perform certain 
Terms and Conditions mentioned in the said War- 
rant, and to reinstate and yield up the Site granted 
for the Purposes of such Exhibition. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, Wheat, 
Barley and Oats, which was presented upon Friday we and 
last, be printed. No. 565 

NO. ° 


Several Petitions relating to Attornies’ Certifi- Public 


cates ;—Flour ;—Newspapers, &amp;c. ;— Paper ;--Con- Petitions. 


veyance of Mails by Railways Bill ;—Education yjap gixty. 
(Ireland) ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;—Fisheries Board ath tr 

ublic 
Charities (Zreland) Bill;—Mercantile Marine Act; mene 
—Postage ; — Public Houses (Scotland) Bill;— 
Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ;—Registration 
of Assurances Bill;—Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) 
Bill;—and, Slave Trade, — were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had David 
received a Letter from David Salomons, 
relative to the Entry of the Proceedings of the 
House on Friday last in his case, which he read to 


the House, as followeth : 
Great Cumberland-place, 


Sir, July 21st, 1851. 

I take the liberty to call your attention to a very 
important omission in the record of the Proceed- 
ings of the House of Comnions on Friday last, of 
all notice of my demand to subscribe the Oath of 
Abjuration, and to declare to my Property Qualifi- 
cation. 

Immediately after I had taken the Oaths, I read, 
from a Paper which I held in my hand, the follow- 
ing words: “I have now taken the Oaths, in the 
form and with the ceremonies that I declare to be 
binding on my conscience, in accordance with the 
Stat. 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 105 ; I now demand to subscribe 
the Oath of Abjuration, and to declare to my Pro- 


perty Qualification.” No 


Male Convicts, 





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15 Vicroriz. 






21°—29° Judie. 381 


No notice has been taken, in the Proceedings | 


The Lords have agreed to the Waterford and Waterford’ 


above referred to, of my having made this demand. | Tramore Railway Bill, without any Amendment ; #24 Tramore 


You will, therefore, | am sure, Sir, pardon me for | 
drawing your attention to the subject, and respect- 
fully requesting that the Minutes of the Proceed- 
ings of Friday Jast be amended. With the utmost 
respect, I have the honour to be, Sir, 


Your most obedient and humble Servant, 


David Salomons. 

To the Right honourable 

The Speaker. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker explained, that the entry 
in the Votes had been poor 2-0 considered ; that 
the Declaration of Mr. Alderman Salomons was 
made after he had been desired to withdraw, and 
therefore could not be noticed as a Proceeding of 
the House. 


David The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
—y the further Proceedings on administering the Oath 


of Abjuration to David Salomons, Esquire :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceedings. 

Mr. Alderman Salomons entered the House, and 
took his seat within the Bar:—Whereupon Mr. 
Speaker said, that he saw that a Member had taken 
his seat without having taken the Oaths required 
by Law; and that he must therefore desire that 
the honourable Member do withdraw. 

Mr. Alderman Salomons continued in the seat 
within the Bar. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Alderman Sa/omons do now with- 
draw ; 

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 
“ David Salomons, Esquire, having been returned 
“ to serve in this present Parliament for the Bo- 
“ rough of Greenwich, and having taken the Oaths 
required by Law in the manner most binding on 
his conscience, is entitled to take his Seat in this 
House,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
-—And a Debate arising thereupon; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


Tellers for the (Mr. Anstey, le 
Yeas, \Mr. John Abel Smith: Jf °” 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, } 257 
Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill: _— 


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 





Mewagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Slam. Mr. Speaker, 

Tecesasti = cal The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Ju- 
i, _—«Cisdiction Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


fat Societies The Lords have agreed to the Loan Societies Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
peer The Lords have agreed to the Highway Rates 
= Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
os = ots The Lords have agreed to the Militia Ballots Sus- 
Bil pension Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


= The Lords have agreed to the Assessed Taxes 
Petition Bin, Composition Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 
Pate Works, The Lords have agreed to the Public Works, 
Bill, Fisheries, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also 
—— The Lords have agreed to the East Stonehouse 
"rks By, Waterworks Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 
VoL, 106. 








The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Ulverstone 
by this House to the Amendments made by their #24 Lancaster 
Lordships to the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway ete dec 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Clerkenwell Im- Clerkenwell 
provement (Transfer of Powers to the Corporation Improvement 
of London, &amp;c.) Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Nemcarmey oy 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of Corporation of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. — &amp;e) 





And the Question being put, That the words pro- David 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question;  Salomons, 
The House divided. att 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢Mr. Hayter 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: }a20. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Osborne, } 81 
Noes, UMr. John Abel Smith : y 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Alderman Salomons do now withdraw :—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 Yeas, {Mt Bright. } 75. 
Mr. Hayter, 237 
Lord Marcus Hill: J~""* 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Alderman 
Salomons do now withdraw ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, logy 

Yeas, (Lord Marcus Hill : ee 
} 81. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Tellers for the ¢Mr. John Abel Smith, 
Noes, Sir Benjamin Hall: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker stated, that the Ho- 
nourable Member for Greenwich had heard the de- 
cision of the House, and hoped that the Honourable 
Member was prepared to obey it. 

Mr. Alderman Salomons continuing to sit in his 
seat, Mr. Speaker directed the Serjeant-at-Arms to 
remove him below the Bar. 

Whereupon the Serjeant-at-Arms having placed 
his hand on Mr. Alderman Salomons, he was con- 
ducted below the Bar. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 22° die Julii, 1851: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Assurances Bill; of Assurances 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded senen of 

Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the De- 8™*™ 
mands outstanding on 5th January 1851; distin- ee 
guishing Exchequer Bills; Sums remaining unpaid, 
charged upon the Aids granted by Parliament: and 
Exchequer Bills to be issued out of the Consolidated 
Fund ; and distinguishing also such Part of the 
Unfunded Debt and Demands as has been provided 
for by Parliament; together with an Account of the 
Ways and Means remaining in the Exchequer, or to 
be received on the 5th January 1851, to repay such 
Part of the Unfunded Debt and Demands out- 

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382 


standing as have been provided for, which was pre- 
sented upon the 25th day of March last, be re- 
ferred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eleven 
million seven hundred and six thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-five pounds seventeen shillings and 
three-pence, be granted out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Treland. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied to the Service of the year 1851 the sum of 

our hundred and forty-three thousand one hun- 
dred and five pounds two shillings and nine-pence, 
being the surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, part of the sum in the Ex- 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised, on the 5th 
day of July 1851, to complete the Aids granted 
by Parliament for the Service of the years 1848, 
1849 and 1850, be applied to the Service of the year 
1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Transfer of 
Aids. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Merchant The Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill was, according 


ae Fund +&gt; Order, read the third time. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That in any outport, where any monies arising from 
contributions or otherwise accruing to the Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund, or any branch thereof, have been 
invested in any permanent security at interest during 
the last years, the said monies shall not form 
part of the proposed General Fund, but shall be 
applied and distributed only in relief of the seamen 
aud others of such outport who have become charge- 
able on the said General Fund, in addition to the sum 
which they would otherwise receive out of such 
General Fund; such application and distribution 
to take place with the consent and by the direction 
in all things of the Board of Trade, anything in this 
Act 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 :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Clause (Provision for facilitating Arrange- 
ments) 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. 


Grand Jury | The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
eae ae into consideration the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Mercantile 
Marine Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Mercantile Marine Act 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


21°—22 Julii. 


A, 1851. 


The House, according to Order, — to Arrest of 
take into consideration the Arrest of Absconding Absconding 
Debtors’ Bill, as amended in the Committee; ian Debtors’ Bill 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Commons 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ee. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this ° 0 2) Bill. 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Boara 
mittee on the General Board of Health (No. 2) % Health 
Bill; (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 do not resolve itself into the said 
““ Committee before the Provisional Orders of the 
“ General Board of Health be laid on the Table of 
“ this House,” 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. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ov ie owes Hill: } 92. 


Tellers for the Noes, i =? 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 ; 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 Petty Sessions 

into a Committee upon the Petty Sessions (Ireland) “eland) Bill 
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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill ; Juristictiet 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to I.aw of Evi. 
take into consideration the Law of Evidence Amend- — Am 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to New Forest 
take into consideration the New Forest Deer Re- be) Bill 
moval, &amp;c. 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 taking into oan 5 
consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;e. (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns 


the Com- a 
(Jreland) (ireland) Bil 





Bill; 
5 Resolved, 








15 Vieroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 






Clauses’ Phe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Consolidation mittee on the Lands Clauses’Consolidation (Jreland) 
({reland) Bill. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


ance The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
’ of Mails cy into a Committee upon the Conveyance of Mails by 
hallways“ Railways Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
No. 566. Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mitted of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
Representative The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Pers reading of the Representative Peers (Scotland) 
(land) Bil. 5 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Owners and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
me reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
im) Bil, = and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Inverness The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
fades en) into a Committee to consider of authorizing an Ad- 


vance, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, towards 
erecting and constructing the new Bridge, Ap- 
proaches and Works over the River Wess, at Jn- 
verness. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
Jesty’s Treasury be authorized to advance, by way 
of Loan, the sum of Ten thousand seven hun- 
dred pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of erecting and con- 
structing the new Bridge Approaches and Works 
over the River Wess, at Inverness. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chait ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Inverness Ordered, That the Inverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill 
pidge (Ho. 2) be re-committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
oe oats the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Church Build- 
ing Acts Amendment Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 
(a thippers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
London) Bi, Mittee on the Coal-whippers (Port of London) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 
nena? The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
land) By,‘ MIttee on the Lonstabulary Force (Jreland) Bill; 


_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 106, 





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383 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply : 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local Acts 
take into consideration the Local Acts (Preliminary (Preliminary 
Inquiries) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and ec 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

: Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The House, according to Order, reselved itself Veterinary 
into a Committee on the Veterinary Surgeons’ Ex- Surgeons’ 
. ? Exemption 
emption Bill. Bill, 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 

, Lord Marcus Hill 
Tellers for the Yeas, nage ee tap , } 24. 
} 13. 


T Mr. Newdegate 
Tellers for the Noes, {Mr — 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 





The Soap Duty Allowances Bill was, according Soap Duty 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a — 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second General Board 
reading of the General Board of Health (No. 3) (No. 3) Bill. 
Bill; ea 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Sheep, &amp;c. 
to continue an Act of the twelfth year of Her pre- ae 
sent Majesty, to prevent the spreading of Conta- prevention 
gious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle Bill. 
and other Animals: And that Mr. Zabouchere and 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Commissioners 
to repeal the Act for constituting Commissioners of yt te * 
Railways: And that Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Corne- Bi. 


wall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Private Bills. 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts 
passed in 1851, classed according to the following 
Subjects :—Railways; Roads and Bridges; Water- 
wthe Ports; Piers; Harbours and Docks; Ca- 
nals and Navigations; Churches, Chapels and Bu- 
rying Grounds; Paving, Lighting and Improving; 
Gaols and other County Buildings; Inclosures ; 
Small Debts Courts; and all other Bills and Acts: 
—Of all the Private Bills which, in the present Ses- 
sion, have been treated as Opposed Bills ; specifying 
those which have been classified in Groups by the 
Committee 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 
Preambles of which were reported to have been 
proved; the Bills the Preambles of which were 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 
proceeded with by the Parties :—And, of all Private 
3c4 Bills 





Skeep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Disorders 
Prevention 
Bill. 


No. 567. 


Commissioners 
of Railways 
Act Repeal 
Bill. 


No, 568. 


Metropolitan 
Interment. 


Attornies’ 
and Solicitors’ 
Regulation 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 569. 
Post office. 


384 


Bills which, in the present Session, have been re- 
ferred by the Committee of Selection to the Chair- 
man 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 Days on which 
each Member attended. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Annual Abstracts of Accounts and 
Statements furnished to the Lord Lieutenant of Ire- 
land under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 4, respecting 
Turnpike-roads and Bridges. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to continue an 
Act of the twelfth Year of Her present Majesty, to 
prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious 
Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Lubouchere presented a Bill to repeal the 
Act for constituting Commissioners of Railways: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
ropriety of making Advances, from the Consoli- 
dated Fund, for the Purposes of the Metropolitan 
Interment Act ; 

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 consi- 
deration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Attornies’ and Solicitors’ Regulation Acts 
Amendment Bill was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and to 
be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of March last, for Returns, as 
nearly as can be estimated, of the Number of 
chargeable Letters delivered in the United King- 
dom, in the year immediately preceding the first 
general Reduction of Postage on the 5th day of 
December 1839, and for each complete year sub- 
sequent thereto; also, for the first year, the Num- 
ber of Franks, 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 :—Show- 
ing 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 
Account, whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of 
Management, any Advances that may have been 
made by the English to the Irish Post Office, and 
Advances to the Money Order Office; also, disre- 
garding, in the Return for each year, any old Debts 
written off, or Postage remitted, or any other Deduc- 
tions which relate to previous years :—Of the Pay- 
ments by the Post Office, during the year ended 


the 5th day of January 1838, and each subsequent | 
ear, for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway | 


m the United Kingdom, distinguishing, in each In- 
stance, 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 ; also, the Expense 
of the Money Order Office, and the Amount of Com- 
mission received, during the year 1850. 


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Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of April Public 
last, for an Account of the Public Income and and 


A. 185}. 


Expenditure of the United Kingdom, in the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1849, 1850 and 
1851; distinguishing the actual Payments for the 
Expenses incurred in the Collection and Manage- 
ment of the Revenue ; for the Charges of the Public 
Debt (the terminable Annuities being also valued by 
Estimate); for the Expenses of the Civil Govern- 
ment ; the Allowances to the Royal Family, and to 
his Majesty the King of the Belgians; the Esta- 
blishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland; the 
Expenses of the two Houses of Parliament and the 
Civil Departments ; the other Pensions on the Con- 
solidated Fund, on the gross Revenue and the Civil 
List :—Also, the Payments for the Administration 
of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, and on account 
of the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance 
and Miscellaneous Services; also, Public Works, 
Bounties, Post Office, the Quarantine and Ware- 
housing Establishments, and all other Payments not 
coming under any of the foregoing Heads; with an 
Appendix, showing the several Items composing 
each Head of the Account (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 665, of Session 1850). 


Expen. 
0. 570, 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April Drainage 
last, for a Return of the different Works of Drain- (Ireland). 


age in Ireland, under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 89, Ke. 
&amp;c., distinguishing, first, those finished, showing the 
Name of District or Work, the County in which 
situated, the Quantity of Land originally estimated 
to be benefited, the Quantity of Land found to be 
benefited on Revision and detailed Survey, the Sum 
originally estimated for the Work in the printed 
Reports sanctioned by the Board of Works, the 
Total Cost of the Works, the Date of the Comple- 
tion of the Works, the Sum levied in each year 
since the Completion of the Work ; distinguishing 
the Part thereof paid in Interest, and the Part paid 
in Diminution of the Debt, and stating further, 
whether any Interest or Instalment of Principal be 
due, and whether any Advance (and, if so, from what 
Funds) has been made in Payment of Interest or 
Instalment ; secondly, those unfinished, showing the 
Name of District or Work, the County in which 
situated, the Quantity of Land originally estimated 
to be benefited, the Quantity of Land found to be 
benefited on Revision and detailed Survey, the Sum 
originally estimated for the Work in the printed 
Report sanctioned by the Board of Works, the Sum 
hitherto expended on each Work, to the 31st day of 
December 1850, including Interest on borrowed 
Money, the Engineer’s approximate Estimate of 
further Sums necessary for the Completion, from the 
1st day of January 1851; and further stating each 
Case in which further Advances and Surveys were 
abandoned. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of June Postage 
last, for Copy of a Letter addressed to the Commis- Stamps. 


sioners of Inland Revenue on the 25th day of Octo- 
ber 1847 by the Patentee, offering to construct a 
Perforating Machine for them, upon the understand- 
ing that he was not to be paid for the same, or to 
be compensated for his Invention, unless the Plan 
was approved of by the Public ; also, Copy of the 
Commissioners’ Reply, directing him to construct 
Two Machines for them on the Terms proposed by 








him ; together with Copies of all Letters and Memo- 
rials between the Treasury, the Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue, the Postmaster General, and the 
Patentee, in the years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 and 
1851, in reference to the Utility of the Machine, the 
Efficiency, Construction or Cest of the Perforating 
Machine furnished by the Patentee, or in respect to 
the Amount of Compensation that should be awarded 
to him; also, Copy of any Proposal from the Pa- 
tentee to the Lords of the Treasury, or the Commis- 
sioners of Inland Revenue, offering, in conjunction 
with an eminent Engraver, to engrave, print, gum 


and perforate the Postage Label Sheets for £.2,000- 
a year 





Income 








15 VicToriz. 


a year less than what is now paid for engraving, 
printing and gumming only ; — with Copies 
of all Correspondence on the Subject :—And, of 
Agreements entered into between the Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue and Messrs. Bacon and Petch, 
for engraving, printing and gumming the Postage 
Labels, in the years 1843 and 1851. 
The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
» of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the erp | of Treasury 
Warrant, dated 1st July 1851, adding the Officers of 
the Factory Department to the Schedule of the 
Superannuation Act. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Pubiic In- 
come and Expenditure be printed. _ 


r 


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, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
ORDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 160, be sus- 
ended in the case of Barton’s Estate Bill; and 
that the Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Committees. 


Barton’s 
Estate Bill. 


ant 
and Que 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


lavof Evi The Order of the day being read, for the third 
— reading of the Law of Evidence Amendment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


mm. upon Thursday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Public Several Petitions relating to the Chuzch Building 
Fetitions, Acts Amendment Bill ;—Flour ;—Paper ;—Educa- 
VideSixty- tion (Zreland) ;—Fisheries Board (Scotland);-—Me- 
sixth Report ical Charities (Ireland) Bill ;—Patent Law Amend- 
= ment Bill ;—Postage;—Quebec and Pacific Rail- 
"  way;—Registration of Assurances Bill;—Veterinary 
Surgeons Exemption Bill;—and, Wright’s Charity 
(Bishop’s Castle),—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
MaleConvicts. Ordered, That the Return relative to Male Con- 
No, 572. victs, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
neniten of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Exhi- 
No 573 bition of 1851, which was presented yesterday, be 
“printed. 

Pout Office, Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post 
No. 574. Office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Trainage Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage 
N ) (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 

©. 575, printed, 
waren The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Ways and 
Means ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be now brought up; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
all “ there be laid before this House, Copies of all 


* Rules and Regulations which at any time, from 

“ the year 1840 to the present, have been in force 
“ within the several Prisons in England and Wales, 
“ so far as they may affect Prisoners convicted of 

_ Political Offences,” instead thereof. 

VoL, 106, 





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385 


And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment, was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Report be now brought up. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly reported several 
Resolutions, which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Consolidated 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eleven Fund. 
million seven hundred and six thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-five pounds seventeen shillings and 
threepence, be granted out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Surplus of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and Ways and 
applied to the Service of the year 1851 the sum of “°"* 
Four hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred 
and five pounds two shillings and nine-pence, being 
the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for the 
Service of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Transfer of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five hun- Aids. 
dred thousand pounds, part. of the sum in the Ex- 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised, on the 5th 
day of July 1851, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1848, 1849 
and 1850, be applied to the Service of the year 
1851. 

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 Com- County Courts 
mittee on the County Courts further: Extension —— = 
Bill ; nsion 

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 second Patent Law 
reading of the Patent Law Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to apply a Consolidated 
Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain Fund Bill. 
other Sums, to the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-one: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time To-morrow. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the General Com- Harwich 
mittee of Elections, That, pursuant to the Instruc- Election. 
tion of the House of the 17th instant, they had se- * 
lected a Chairman and six other Members to be the 
Select Committee appointed to inquire into the alle- 
gations of a Petition of Electors of the Borough of 

arwich (presented upon the 16th day of » se 
last), complaining of the exercise of the Govern- 
ment influence at the late Election for that Bo- 
rough, and had directed him to report their names 
accordingly : — Chairman, the Right honourable 
Edward Strutt; George Bankes, Esquire, Mr. 
Attorney General, William Hodgson Barrow, Es- 
quire, James Haughton Langston, Esquire, Lord 
Harry Vane, Sir John Walsh, Baronet. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Select Com- gteam Navi- 
mittee on the Steam Navigation Bill; That they gation Bill. 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments No. 576. 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

3D Resolved, 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Customs Bill 
of Entry, &amp;c. 


Judicial 
Committee 
(Privy 
Council. ) 


386 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Number of suspended Can- 
onries in each Cathedral and Collegiate Church in 
England and Wales, since the passing of the Act 
3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 113, and the Net Amount of Corporate 
Revenues which in the case of each Cathedral and 
Collegiate Church have been paid in each year to 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 

Ordered, That 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, Tnat an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Summary of all Property, consisting of Lands, 
Houses and Tithe ent-cherges, in possession of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether by Lapse 
of Lease or by Purchase, arranged according to 
Counties in which the same may be situated, stating 
the Acreage and Rent in each County, made up to 
the End of the year 1849 :—Similar Return of all 
Property belonging to Preferments the Interest in 
which has been commuted, and which will, on the 
Expiration of existing Leases, come into the Pos- 
session of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners :—And, 
similar Return of all Property belonging to vacated 
Preferments, and now transferred to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners, held on Leases for Lives or 
Terms of Years, stating, so far as can be made out, 
the Acreage of the same, and the estimated Net 
Annual Value, up to the same Date. 

Ordered, That 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 Letters Patent under which the existing 
Bill of Entry is published, Names of present Paten- 
tees, Names of the Individuals who regulate Ad- 
mission to the Benefits and administer the Customs 
Benevolent Fund; an Account of the various Re- 
ceipts paid into this Fund, naming the particular 
Sources from whence derived; also an Account of 
the Disbursements, with the Names of the Pen- 
sioners upon this Fund, the particular Department 
and Custom House on which these Pensioners last 
served, Amount received by each, and the Qualifi- 
cation which entitles them to the Benefit of this 
Fund. 


Ordered, That Mr. Heyworth have leave of ab- 
sence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Papers relating to the Surrender of their 
Charters by the New Zealand Company. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant 
July, fora Return of any Persons who have held 
the Office of Judge in the East Indies, or any of 
Her Majesty’s Dominions beyond the Seas, and 
who, on their Retirement, have been called to the 
Board of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council, and have acted on the Judicial Committee 
thereof, since the year 1833 to the present Time ; 
distinguishing those who have and those who may 
not have claimed or been paid any Indemnification 
or Allowance for their Attendance at the said Ju- 
dicial Committee, and the Amounts for each year of 
their several Allowances. 

. Ordered, That the said Return do lie apon the 
able. 


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A. 1851, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Reports made to the Lords Commis- Harbour. 
sioners of the Admiralty in reference to the State 
of Ramsgate Harbour, during the years 1850 and 
1851. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being payia 
proposed, That David Salomons, Esquire, is not Salomons, 
entitled to vote in this House, or to sit in this Esquire 
House during any Debate, until he shall take the 
Oath of Abjuration in the Form appointed by 
Law ; 

An Amendmeut was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Esquire ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Member of Parliament for the Borough of 
“ Greenwich, having sat and voted in this House 
“ without having taken the Abjuration Oath in the 
words contained and set forth in the Form tendered 
“unto him at the Table, the Attorney General of 
“ England be ordered to institute proceedings 
against him at Law for such default,” 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. 


“ 


« 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 


Me from 
Mr. Speaker, “Lori 


the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Con- Turnpike Acts 
tinuance Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — 


The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts Turnpike 
Arrangements Bill, without any Amendment: And Trusts 
Arran 
also, Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Inhabited House Inhabited 
Duty Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — Duty 
i 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendinents made Marri 
by this House to the Marriages (Jndia) Bill, without (India) Bill 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lethbridge's 
by this House to Lethbridge’s Estate Bill, without Estate Bil 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Burgesses and Burgesses 
Freemen’s Parliamentary Franchise Bill, with = Freemen’s 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords ar | 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Alban’s Bri- Saint Alban's 
bery Commission Bill, with Amendments ; to which en 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of gill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Magneto-Electric Magneto- 
Telegraph Company Bill, with Amendments ; to Electric Com- 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Wicklow Harbour Wicklow 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Harbour 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Im- Manchester 
provement Biil, with an Amendment ; to which Improvement 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lord | 
for authorizing the Sale of the Ke/marsh Estate, in oe te Bill. 
the County of Northampton, devised by the Will of 
William Lord Bateman, deceased, and the Discharge 
of the Incumbrances affecting that Estate, and for 
other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Browns 
to enable the Committees of the Estate of John ™““ 
Brown, a Lunatic, to sell a Portion of the Estates 
whereof the said Lunatic is Tenant in Tail in Pos- 
session ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That David 
David Salomons, Esquire, i not entitled to vote in Fete 
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15 VicroriZz. 


this House, or to sit in this House duriag any De- 
bate, until he shall take the Oath of Abjuration in 
the Form appointed by Law ; 

Another y esa 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 
“ Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild and David 
“ Salomons, Esquire, having taken the Oaths of 
“ Allegiance and Supremacy, and also the Oath of 
« Abjuration, in the manner in which this House is 
“ bound by Law to administer the same, are entitled 
“ to take their Seats as Members of this House,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
1 | 


he House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, | Lord Marcus Hill: } . 

Tellers for the (Mr. Bethell, i 

Noes, UMr. John Abel Smith: 5™= 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
David Salomons, Esquire, is not entitled to vote in 
this House, or to sit in this House during any De- 
bate, until he shall take the Oath of Abjuration in 
the Form appointed by Law :—And a Debate aris- 
ing 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. Bright, 

Yeas, UMr. John Abel Smith : 

Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


18. 


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J 


190. 


And the Question being again proposed, That | 


David Salomons, Esquire, is not entitled to vote in 
this House, or to sit in this House during any De- 


bate, until he shall take the Oath of Abjuration in | 


the Form appointed by Law; 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof the 
words, “and that this House, having regard to the 
ity 


Greenwich, will exercise its undoubted privilege 


such alterations to be made in the form and mode 
of administering the said Oath as shall enable 
the Honourable Member to take and subscribe 
the same.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 23° die Julii, 1851: 


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. Anstey, 


1 60 


Yeas, LMr. George Thompson : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 207 
Noes, {Tord arcus Hill: ’ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there added :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 
day next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
Vou, 106. 


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religious scruples of the Honourable Member for | 





387 


into and report on the state and prospects of the 
trade in Guano :—It passed in the Negative: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Captain Gra- 
a Copy of the Letter of Captain Graham Moore, of }#™ Moore. 
His Majesty’s Ship “ Indefatigable,” to the Honour- 
able Admiral Cornwallis, respecting the Capture 
of the Spanish Frigates by the Squadron under his 
Command, on the 5th day of October 1804. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Metropolitan 
amend and continue the Metropolitan Sewers Acts ; Sewers Bill. 
And that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 


Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Emigration 
,tv authorize the Application of Advances (out of Advances, 
_ Money now authorized to be advanced for the Im- Districts 
provement of Landed Property) to facilitate Emi- (Scotland) 
gration from certain distressed Districts of Scotland : oe. 

| And that Mr. Bouverie and the Lord Advocate do 


| prepare, and bring it in. 





The Grand Jury Cess (Jre/and) Bill was, ac- Grand Jury 
ate 
ill. 


| cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
| ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
' Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


according to Order, read the third time. Marine Act 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ae 
| Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to « 


| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 


| . . 
| cording to Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell 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 New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Bill was, New Forest 
according to Order, read the third time. ~~ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. es 3 
Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Bill was, Mercantile 
| 


The Arrest of absconding Debtors’ Bill was, ac- Arrest of 
absconding 
Debtors’ Bill. 


in that behalf, and proceed forthwith to cause | 


The Local Acts (Preliminary Inquiries) Bill was, Local Acts 
‘according to Order, read the third time. 5 ateee oe 
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, according to Order, resolved itself Commons’ 
into a Committee upon the Commons’ Inclosure No 2) Bill 
(No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ~ — 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal re- 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
ill; 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, proceeded to General Board 
take into consideration the General Board of Health y Pag me a 
(No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (—=9o 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill ; ¢ireland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
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The Order of the ay being read, for taking 
into consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ire- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


Collection 
of Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Improvement The Order of: the day being read, for the Com- 
of Towns 


4) Bill, Mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill ; 
— Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Representa- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill oe of the Representative Peers (Scotland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Owners and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—-.. reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- 
land) Bill. land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Inverness Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to 
Bridge whom it was referred to consider of authorizing an 
(Advances. } 5 


Advance, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, towards 
erecting and constructing the new Bridge Ap- 
proaches and Works over the River Wess, at Inver- 
ness, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to advance, by way 
of Loan, the sum of Ten thousand and seven hun- 
dred pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to- 
wards defraying the expense of erecting and con- 
structing the new Bridge Approaches and Works 
over the River Ness, at Jnverness. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Inverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill, That they 
have Power to make provision therein pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


New Bridge at 


The House was moved, That the fifteenth of the 
Inverness. 


Resolutions which, upon Saturday last, were re- 
own from the Committee of Supply, and which 

esolution was then agreed to, might be read ; and 
the same was read, as followeth: 

“ Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the erection of a new Bridge at 
Inverness.” 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Jnverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


Inverness 
Bridge 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Znverness Bridge (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. 


22° 


3° Juliz. A. 1851. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Pay 
into a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. 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 Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on Metropolitan Interment ; Interment, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Burgesses 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bur- 4 Freemen's 
gesses and Freemen’s Parliamentary Franchise Bill ; Pra 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Brown’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Brown's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill was read the first Lord Bate- 
time. man’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- oa. 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to amend ems a 
and continue the Metropolitan Sewers Act: And’ 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to No. 578. 
be read a second time To-morrow; end to be 
printed. 


Mr, Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to autho- Emigration 
rize the Application of Advances (out of Money — 
now authorized to be advanced for the Improvement Districts 
of Landed Property) to facilitate Emigration from (Scotland) 
certain distressed Districts of Scotland: And the Bill 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 579. 


read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions London 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Corporation: 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of eng th 
Monies received and paid by the Chamberlain of - 
the City of Zondon, in respect of the year ending 
5th January 1851, being the Produce and Applica- 
tion of the several Duties and Payments consti- 











tuting the Fund called “The London Bridge Ap- 
proaches or Improvement Fund,” for effecting Pub- 
lic Works and Improvements in the Metropolis, in 
pursuance of the Provisions of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment of 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, 11 Geo. 4, c. 64,1 &amp; 2 
Will. 4, c. 76, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 100, 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 101, 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 101, and 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 124. 

An Account of the Surplus, for the year ending 
5th January 1851, of the Fund called “ The Zondon 





Constabulary 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Force s ny 
Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 
‘tself into the said Committee. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Soap Duty Allowances 
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. 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 
Bill. 


Bridge Approaches or Improvement Fund,” for 
effecting Public Works om 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, &amp;e. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, from the 1st 
January to the 31st December 1850, in relation to 
rebuilding Zondon 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. 18, and 2 &amp; 3 Vie. 
c. 107. 

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An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 31st December 1850, in relation to a Market 
established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant to 
the Acts 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 76, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c¢. 101, 
and 8 &amp; 9 Vic. ¢. 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&amp;2 Will. 4, c. 76, and continued by subse- 
quent Acts ; also of the Application of the same 
under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 101, and 9 &amp; 10 Vice. 
c. 34, in the creation of a Fund for the execution of 
such Improvements in the Metropolis as Parlia- 
ment may direct and sanction, for one year ending 
31st December 1850. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the year ending the 14th August 1850, for light- 
ing, 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 on the 25th December 1850, in pursuance 
of the Act 2 &amp; 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 
1850, in pursuance of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 94, 
for regulating the Police of the City of Zondon, 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 «f London, on account of 
the year ending 25th July 1850, for defraying the 
Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c. 





Coal Market. 


Cals, &amp;e. 


tT 


London City 
Police. 


Mooring 
Chains, &amp;c. 
Thames. ) 


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389 
Mercurii, 23° die Julii ; 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


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 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Sine ath 
Petitions presented upon the 21st day of this instant Report.) 
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 Lord Bate- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; ™0’s Estate 
That in the case of Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Brown’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill 
That in the case of Brown’s Estate Bill no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Limerick 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland to make out Writ. 

a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in 

this present Parliament for the City of Limerick, in 

the room of John O’ Connell, Esquire, who, since his 
election for the said City, hath accepted the Office 

of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern 
Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in 

the County of Buckingham. 


The Saint Helen’s Improvement (No. 3) Bill was Saint Helen's 
read a second time; and committed. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ‘%* ®) = 
mittee of Selection. 





the Mooring Chains of the River Thames, of paying 


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 
4&amp;5 Will. 4,c. 32, and 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 90. 


b 


|  Barton’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Barton's 
| committed. Estate Bill. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


~ geHouse A Statement of the Receipt and Application of | mittee of Selection. 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House | 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and} Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Census 


Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from a Return of the Abstracts of the Census of Zreland (Heland.) 


the 14th August 1849 to the 14th August 1850, 
pursuant to the directions of the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 
7 Geo. 4, c. 40, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for one year, 
ending 29th September 1850, for improving the 
Navigation of the River Thames, westward of Lon- 
don B 
50 Geo. 3, c. 204, 52 Geo. 3, c. 46, 54 Geo. 3, 223, 
5 Geo. 4, c. 123, and 8 Vic. c. 1. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for making 
and repairing the Sewers of the said City, for the 
year ending 29th September 1850. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, 
cleansing and lighting the said City, for the year 
ending 29th September 1850. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, in respect of 
the Charges of the Ward Clerks, Beadles and other 

xpenses connected with the holding of Wardmotes 
and other Ward Meetings, and for local Purposes 
connected therewith, in the several Wards of the 
City of London, pursuant to the Act 2 &amp; 3 Fic. 
c. 94, 8. 85. 


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. 


Thames 
Navigation. 


Paving, 
Cleans ing and 
Lighting. 


Wardmotes, 


Vou. 106, 





\taken in the years 1841 and 1851, arranged ac- 
| cording to Counties, and showing the Houses, dis- 
tinguishing Inhabited from Uninhabited, and of 
the latter those built from those building, with the 
| Total; the Number of Families and of Persons, 
' distinguishing Males from Females, with Totals ; 
_and showing the Increase or Decrease in the Num- 


ridge, in pursuance of the several Acts of ber of Houses and of Persons between 1841 and 


/1851, and the Decrease per Cent. of each between 
1841 and 1851. 


| Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hope have leave Leave of 

| of absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic “sen. 

| affliction. 

| 

| Several Petitions relating to the Ecclesiastical Public 

| Titles Assumption Bill ;—Attornies Certificates ;— Petitions. 
Beer Houses ; — Exhibition of 1851 ;— General yiao sixty. 
Board of Health ;—Registration of Assurances sixth Report 
Bill;—Sale of Beer (No. 2) Bill;—and, Salmon o Public 
Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, — were presented, and wenn. 
read ; and ordered tu lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Attornies’ 
reading of the Attornies’ and Solicitors’ Certificates et ong 
Duty Bill; Duty Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day month. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to London London — 
Corporation, which were presented yesterday, be Corporation. 
printed. No. 580. 

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The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale of Beer (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Enfranchisement of Copyholds (No. 3) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day three 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


a The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Justice 
‘eon 
Bi 


Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Administration of Crimi- 
nal Justice Improvement Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
PREAMBLE postponed. 


Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 27, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 28, disagreed to. 

Cravses, N° 29 to N° 31, agreed to. 

Clause (Whenever any person shall be convicted 
of any one of the offences following, as an indictable 
misdemeanor, that is to say, any cheat or fraud 
punishable at Common Law; any conspiracy to 
cheat or defraud, or to extort money or goods, or 
falsely to accuse of any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, 
pervert, or defeat the course of public justice ; any 
escape or rescue from lawful custody on a criminal 
charge ; any public and indecent exposure of the 
person; any indecent assault; any public selling 
or exposing for public sale or to public view of any 
obscene book, print, picture or other indecent ex- 
hibition, it shall be lawful for the court to sentence 
the offender to be imprisoned for any term now 
warranted by law, and also to be kept to hard labour 
during the whole or any part of such term of im- 
prisonment)—-—brought up, and read 1°; 2°. 

Amendment proposed : After the words “ person ; 
“any” to leave out the word “ indecent.” 

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, added. 

Another Clause added. 

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 Bull. 

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 Valuation (Jreland) 
Bill. . 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 

Clause No. 1  yoner so much of 9 &amp; 10 Vic. 
c.110,as relates to Valuation of Counties hereafter 
to be valued, and apportionmentof Poor Law Rating, 
Grand Jury Cess, and City and Town rating). 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the word 
“ and,” in order to insert the word “ or,” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the word “and” stand part 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, oar anid 
Mr, Scully, 
Mr. Reynolds : 


65. 


} 


Tellers for the Noes, 
Amendments made. 


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A. 1851, 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cravusss, N° 4 to N°6, 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, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second gatmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; Fisheries 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- ‘5°tland) Bill, 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Conveyance 
mittee on the Conveyance of Mails by Railways of Mails by 
Bill ; Railways Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, Building Acts 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to be Saenene 
made to the Question, That the Church Building 
Acts Amendment 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 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 second Attornies’ 
reading of the Attornies’ and Solicitors’ Regulation a 
Acts Amendment Bill ; Acts Ament 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ment Bill. 


To-morrow. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Fund Bil 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Commons’ 

cording to Order, read the third time. tio 3) Bil 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry 

the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Sessions 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- a &gt; Bill 


mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jre/and) 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- Summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Collection of 
consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) vinta) Bil 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ( 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ry ps 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns ( Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Owners and 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- yrines (Ire- 
land) Bill : land) Bill. 


Ordered, 





ei 


i 


idge (No.2) into consideration the Jnverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill, 


Ey 
FF 


Duty 
‘prance 


* 


Militia Pay 
Bill, 


Interment. 


Lunatics 
(India) Bill. 


Navy, Army, 
&amp;e, 


Lunatics 
(India) Bill, 
No, 581. 


Hulme’s 


Charity, 


Cadetshi 
(last India.) 








15 Vicrortz. 23°— 24° Julie. 391 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | Jovis, 24° die Julit ; 
To-morrow. ak is ¢ Y 
| Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


| H E House met at Twelve of the clock in the 
New House of Commons. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 





as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
To-morrow. 





PRAYERS, , 

Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | a till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 

mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill; 2 a 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | Ordered, That Brown’s Estate Bill be read a se- Brown's 
solve itself into the said Committee. cond time ‘To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take| _.O?@ered,_ That it be an Instruction to the Com- Saint Helen's 
into consideration the Soap Duty Allowances Bill |mittee of Selection, That they may appoint the VP") am 


en tennedind tn the Comenities. 7 gaat —— Saint Helen’sn:provement ( No.3) &amp;® 5) Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time |?" meet 5o-morrow. 
To-morrow. | 


Ordered, That Standing Order No. 191 be sus- Lord Bate- 


; P pended in the case of Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill ; man’s Estate 
The House, according io Order, proceeded to | and that the Bill be now read a second time. Bill. 


take Pary oy ante the Militia Pay Bill, as The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
amended in the Committee. and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
To-morrow. | mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Ordered, That Standing Order No. 160 be sus- Dean and 


mittee on Metropolitan Interment : pended in the case of the Dean and Cha ter of West- Lo a 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- minster’s Estate Bill; and that the Bill be read a petate Bin, 
solve itself into the said Committee. second time To-morrow. 


; er Ordered, That Standing Order No. 160 be dis- Tayleur’s_ 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill pensed with in the case of Tayleur’s Divorce Bill ; Divorce Bill. 
to authorize the Removal from Jndia of insane Per- |and that the Bill be read a second time on Satur- 


sons charged with Offences, and to give better Effect | gay next. 
to Inquisitions of Lunacy taken in Jndia: And that zk : 
Mr. Elliot and Mr. James Wilson do prepare, and| The Sheffield and Glossop Road (No. 2) Bill was Sheffield ana 
bring it in. read the third time. Glossop Road 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aso 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House,; Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Detailed Accounts of Receipts and Expenditure for to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Services | 7” , ; 
: : . . | Several Petitions relating to the Church Build- puptic 
for the year, to the 31st day of March 1850. ‘ing Acts Amendment Bill ;— Church Rates ;—Ec- Petitions. 
Mr. Elliot presented a Bill to authorize the Re- | clesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ; —Tithes ;— y:s, Sixty. 
moval from India of insane Persons charged with Attornies Certificates ;—Agriculture ;—Bankruptey sixth Report 
Offences, and to give better Effect to Inquisitions of | Court ;—Continental Passengers Baggage ;—Cou- — 
Lunacy taken in India: And the same was read the | Y°Y8"ce of Mails by Railways Bill ;—Copyholds ; " 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time | —Coroners;—Coroners Bill ;—County Courts fur- 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. ther Extension Bill ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;—Hun- 
 e garian Refugees (Turkish Empire) ;—Law of Evi- 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented dence Amendment Bill ;—Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased land ;—Medical Charities — Bill ;—Medical 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Profession ;—Metropolitan Interments Act ;—Navi- 
House, a Return, in a Tabular Form, showing the | $2400 Laws ; —Pharmacy Bill; — Poor Law (Ire- 
several Advowsons or other Ecclesiastical Benefices | ‘4nd) ;— Postage ; — Ramsgate and Margate Har- 
purchased by or now belonging to the Trustees of bours ; — Registration of Assurances Bill; — and, 
Mr. Hulme, formerly of Kearsley, in the County of Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, were presented, 
Lancaster, when respectively purchased, the Price and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
paid for each, the Gross Annual Income of each, the 
Names of the present Incumbents, ard when such | ol 


Incumbents were respectively nominated or pre-| 9, dered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


yee de "That the said Address be presented to | — That they have power to receive a Clause of 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | eae the Fleees resolved itself into the Com- 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
; ’ . | Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
a ring opr lyon th Tle pre, That the Commitee had gone throng th 
the 25th day of March last, for a Return showing "Ordered That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
any Subjects of Examination to which Candidates | nittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
for Cadetships in the Hast India Company’s Service | Twelee of the clock. : 
are subjected before entering the Service, or on | 


Promotion therein. 











The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Consolidated 
ttee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; Fund Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 
And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- | into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (/re- (ireland) a 
journed the House ti!l To-morrow, without putting | land) Bill. 


the Question. (In the Committee.) 


| Cuavuse, N° 6 (Guardians of Unions to divide 
{them into Dispensary Districts). 
Amendments made. 


Vou. 106, | 3D4+ Amendment 
































Valuation 
(ircland) Bill. 


24° Juliz. A. 1851. 


And then the House adjourned, at Three of the 
clock, to the old House of Commons. 


$92 


Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause 
to add the words, “ Provided always, That in every 
“ Dispensary district and other charit where only 
“ one medical officer shall be appointed, every such 
“ officer shall be required to possess the qualifica- 
“ tion of either ‘ physician’ or of ‘apothecary and 
“ surgeon.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 


‘ (Mr. Reynolds, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Whiteside: i 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of 
February last, for Continuation, to the Ist day of 
January 1851, of Returns of the Annual Average 
Gazette Price of Wheat, Barley and Oats, in each 

year, since 1800 inclusive :—Of the Quantities of 
6. | Wheat, Barley and Oats imported, exported and 

(Mr. Hayter, _ |cleared for Consumption, in each year, since 1800 

Tellers for the Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: 65. inclusive :—Of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of Barley and Oats, in each year, since the passing of 
the Clause to add the words: “ Provided always, the Corn Bill of 1815, brought down to the latest 
“ That in making any order or any rules and re- Date: — Of the Annual Aggregate Quantities of 
“ gulations touching the qualifications of persons , Wheat, Barley and Oats, returned by the Corn In- 
“ eligible to fill the office of medical attendants | spectors as sold in the Towns from which the Aver- 
“ to any Dispensary, Hospital or Infirmary under | ages were computed by the Act of 1815, from that 
“ this Act, it shall be lawful for the said Com-| year to the end of 1849, with a separate column 
“ missioners, and they are hereby required, to call | showing the Quantities sold in each year since 1842, 
“ in the President of the King and Queen’s Col- in the New Towns added by the Act of that year: 





“ lege of Physicians, and the President of the 
“ Royal College of Surgeons, Jreland, for the time 
“ being, and in all matters touching such order or 
“ rules and regulations respecting the qualifications 
“ of such medical attendants, but on no other, the 
“ said Presidents respectively shall have a vote, and 
“ shall have equal authority with each of the said 

Commissioners as aforesaid.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 

put, and Negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 

Cxravuss, N° 7 (Dispensary Committees). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 4, |. 3, after the 
word “therein,” to insert the words “and sub- 
“ scribers of one pound annually, or donors of 
“* twenty pounds, resident in the district.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 

serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

, , Mr. Vesey 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ yyy. nse a iden « \ 27. 


Tellers for the Noes,/ Mr pene a" } 38. 

Another Amendment proposed : In p. 4, 1. 13, to 
leave out from the word “shall” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “ assemble the 
“ rate-payers of such Dispensary district, who are 
‘ entitled to vote for the election of Guardians for 
* the electoral division, and elect a Committee of 

Management for such Dispensary districts in the 

same manner as the said Guardians are elected.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 

be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxause, N° 8 (Guardians to provide Medicines, 
&amp;e., and appoint Officers). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 4, 1. 15, to leave 
out the word “ Guardians.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ Guardians 
stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this news will, upon Monday 
next, aguin resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


| —Of the Quantities of 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 Period :—Of the Official Aver- 
age 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 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, converted into English Mea- 
sures 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 inclu- 





sive; also, the Annual Average Price for the whole 
| of Prussia in each of the said years; also, the Aver- 


age 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 Butchers’ Meat, distin- 


guishing the various Kinds as sold in the London 
Markets, in each month of each year, from 1840 to 
the present Time, and exhibiting the Annual Aver- 
age 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, both 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 imported 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 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, distinguishing 
Sailing and Steam Vessels, built and registered in 
each year since 1815 inclusive, in the United King- 
dom, and also in the British Colonies (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 460, of Session 1850). 
Ordered, 








Wheat, &amp;, 











15 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 











oul Duties Mr. Baring Wall reported from the Committee 
and on Group 31 of Private Bills; That in the case of 
fesinins\et the Coal Duties (Zondon and Westminster, and 
oie) Bil adjacent Counties) Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
had amended the same, by inserting after the words 
“drawback of part of the duties,” the words “ er 
exemption from the duties ;” 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. 

























guterseaPatk Mr. Pole Carew reported from the Select Com- 
Amendment 


mittee on the Battersea Park Amendment and Ex- 
— #109 tension Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bil!, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Episcopal Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
ad Capitular request that their Lordships will communicate to this 
noel House a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 
“eae mittee appointed by their Lordships on the Episcopal 
and Capitular Estates Management Bill, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence, Index and Appendix: 
And that Mr. Spooner do carry the said Message. 


Census of Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Great Britaio mend,—Census of Great Britain, 1851: Tables of 
(1851.) the Population and Houses in the Divisions, Regis- 
tration Counties, and Districts of England and 
Wales ; in the Counties, Cities and Burghs of Scot- 
land; and in the Islands in the British Seas. 
Abstracts of the Census of Lreland, taken in the 
) years 1841 and 1851. 


Census of 


Ireland 
(1841 &amp; 1851 
Police Force 


Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Or- 
(Limerick. ) 


der, dated the 17th day of March last, fora Return 
of the Number and Expense of the Police Force in 
the following Baronies of the County of Limerick, to 
be made according to the Form below :— 





to 





the 


Establishment of ex- 


tra Force. 


Date of Establishment 
of Station. 


Number of Constables for 
charged 
since 


each Barony. 


Baronies. 


ations, and Number of 
Constables at each. 


each Station charged to 
the Consolidated Fund. 
Number of Constables for 
each Station charged 
to the County at large. 
Number of extra Con- 
Cost of each extra Con- 
stable in the Barony. 
Number and Cost of Sub- 
Inspector, and where 
stationed; Aggregate 
of Expense to each 


| St 
stables 
Barony 











Costlea * 
Small County 
Owney-bey - 


Clanwilliam ~- 


























. Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of June 
last, That the Guardians of the North Dublin 
Union, and the Guardians of the South Dublin 
Union respectively do amend the Return made by 
them to an Order of this House, of the 6th day of 
May 1851, as regards “ the County, City, Town or 
Place where the Patients were born, or have been 
usually resident previously to the Admission into the 
Infirmaries of each of the said Unions,” as far as 
by reference to the Books of said Unions they shall 
be enabled to do. 
™ —- That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


ii 


No, 


p Ordered, That the Return relative to Postage 
Stamps, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
582, printed. 4 . ue 
VoL, 106. 





24° Juliz. 





393 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cadetshi 


, = pong on 
(East India), which was presented yesterday, be (East India.) 
printed, No. 583. 


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 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 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 continue the Survey of Great Britain, Survey of 


Berwich-upon-Tweed and the Isle of Man: — 1 aaa, 


An Act to amend the Acts for the granting of Sites School Sites 


for Schools: Acts Amend. 
ment Bill. 


An Act to improve the Law of Landlord and Te- Landlord and 
nant, in relation to Emblements, to growing Crops Tenant Bill. 
seized in Execution, and to Agricultural Tenants’ 

Fixtures : 

An Act to amend certain Acts for the Improve- prisons (Scot- 
ment of Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland : land) Bill. 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the British British White 
White Herring Fishery : Herring 

Fishery Bill. 

An Act for the well ordering of Common Lodg- Common 

ing Houses : Lodging- 


An Act to encourage the Establishment of Lodging. 
Lodging-houses for the Latouring Classes : houses Bill. 

An Act for further continuing certain temporary Keclesiastical 
Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Jurisdiction 
England : Bal. 

An Act to continue an Act for authorizing the Highway 
Application of Highway Rates to Turupike-roads: Rates Bill. 

An Act to continue an Act to amend the Laws Loan Societies’ 
relating to Loan Sucieties : ill, 

An Act to suspend the making of Lists, and the Militia Ballots 
Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Suspension 
Kingdom : _ 

An Act to enlarge the Period allowed for com- Assessed 
pounding for Assessed Taxes: a 

ion Bill. 

An Act to authorize, for a further Period, the Public Works, 
Advance of Money, out of the Consolidated Fund, Fisheries, &amp;c. 
to a limited Amount, for carrying on Public Works _ 
and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor : 

An Act to extend the Benefits of certain Provi- Apprentices 
sions of the General Merchant Seamen’s Act, re- to Sea Service 
lating to Apprentices bound to the Sea Service, to Ne. 2) pil 
Apprentices bound to the Sea Service by Boards of 
Guardians of the Poor in Jreland, and to enable 
such Guardians to place out Boys in the Naval 
Service. 

An Act for Marriages in India: Marriages 
(India) Bill. 

An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Turnpike Acts 

tain: Continua 
Great Britain: Snes 

An Act to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief Turnpike 
of ‘Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain Provisions , 7S‘ inhiies 
respecting Exemptions from Tolls : is 

An Act to repeal the Duties payable on Dwelling- Inhabitea 
houses, according to the Number of Windows or House Duty 
Lights, and to grant in lieu thereof other Duties on 
Inhabited Houses, according to their Annual Value. 

An Act to exempt Burgesses and Freemen in Burgesses 
certain Cases from the Operation of an Act for the an¢ Freemen’s 
better assessing and collecting the Poor Rates pranchise Bit 





Franchise Bill, 
3E an 


394 


and Highway Rates, in respect of small Tene- 
ments: 

An Act to authorize the Chorley Waterworks 
Company, to raise a further Sum of Money: 


Chorley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


An Act to renew the Term and continue the 
Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the first 
Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving several Districts of Mail- 
mesbury Turnpike-roads, and other Roads connected 
therewith, in the Counties of Wilts, Berks and 


Malmesbury 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


Gloucester, so far as relates to the First and Second | 


Districts : 
North and 
Railwsy Bil, (Richmond to Windsor) Railway, in the Parish of 
Ealing, in the County of Middlesex, to the London 
and North Western Railway, in the Parish of 
Hammersmith, in the said County, with a Branch, 
to be called “ The North and South Western Junc- 
tion Railway :” 
Manchester An Act for the further Amendment of the Acts 
rc relating to the Manchester Corporation Water- 
works : 
Taw Vale An Act for authorizing certain Deviations in the 
7 “ae Taw Vale Extension Railway, and for other Pur- 
oses : 
Great South- : An Act to explain, amend and enlarge some of the 
ern and West- Provisions of the Acts relating to the Great Southern 
(ireland) Bill and Western Railway Company, and to enable the 
said Company to raise further Capital, and to con- 
struct a Dock or Basin at Cork: 
An Act for the better raising and securing a Fund 
q for a Provision for the Widows and Children of the 
Ministers of the Free Church, and for the Widows 
and Children of the Professors holding Professors’ 
Offices in any College connected with the said 
Church : 
An Act for enabling the Great Western Railway 
Company to construct a Station and Works at 
Aston juxta Birmingham : 


Ministers’ 
Widows and 
Orphans’ Fun 
of the Free 
Church of 
Scotland Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway (Rail- 
way to connect 
he Birming- 
ham and 
Oxford Junction Railway with the 
London and North Western Rail- 
way at Birmingham, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Saint Patrick's An Act to provide for the Repair and Mainte- 
Cathedral nance of the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick 
(Dublin) Bill. Dublia: ’ 
An Act for facilitating the Transmission to and 
wick Railway ftom the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, of 
(Branch to the Traffic of the Byers Green Branch of the Cla- 
Railway Be) rence Railway, for enabling the York, Newcastle and 
Bil. Berwick Railway Company to hold Shares in the 
West Durham Railway ; for granting further Pow- 
ers to their Lessors, the Great North of England, 
Clarence and the Hartlepool Junction Railway 
Company, and the Hartlepool Dock and Railway 
Company, in reference to their Capital, and for other 
Purposes : 
York, New- An Act for enabling the York, Newcastle and 
cnstle — i Berwick Railway Company to abandon a Portion 
(Abandonment Of their Bishop Auckland Branch Railway, and sub- 
of Part of stitute, in lieu thereof, a new Line of Railway, and 
ony Mweng to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands and 
iu, ' Completion of Works on certain Lines of Railway 
authorized to be made in the County of Durham, 
and for other Purposes : 
Dee Standard An Act forthe Restoration of the Standard in the 
— River Dee, and for granting further Powers to the 
' River Dee Company : 
Midland Rail- An Act to authorize the Acquisition by the Mid- 
a land Railway Company of the Estate and Interest 
Bradford of the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company in 
Railway and the Leeds and Bradford Railway, and to empower 
Increase win, the Midland Railway Company to raise Money 
apital) BY. for such Purpose : 
Bolton, Black- An Act for extending and enlarging the Powers 
—e of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West 
Yorkshire Yorkshire Railway Company, for changing the 
Railway Bill Name of the Company, and for other Purposes : 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 


24° Jults. 


An Act for making a Railway from the Loop | 
South Western J ine of the Windsor, Staines and South Western | 


A. 1851, 


An Act for supplying with Water the Town of Stock 
Stockton, in the County of Durham, and the Sub- Middles- 
urbs thereof, and the Towns of Middlesbrough and qed Yarn, 
Yarm, in the North Riding of the County of York, works Bur 
and the Suburbs thereof respectively, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act for repealing and amending the Provisions Cam Ng 
of the Acts relating to the Navigation of the River tion (No.2) 
Cam, or Cham, alias Grant, between Clayhithe na. 
| Ferry and the King’s Mill, in the Town of Cam- 
| bridge ; for altering the Navigation Tolls; for enab- 
ling the Conservators of the said River to sue and 
be sued in the Name. of their Clerk; for conferring 
additional Powers, and other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Cork and Waterford Rail- Cork ana 
way Company to make Arrangements as to their Waterford 
Capital, and to provide for the immediate Comple- allway Bil 
tion of the Tramore Branch: 

An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Great Maiven 
Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, and for Improvement, 


supplying the same with Water: Waterwuie 


Gas and Markets Bill, 
| An Act to continue “ The City of London Sewers London (City) 


} 
| Act 1848,” and to alter and amend the Provisions 5¢¥ets Bill. 
of the said Act: 

An Act for enabling the South Staffordshire Rail- SouthStafis. 
way Company to make a certain Branch Railway; a 
for authorizing Arrangements with the London and join the Bir. 
North Western Railway Company, and for other mingham, 


baie Wolverhamp- 
Purposes : ton and Stour 


Valley Railway, &amp;c. ) Bill, 
| An Act for transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen Birmingham 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham, in Improvement 
the County of Warwick, the Estates, Properties and 
Effects now vested in certain Commissioners, having 
Jurisdiction over Parts of the Borough; and to 
provide for the better draining, lighting, paving, 
| supplying with Water and otherwise improving the 
said Borough, and making Provision for the good 
| Government, Regulation and Management thereof: 

An Act for better paving, lighting, draining, tng a 
| cleansing and otherwise regulating and improving pos. 
| a Portion ofthe Borough of Newark, in the County Market Bill. 
| of Nottingham ; for regulating the Butchers’ Market 
| therein; and for authorizing the Commissioners of 
the Newark Branch of the River Trent Navigation 
to contribute, out of their Funds, a Sum of Money 
for the aforesaid Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 
. . . - Railway 
pany to provide for the Construction of certain 


. . Motherwell 
ranch Railways, in the County of Lanark: Granch Ex- 


tension and 
Lesmahagow Branches) Bill. 
An Act for the Consecration of a Portion of the Brighton 


Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery: Caneney Ba 


An Act for amending the Acts relating to the East Anglian 
East Anglian Railways: Railways Bill 
An Act for amending the Act relating to the Electric Tele- 
Electric Telegraph Company : Bil 

An Act for making a Railway from the Furness Ulverstone 
Railway at Ulverstone, to the Lancaster and Car- ong ey Bil 
lisle Railway at Carnforth, to be called “ The U/- 
verstone and Lancaster Railway ” : 

An Act for supplying with Water the Parish or East oe 
Township of East Stonehouse, in the County of x Bill. 
Devon, and for Amendment of Act: 

An Act for making a Railway from Waterford to Wee 
Tramore: and 











Railway Bill. 


An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of Midland Bat 
certain Lands, and Completion of Works authorized WY Ce Tion, 
by “the Midland Railway, Ripley Branches Act g¢,) Bill. 
1848,” and on the Gloucester and Stonehouse Junc- 
tion Railway : 

An Act to authorize a Deviation in the Line of Waterford, 
the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and to amen Railway Bil 
the Acts relating thereto, and for other Purposes: 

An Act to amend “ The Killarney Junction Rail- — 
way Act, 1846 :” A Railway Bill. 

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Bridge 
ma ous 
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Miners 
is d 
Company Bill. 


Dublin, Dun- 
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Rathfarn 1am 
pailway Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail 


way Bill. 


Royal Edin- 
burgh Asylum 
for the Insane 
Bil 


Bath Im- 
vement, 
kets, 

Waterworks 

and Bath 


Commons or 
Freemen’s Esta 
Great North- 


em Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Saint Bar- 
Hopital 
it 
Estate Bill. 


Cubitt’s 
Estate Bill, 


Upton’s 
Estate Bill, 


No, 584, 


15 Vicroriz. 


An Act for amending and enlarging the Powers 
of the several Acts relating to the Company of 
Proprietors of the Jtchen Bridge and Roads: 

An Act for facilitating the Settlement of the 
Affairs of the Governor and Company of Copper 
Miners in England, and for the better Management 
of the said Company : 

An Act to enable the Dublin, Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham Railway Company to extend their 
Railway from Dundrum to Bray; and to extend 
the Time and to continue and revive the Powers 
granted by the Acts relating to the Dublin, Dun- 
drum and Rathfarnham Railway Company, for the 
Compulsory Purchase of Lands and Completion of 
Works, and to amend the Acts relating to “ the 
Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway,” and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Abandonment of a 
Portion of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
Dublin Railway, and the Construction of a new 
Line of Railway, in lieu of a Portion of the Line to 
be abandoned, to extend in respect of a Portion of 
the said Undertaking, the Periods at present limited 
for compulsory Purchase of Lands, and for Com- 


24°—25° Julit. 





pletion of Works, and to amend the Acts relating 
to the said Railway, and for other Purposes: 

An Act for of new Incorporating the Edinburgh | 
Lunatic Asylum, under its present Name of “ The 
Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane,” for enab- 
ling the said Corporation to borrow Money, and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act for the Improvement of the City and 
Borough of Bath, for the Regulation of the Markets, 
and for amending the Act for supplying Bath with 
Water : 


te Bill. 

An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway 
Company to construct Works in connection with 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, | 
and to facilitate the Use of that Railway by the 
Company, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for confirming certain Leases granted by 
the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the 
City of London, Governors of the House of the 
Poor, commonly called Saint Bartholomew's Hos- 
pital, near West Smithfield, London, of the Foun- 
dation of King Henry the Eighth, and for enabling 
them to grant Building and other Leases of their 
Estates : 

An Act to authorize the Grant of new Leases of 
a certain Estate, in the Bailiwick of Neat, in the 
Parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the 
County of Middlesex, in Lease to Mr. Thomas Cubitt, 
and for other Purposes : 

An Act to confirm a certain Contract for granting 
Leases made and entered into by the Honourable 





Arthur Upton, of Part of the Lands and Heredita- 
ments comprised in the Will of the Honourable 
Fulk Greville Howard, deceased, situate at Kilburn, 
in the County of Middlesex, and to alter and enlarge 
the Power of granting Building Leases contained 
in the same Will; and for other Purposes relating 
thereto: 

An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Somer- 
setshire, Monmouthshire, Dorsetshire and Devonshire 
Estates, devised by the Will of Sir Thomas Buch- 
ler Lethbridge, Baronet, deceased, to grant Farming 
and Mining Leases of, and otherwise extending 
their Powers in relation to the said Estates: 

An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of 
Thomas Jackson, deceased, to sell Freehold Here- 
ditaments, situate in the Parish of Mentmore, in the 
County of Buckingham, to the Baron Meyer Am- 
schel de Rothschild. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider the state of the Law and Practice as 
regards the taking of Inquisitions in cases of Deaths, 
and the appointment, duties and remuneration of 
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395 


the Officers employed therein, and whether it is ex- 
pedient that any and what alterations should be 
made in any of such matters, have Power to report 
their Observations thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Fitzroy 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, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Saunders Davies have leave of Leave of 
absence till the end of the Session, on account of sence. 
a domestic affliction. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; Pwr wea 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Sn = 
upon this day Three months. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Canada 
for the Settlement of the Boundaries between the Pro- 22d New 
vinces of Canada and New Brunswick; to which —— 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— Bill. 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Canada and New Brunswick Boundaries Bill Canada 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read ee 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. Boundaries 

Bi 


No. 585. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Customs Bill. 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 

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 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Navigation 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to Laws. 
“ direct the proper steps to be taken for giving 
“ effect to those provisions of the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. 
“ c, 29 (for the repeal of the Navigation Laws), 
“ whereby Her Majesty is empowered to adopt to- 
“ wards any foreign country, in which a preference 
is given, directly or indirectly, to national vessels 
“ over British vessels, such measures as may ap- 
“ pear to Her Majesty justly to countervail the dis- 
“ advantages to which British Trade and Naviga- 
“ tion is so subjected,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 

words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 25° die Juliti 1851: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

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 John Pakington, } 50 

Yeas, UMr. Newdegate : ; 

Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, his 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ; 

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 being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 


3E2 The 








Inverness 
Bridge 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill, 


Emigration 
Advances, 
Distressed 
Districts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
Railways Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


396 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 


Mr. Newdegate, 
Mr. noes: } 2 
Tellers for the Noes, _ a Hill: }r46. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put ; That the Bill be now 
read the third time :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

A Clause (Treasury may regulate the mode of 
Account between Receiver-general of Customs and 
the Bank of England), was thrice read, and added 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs, 
and to enable the Treasury to regulate the Mode of 
keeping the Account between the Receiver-general 
of Customs and the Bank of England. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Inverness Bridge (No. 2) Bill 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 Soap Duty Allowances Bill 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 Militia Pay Bill 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 General Board cf Health (No. 2) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewali Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question 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 Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Emigration Advances, Distressed Districts 
(Scot/and) Bill was, according to Order, read a se- 
cond time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Conveyance of Mails by Railways 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, 
upon the 24th day of June last, were proposed to be 
made to the Question, “That the Church Building 
Acts Amendment 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 


94°— 95° Julie. 





A. 1851, 


word “now” stand part of the Question :— The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—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 General Board of Health (No. 3) Bill was, g 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- of Health 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “8° 5) Bill 
Monday next. 


The Sheep, &amp;c., Contagious Disorders Prevention Sheep, &amp;e, 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Contagious 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Disorders Pre. 
for this day. a 


The Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal Bill Commission. 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ers of Rail- 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, for ¥*¥8 Act 
this day. Repeal Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Law of 
reading of the Law of Evidence Amendment Bill; Evidence 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time snentoa 
upon Munday next. 


The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill was, Representa. 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- tive Peers 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (Scotland) Bill, 
this day. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Administra- 

into consideration the Administration of Criminal —— 

Justice Improvement Bill, as amended in the Com- atten A 

mittee. Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 

day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on Metropolitan Interment ; Interment. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Attornies and 
reading of the Attornies and Solicitors Regulation Sonia 
Acts Amendment Bill ; Aue heal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ment Bill 


upon Monday next. 


Petty Sessions 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- (Ireland) Bill 


mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


read, for the Com- Summary 
Jurisdiction 


The Order of the day a 
(Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


read, for taking into Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being Z 
consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


read, for the Com- Improvement 


of Towns 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (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 Owners ot 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- Prrway 
land) Bill ; _ land) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. The 








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Constabulary 
Farce (Ire- 
\yod) Bill. 


(yond) Bil 


and.) 


Heritors and 
Vommission- 
ers of Supply 
(Scotland. ) 


Teinds 
(Seatland.) 


Canterbury 
Association 
(New 
Zealand.) 


15 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jre/and) 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 Valuation (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, 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, Returns of the Name of every Parish in 
Scotland from which an Application has been made 
for an Augmentation of the Ministers’ Stipend; 
stating the Amount, if any, modified in each case: 
—aAnd, of the Names of the Parishes in which there 
are unexhausted Teinds; stating the Amount ap- 
plicable in each case to the Augmentation of Stipend 
(in continuation of a former 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. 


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 stating the Number of Heritors of 
£.100 Scots valued Rent in each Parish of each 
County in Scotland, and the Number of Commis- 
sioners of Supply in each County in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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 stating the Annual Value of un- 
exhausted Teinds belonging to the Crown during 
the last five years, and the Purposes to which they 
have been annually applied. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
arrangement of Claims of the Wew Zealand Com- 
pany on the Crown, and for regulating the Affairs of 
certain Settlements established by the said Com- 
pany in Mew Zealand:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend an Act enipowering the Canterbury As- 
sociation to dispose of certain Lands in New Zea- 
land, and to give additional Powers to the said As- 
sociation, and to enable them to borrow Money :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


BivardBryan Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


and others, 


Registration 
ma eazanecee R 
c 


Copies of the Correspondence between the Magis- 
trates attending the Sessions Court of Brawney, 
County Westmeath, and Sir Thomas Redington, re- 
lative to the Convicts, Edward Bryan, John Rooney 
and Brannan, who were sentenced to Ten 
Years’ Transportation for stealing Cattle at the 
Spring Assizes 1849 for that County, and afterwards 
pardoned. 





The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
egistration of Assurances Bill, was read, and dis- 
harged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vou. 106, 


24°-—95° Juliz. 








397 


The Order for resuming, this day, the adjourned David 
Debate on the Amendment which, upon Tuesday Salomons, 
last, was proposed to be made to the Question, That =*4* 
David Salomons, Esquire, is not entitled to vote in 
this House, or to sit in this House during any De- 
bate, until he shall take the Oath of Abjuration in the 
Form appointed by law, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Military 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Ma- Prisons. 
nagement of the Military Prisons, 1850, by Lieute- 
nant-colonel Jebb, C.B., Inspector General. 

’ ns That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Patent Law 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Amendment 
an ws “yaa, [Stamp Duties 
authorizing the Imposition of Stamp Duties in re- jna Compen 
spect of Letters Patent which may be applied for or sations.] 
issued in pursuance of any Act for the amendment 
of the law touching Letters Patent for Inventions, 
and of making Compensation, out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to persons entitled to Fees or 
Charges for any loss they may sustain in conse- 
quence of the said Act; 
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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Turnpike- 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, — (South 
dated the 10th day of this instant July, for a Return sine 
of the Salary and Expenses of the General Superin- 
tendent of Turnpike Roads in South Wales, in each 
year from the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 91, 
and the Source from which the Payment is made 
(on Finance Accounts, page 81). 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of this Navy, Army, 
instant July, for Detailed Accounts of Receipt and &amp; 
Expenditure for Navy, Army, Commissariat and 
Ordnance Services for the year, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Three of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDERED, 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 Musselburgh (Arrange- Musselburgh 


ment with Creditors of the Burgh) Estate Bill, with- Ca 
out Amendment. , of the Burgh) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Estate Bill, 


Mr. Bernal reported the Glasgow Provident Bank Glasgow 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. heat ini 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bi, 

Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on Moore's Estate 
Moore’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same, more clearly to show 
the interest in the estate between the testator and 
his son; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; that the Parties concerned had given their 

3E3 consent 





398 25° Juli. A. 1851, 


consent to the Bill to the satisfaction of the Com- 

mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through 

the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Dorward’s Mr. Bernal reported Dorward’s Estate Bill, with 
verbal Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Estate Bill. 


South Holland Mr. Bernal reported the South Holland Drainage 

ree ar Acts Amendment Bill, with Amendments. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow (the 


amended Prints having been deposited yesterday). 


Saint Helen’s Mr, Bernal reported the Saint Helen’s Improve- 

Che 3) Bill. ment (No. 3) Bill, with Amendments. 
" Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow (pro- 


vided the amended Prints be deposited this day). 


Duchy of The Select Committee on the Duchy of Lancaster 

ae (High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts) 

Mining Cns- Bill was nominated of Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 

toms and George Henry Cavendish, Mr. William Evans, Mr. 

ee Bill Elliot and Colonel Romilly, and Five Members to 
ourts) Bill. be added by the Committee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Magneto- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

‘Telegraph the Amendments made by the Lords to the Magneto- 

Company Bill. Electric Telegraph 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 
Lordships. 


Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Amendment made by the Lords to the Man- 
; chester Improvement Bill. 

The said Amendment being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made thereunto, 
by adding at the end thereof the words “ nor shall 
the provisions of this Act with reference to such Road 
come into operation until after the expiration of the 
existing lease of the Tolls authorized to be taken 
upon such Road; (that is to say), after " 

And the said Amendment was twice read, with a 
blank ; and committed toa 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. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had considered the said Amendment, and had 
made an Amendment thereunto, by filling up the 
blank with “ the 24th day of March 1852.” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment. 

Then the Amendment made by the Lords, so 
amended, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


SaintAndrew’s The Saint Andrew's and Quebec Railway Bill was 
eee Da. 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. 


Brown's Brown's Estate Bill was, according to Order, 
Estate Bill. pead a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 








The Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Estate Dean 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time: Chapter of 
and committed. ” Westmi 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Estate Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


Several Petitions relating to Harwich Election 3— Public 
Church Building Acts Amendment Bill ;—Church Petitions. 
Rates ;— Wesleyan Methodists ;—Newspapers, &amp;e.; yj. a7 
—Coal Whippers (Port of Zondon) Bill; —Coroners ; sora 
—County Courts further Extension Bill ;—Exhibi- 9 Public 
tion of 1851 ;—Fisheries Board (Scotland) ;— Me- Petitions, 
dical Charities (Jreland) Bill; —Metropolis [Interment 
(Advances) ;— Pharmacy Bill ;—and, Registration 
of Assurances Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Metropolis Water was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolis Water Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, &amp;c., Wheat, &amp;. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 577 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Police Police Force 
Force (Limerick), which was presented yesterday, (limerick) 
be printed. No. 586. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy, Navy, Army, 


Army, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be ® 
printed. No. 587, 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Consolidated 
into consideration the Consolidated Fund (Appro- Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill, as amended in the Committee. priation) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coalwhippers 
intoa Committee upon the Coalwhippers (Port of Port of Lon- 
London) Bill. don) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravusgs, N° 1 to N° 13, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cause, N° 14 (No Person to follow the employ- 
ment of a Coalwhipper unless he be registered, and 
have a Certificate). 

Amendment proposed : In p. 6, 1. 40, to leave out 
the word “ consecutive. ” 

Question proposed, That the word “ consecutive” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

Mr. Wawn was appointed a Teller for the Noes ; 
but there being no other Member to be a second 
Teller for the Noes, the Chairman declared the Yeas 
had it. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N°15 to N° 50, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Lands Clause 
a Committee upon the Lands Clauses Consolidation oO von 4) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. No. 588. 
(In the Committee.) , 
Cuavses, N° 14 to N° 32, with Amendments to 


several of them, agreed to. 


Clause added. 
Preamble 











er’. 


2h eee 


A 








15 VicrortizZ. 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 
be printed. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Steam Navigation Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuauses, N° 1 to N° 47, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


steam Navi- 


Crause, N° 48 (Not to extend to Ships of War or ' 


Foreign Vessels). 

Amendment proposed : In p. 18, 1. 9, to leave out 
from the words “ Ships of War” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. _ = 

fLord Marcus Hill, 

Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr. Bouverie: 38. 


Mr. Henley, 71 


Tellers for the Noes, { Mr Mullings : f 13. 


Clause agreed to. 

Cravusszs, N° 49 to N° 51, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That from and after 
the First day of January Une thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty-two it shall not be lawful for any 
Steam Boat to go to sea, or to steam upon the rivers 
of the United Kingdom, without having a safety 
valve upon each boiler, free from the care of the 
engineer, and out of his control and interference, 
and also subject to the approval of the Surveyors 
acting under this Act)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be read a second time; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Muntz, } 37 

Yeas, Mr. Attorney General : . 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, } 13 

Noes, Mr. Cornewall Lewis: J °° 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts further Extension Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee, 


County Courts 
further Ex. 
tension Bill, 


yall The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


ment and mittee on the Battersea Park Amendment and Ex- 
Extension Bill. tension Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. 
¢. 103, to make further Provision for the Govern- 
ment of the New Zealand Islands, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 382 (Local and Personal) to grant certain 
Powers to the New Zealand Company, might be 
read; and the same was read. 

Vou. 106, 


ments, 


DA? Jultz. 





399 


The House was also moved, That the Act 10 &amp; 11 
Vic. c. 112, to promote Colonization in Vew Zea- 
land, and to authorize a loan to the New Zealand 
Company, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consi- 
der of transferring the Charge of a Debt now payable 
to the Wew Zealand Company out of the Proceeds 
of Sales of the Demesne Lands of the Crown in 
New Zealand to the General Revenues of New Zea- 
land, and the Revenues arising from the Demesne 
Lands of the Crown in the said Colony ; and also to 
consider of regulating the Affairs of the said Colony ; 

Mr. Labouchere, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Expenses of 
Lords to the Expenses of Prosecutions Bill be taken a 
into consideration this day. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 7 oreo Fe 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 22d, 23d Gepost.) 
and 24th 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 Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Imperial Continental Imperial 
Gas Association Bill, without any Amendment : samy pe 


Associa- 
And also, tion Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Kensington Im- Kensington 
provement Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ne 


The Lords have agreed to the Hartlepool Pier Hartlepool 
and Port (Construction of New Pier, &amp;c.) Bill, Piet and Port 
without any Amendment: And also, wee 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Thames Haven ThamesHaven 
Dock and Railway Bill, with an Amendment ; to Dock and 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence ##!way Bill. 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Warkworth Har- Warkworth 
bour Dock Company Bill, with Amendments; to Harbour Dock 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence ©°™P"Y Pill. 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Duke of 
to give Effect to certain Restrictions and Conditions semen 

o. state Bill. 
relating to a Church and Parsonage House proposed 
to be erected on Sites to be given by the Most noble 
Francis Duke of Bedford, Knight of the Most 
noble Order of the Garter, and to two Dwelling 
Houses, proposed to be purchased and conveyed 
for Vicarage and Rectory Houses, on the Estate of 
the said Duke, in the County of Middlesex ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Shelley’s 
authorizing the Application of Part of the Trust 2state Bill. 
Funds, subject to the Trusts of the Will and Codi- 
cils of the late Sir Timothy Shelley, to certain lasting 
Improvements upon Estates brought under the 
Trusts of such Will and Codicils; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Shelley’s Estate Bill was read the first time.  Shelley’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 





and proceed forthwith. ; 
3E4 The 


Dowie’s 
Patent Boots. 


Annuities. 


400 


The Duke 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


of Bedford's Estate Bill was read the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Report (with its Appendix) made by 
the Board of General Officers on the fitness of 
Dowie’s Patent Boots for the use of the Army ; to- 

ether with Copies of all the Correspondence which 

ie passed between the Authorities at the Horse 

Guards, the General Officer commanding in Scot- 

land, and the Patentee, James Dowie, on the subject. 
. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount of Annuities for Lives, 
and for Terms of Years, granted in each year since 


25° Julit. 


A. 1851. 


| pons Member, Edward George Barnard, Esquire, 
| they elected David Salomons, Esquire, Alderman of 
the city of London, to represent the borough in 
Parliament; who, being duly returned, has, as they 
believe, qualified himself to be a Member of the 
| House; they therefore deeply regret to learn that 
the House contemplates some measure by which 
their undoubted right of having their interest repre- 
sented in the House of Commons may be interfered 
with ; and, believing that their Member is under no 
legal disability, and has qualified himself to sit and 
vote in the House, they humbly, but earnestly pray 
_ that the House will permit them to be heard by 
counsel at the bar in defence of their undoubted 
| right to elect their own Representatives, a principle 
which not only affects their own constitutional pri- 
vileges, but also those of every other constituency 
| in the kingdom. 
Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next; and be printed. 





1810 inclusive ; and the Amount of Capital Stock | 
cancelled - each of the said i ag any . A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Elec- Baron Liond 
such terminable oe iit af , T boon Sat | tors and other Inhabitants of the city of London, in Nathan de 
of the Annuities for — —_ pose es i earss | public meeting assembled, stating that the appli- 
which have ceased in each year since 1810 inclusive. | Cation of any oath to Members of the Legisle- 

D&gt; 


: | ture, as a test of religious belief, tends to fetter 
Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address | the free exercise of the judgment of the legis- 


to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this instant | Jative body, and to circumscribe the choice of 


Episcopal 

and Capitular 
Estates 
Management 
Bill. 


No. 589, 


July, for a Return showing the several Amounts 
borrowed from the Public Works Loan Commis- 
sioners (and not wholly repaid) by Turnpike Trusts 
in England and Wales, the Date of each Loan, the 
Rate of Interest, the Amount of Priucipal repaid, 
and the Amount of Principal, also of Interest re- 
maining unpaid on the 5th day of January 1851 :— 
And,a Pra ts Return for Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported, That he had carried to 
the Lords the Message of this House of yesterday, 
requesting that their Lordships would communicate 
to this House, a Copy of the Report of the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships on the 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management Bill, 


together with the Minutes of Evidence, Index and | 


had communi- 


Appendix; and that their weer 
eport :—And he 


cated a printed Copy of the said 
delivered the same in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


A Petition of Electors of the borough of Green- 
wich, assembled at a public meeting of the Electors, 


held at the Lecture Hall, Greenwich, on Thursday | 


the twenty-fourth day of July, One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-one, was presented, and read; 
setting forth, That a vacancy having occurred in the 
representation of this borough on the death of their 
Jate respected Member, Edward George Barnard, 
Esquire, they elected David Salomons, Esquire, Al- 
derman of the city of London, to represent the bo- | 
rough in Parliament ; who, being duly returned, has, 
as they believe, qualified himself to be a Member 
of the House; they therefore deeply regret to learn 
that the House contemplates some measure by 
which their undoubted right of having their interests 
represented in the House of Commons may be in- 
terfered with ; and, believing that their Member is 
under no legal disability, and has qualified himself 
to sit and vote in the House, they humbly, but ear- 
nestly pray that the House will permit them to be 
hear by counsel at the bar in defence of their un- 
doubted right to elect their own representatives, a 
principle which not only affects their constitutional 
privileges, but those of every other constituency in 
the kingdom. 

A Petition of Electors of the borough of Green- 
wich, was also presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That a vacancy having occurred in the representa- 
tion of that borough on the death of their late re- 


the electors in the discharge of their undoubted 
constitutional rights and public functions; that 
the practice and precedents of the courts of law 
having established a principle, that a deponent 
| who adopts the substance of an oath may validly 
vary its form to the mode of deposition most bind- 
| ing on his conscience, Baron Lionel Rothschild 
| has legally and effectually taken the Oath of Abju- 
ration, and ought forthwith to be declared duly 
| qualified to sit and vote in the House of Commons ; 
that, as the qualifications of the representatives of 
_ the people are the peculiar concernment of the elec- 
tors and of the House of Commons, it is the clear 
| duty of both tu guard their a privileges from 
| encroachment, come from what quarterit may; and 
to withhold their confidence from any Ministry 
_which is not prepared to stand or fall by the main- 
‘tenance of such privileges; that it may therefore 
| please the House to call upon Her Majesty's Mi- 
nisters for such pledges of their sincerity in the 
vindication of the great principles of civil and reli- 
gious liberty as may induce them forthwith to in- 
| troduce, as a Cabinet question, a measure for the 
total abolition of the present Oath of Abjuration ; 
and praying the House forthwith to mp a Re- 
solution which shall admit the Baron Lionel de 
Rothschild to his seat in the House, he having taken 
the oaths required by law in the manner most bind- 
ing on his conscience; and that he may at once enter 
upon the discharge of his Parliamentary duties ; 
or that the House will hear the Petitioner by 
counsel at the bar in support of the prayer of this 
Petition, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next ; and be printed. 


osed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
onto, this day, adjourn till Monday next:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Board and the Board of Guardians of the Hay 
Union, respecting the Interment of Edward Davies 
without the usual Rites and Solemnities of Burial. 


Chapter of Windsor since the 1st day of January 
1830, on the occasion of any Burials of sai 
0 








A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Edward 
Copy of Correspondence between the Poor Law Davies 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Dean a 
Return of all Sums of Money paid to the Dean and ma, ve’ 











15 Vicroriz. 


of the Royal Family, setting forth the Dates when 
and the Occasions upon which such Sums were 
paid. 


The Patent Law Amendment Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Emigration Advances, 
Distressed Districts (Scot/and) Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, ‘That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill; and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Bmigration 
advances, 
Distressed 
Districts 
(scotland) 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the propriety of aking 
Advances, from the Consolidated Fund, for the pur- 
poses of the Metropolitan Interment Act. 


Metropolitan 
Interment. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That pro- 
vision be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the Advance, by way of Loan, of such sums, not 
exceeding in the whole the sum of One hundred 
and thirty-seven thousand pounds, as may be neces- 
sary for the purposes of the General Board of 
Health, pursuant to the Act of the thirteenth and 
fourteenth years of Her present Majesty, chapter 
52, “ The Metropolitan Interments Act, 1850 ;” 

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 the (= Hayter, 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 

Tellers for the {Mr. Wakley, 

Noes, UMr. William Williams : 

Resolution to be reported. 


on 
= 


iw) 
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And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 26° die Julii, 1851: 
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. 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
Railways Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Conveyance of Mails by Railways 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Poor Relief 
Act Oon- 
nuance Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief Act Con- 
tinuance 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. 


(rections The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
) Bill. mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill ; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Jutisdicrion rhe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

(ireland) Bill, a on the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) 
I; 

VoL, 106, 


25°— 96? Sulit. 





401 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Collection of 
consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) Fines, &amp;c. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) of Towns __ 
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 Owners and 
reading of the Owners and Lessees of Mines (Jre- ny 
land) Bill ; . Jand) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day Three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Constabulary 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill; Force me 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Ireland) 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Church Build- 

into a Committee upon the Church Building Acts 8 *ci 
. . mendment 

Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent pi), 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. wo, 593, 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the B:ll be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheep, &amp;c. 
into a Committee upon the Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Contagious 
Disorders Prevention Bill; and, after some time scanner of 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Bill. 

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 Commission- 
into a Committee upon the Commissioners of Rail- es of Rail- 

s Act Repeal Bill; and, aft i Beeal 
ways /ict Kepeal bill; and, alter some time spent Repeal Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Representa- 
into a Committee upon the Representative Peers tive Peers 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Gethasjee. 
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. 


The Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- , j,,inistra- 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third tion of Crimi- 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. nal Justice 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, oe 
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 Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatics 
reading of the Lunatics (Jndia) Bill ; (India) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


3F The 





Canada 
and New 
Brunswick 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 


[Stamp Duties 


and Compen- 
sations. ] 


County Courts 
further Ex- 
tension Bill, 


Battersea 
Park Amend- 
ment and 
Extension Bill. 


402 


The Canada and New Brunswick Boundaries Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the im- 
position of Stamp Duties in respect of Letters Pa- 
tent which may be applied for or issued in pursu- 
ance of any Act for the amendment of the law 
touching Letters Patent for Inventions, and of 
making Compensation out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, to persons entitled to Fees or Charges for any 
Loss they may sustain in consequence of the said 
Act. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That there shall be paid to Her 
Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for or in respect 
of the several instruments, matters and things here- 
inafter specified, made or issued in pursuance of any 
Act of the present Session of Parliament for the 
amendment of the Law touching Letters Patent for 
Inventions, the several Stamp Duties following (that 
is to say); P 


£. s. 
On Warrant of Law Officer for Letters Patent | 5 
On Certificate of Clerk of the Patents of pay- 
ment of the fee payable at or before the ex- 
piration of the third year - - - = = 
On Certificate of Clerk of the Patents of pay- 
ment of the fee payable at or before the ex- 
piration of the seventh year - 2 


10 





20 

2. Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to persons entitled to 
Fees ard Charges payable in respect to Letters Pa- 
tent, for any Loss they may sustain in consequence 
of any Act which may be passed for the further 
Amendment of the Law touching Letters Patent for 
Inventions. 


Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Su 
Resolved, 


pply ; 
iat 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 County Courts further Extension 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Battersea Park Amendment and Ex- 
tension Bill ; 


25°— 96° Jultt. 


A. 1851. 


Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Officers of 
Return of the Amount of the Salaries and Remune. Unions 


ration of Officers of Unions in Jreland who were ‘ 
employed in the secular Instruction or industrial 
Training of the Children who were relieved in Work- 
houses, on the 1st day of July 1851. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table b 


Ireland.) 


No. 591, 


Y Metropolitan 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Sewers 
the 19th day of May last, for Returns of the Names Commission, 
of the present Commissioners of Metropolitan Sew- No.592. 


ers, the Date of their Appointment, the Number of 
Courts held, and the Names of the Commissioners 
attending such Courts, and the Dates thereof :— 
Of the Number of Courts, and the Dates thereof, 
appointed to be held, and which have been adjourned 
in consequence of the Non-attendance or an insuffi- 
cient Attendance of Commissioners ; the Names of 
the Commissioners present in each case ; the Dates 
to which such Courts were adjourned; and the 
Business set down for Hearing or Consideration at 
each of such Courts :—And, of the Names of all 
Officers and other Persons who have been employed, 
whether temporarily or otherwise, by the Commis- 
sioners, setting forth the Offices they held, the 
Date of Appointment, the Salaries paid, the Time 
they may have been employed, and the Duties dis- 
charged. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of April Ordnance 


last, for a Return taken from the Data furnished by § 


urvey 
the Revision of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland, Cireland.) 


showing the Number of Acres of Land reclaimed 
since the first Publication of the Maps of that Sur- 
vey in each Parish, and the Number of Acres still 
unreclaimed in the same Parishes, as well as the 
Number of Acres in Cultivation : — And, similar 
Returns from Information considered authentic by 
the Department of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 267, 
of Session 1849). 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 
politan Sewers Commission, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Sabbati, 26° die Julii ; 


Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS, 


HE House proceeded to take into couside- Clerkenwell 


T ration the Amendment made by the Lords to iaqeorsae 
the Clerkenwell Improvement (Transfer of Powers Creenay sd 
to the Corporation of London, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Corporation of 
same was twice read, and agreed to. London, &amp;¢.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill ®# 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Expenses of 
Prosecutions 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 590. 


the Lords to the Expenses of Prosecutions Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Persons in receipt 
of Relief in each Province in Jreland, at the Close 
of the First Week (ending Saturday) of July 1848, 
1849, 1850 and 1851 respectively. 





to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wicklow __ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wicklow Harbour Bill. 


Harbour Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 8 
is inserted to carry out the intention of this House, 
by removing a doubt in regard to the provision made 
by this House for the election of the Commissioners 
under the Act), were agreed to. 

Ordered, 





gaint Helen’s 
[aprovement 
(No.8) Bill 


Holland 
ae Acts 


Amendment 
Bill 


saint Helen’s 
vement 
(No. 8) Bill. 


§outh Holland 
Drainage Acts Bil] was, according to Order, read the third time. 


Amendment 


Tayleur’s 
Divorce Bill 


Duke of 
Bedford’s 
Istate Bill, 


Harwich 
Election, 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Siniy 
seven 

on Publ _” 
Petitions, 
Consolidated 
Fund (Ap 
Priation ) 


Metropoli 
brat % 





* read a second time; and committed to the Select 


rt 


15 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 
Lordships. | 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 
into consideration the Saint Helen’s Improvement 
(No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the South Holland Drainage Acts 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Saint Helen’s Improvement (No. 3) Bill 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. 


The South Holland Drainage Acts Amendment 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tayleur’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 


Committee on Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill, and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the parties concerned think fit to be heard by coun- | 
sel, or produce witnesses. | 

Ordered, That Standing Order No. 167 be dis- | 
pensed with in the case of the said Bill; and that | 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills have leave | 
to sit, and proceed with the said Bill on any day | 
not earlier than Thursday next. 

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 
taken before their Lordships in the case of the said 
Bill: And that Mr. Brotherton do carry the said 
Message. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of the Duke of Bedford’s Estate 
Bill no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Harwich, relative 
to the Election for that Borough, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Petition relating to the Harwich Elec- 
tion. 

Several Petitions relating to the Exhibition of 
1851; — Registration of Assurances Bill ;—and, 
Slave Trade,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, 


Bin 2¢cording 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- 
one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this 
Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider the poapeneey of making 
Advances from the Consolidated Fund, for the pur- 

ses of the Metropolitan Interment Act, a Reso- 
ution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the Con- 


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VoL. 106. 








403. 


solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great: 
Britain and Ireland, for the Advance, by way of 
Loan, of such sums, not exceeding in the whole the 
sum of One hundred and thirty-seven thousand 
pounds, as may be necessary for the purposes of the 
General Board of Health, pursuant to the Act of 
the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her present 
Majesty, chapter 52, “ The Metropolitan Interments 
Act, 1850.” 

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. Cornewall Lewis do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 13 &amp; 14 
Vic. c. 52, tomake better Provision for the Interment 
of the Dead in and near the Metropolis, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 


men who are appointed to prepare and bring in the 


Metropolitan Interment Bill, That they do make 


provision therein for amending the said Act. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Im 


a Committee upon the Improvement of Towns (Jre- 
land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble pestponed. 

Ciausses, N° 1 to N° 22, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 23, disagreed to. 

CuiauseEs, N° 24 to N° 85, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 86, disagreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 87 to N° 119, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 120 (Bathing Machines and Bathing.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a aan, 


38. 
Tellers for the Noes, { + FA ait } 8. 


Crausss, N°121 to N° 127, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuause, N° 128, disagreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 129 to N° 152, with Amendments 
to several of them, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 153, disagreed to. 

Cravses, N° 154 to N° 166, with Amendments 
to several of them, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 167, disagreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 168 to N° 171, with Amendments 
to several of them, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 172 (Commissioners may provide 
additional Market Places). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question 
as amended, stand part of the 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 


put, That the Clause, 


ill ; 
} 29. 


Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Mr. George Alexander 
— me Hamilton, lio 
, Mr. Serjeant Murphy : J 


Cravuses, N° 173 to N° 181, 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 = 
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404 


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. 


Petty Sessions The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Petty Sessions (/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 Sum- 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland 3ill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Mo: day 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking *nto 
consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jre.and) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Lands Clauses The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
pm sag take into consideration the Lands Clauses Consoli- 
(ireland) Bill. dation (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


New Zealand ° 
Settlements 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of transferring the 
Charge of a Debt now payable tothe New Zealand 
Company out of the Proceeds of Sales of the De- 
mesne Lands of the Crown in New Zealand to the 
general Revenues of New Zealand, and the Reve- 
nues arising from the Demesne Lands of the Crown 
in the said Colony ; and also to consider of regu- 
lating the Affairs of the said Colony. 


(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 Affairs of certain Settlements esta- 
blished by the Wew Zealand Company in New Zea- 
land. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Affairs of certain Settlements esta- 
blished by the Mew Zealand Company in New Zea- 
land :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Hawes and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Sheep, &amp;e. The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Contagious take into consideration the Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious 
Disorders Pre- -.. : ’ ; p=) 
vention Bill, Disorders Prevention Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways Act Repeal Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Commission- 
ers of Rail- 
ways Act 
Repeal Bill. 


Representa- 
tive Peers 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill 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 acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


25°—26° Julic. 





A. 1851. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Patent Law 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the impo- Amendment 
sition of Stamp Duties in respect of Letters Patent {Stamp Duties 
which may be applied for or issued in pursuance of sations) 
any Act for the amendment of the Law touching x 
Letters Patent for Inventions, and of making Com- 
—— out of the Consolidated Fund of the 

nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
Persons entitled to Fees or Charges for any Loss 
they may sustain in consequence of the said Act, 
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That there shall be paid to Her Ma- 
jesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for or in repect of 
the several instruments, matters and things herein- 
after specified, made or issued in pursuance of any 
Act of the present Session of Parliament for the 
amendment of the Law touching Letters Patent for 
Inventions, the several Stamp Duties following (that 
is to say) ; 


£. 8. d. 
On Warrant of Lew Officer for Letters Patent | 5 - &lt; 
On Certificate of Clerk of the Patents of pay- 
ment of the fee payable at or before the ex- 
piration of the third year - - -— - 
On Certificate of Clerk of the Patents of pay- 
ments of the fee payable at or before the ex- 
piration of the seventh year - » « 


10 - 





20 - - 


2. Resolved, That Compensation be made, out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, to Persons entitled 
to Fees and Charges payable in respect to Letters 
Patent, for any Loss they may sustain in conse- 
quence of any Act which may be passed for the 
further Amendment of the Law touching Letters 
Patent for Inventions. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Patent Law Amendment Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolutions. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Poor Relief 
into consideration the Poor Relief Act Continuance Act Con-_ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. tinuance BE 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Battersea 
into a Committee upon the Battersea Park Amend- a Anal 
ment and Extension Bill; and, after some time pytension Bill 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; an 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Metropolitan 
Interment 


No. 594 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to amend the Me- 
tropclitan Interment Act 1850, and to authorize the 
Advance of Public Money, to a limited Amount, 
for the Purposes of the said Act: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to regulate the Af- New Zealand 
fairs of certain Settlements established by the ew ar 
Zealand Company in New Zealand: And the same”) 595, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a : 
second time upon Monday next; and tv be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Shelley's. 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 2st 
That in the case of Shelley’s Estate Bill no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Shelley’s Estate Bill be read a se- Shelley ss 
cond time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hainault 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the — Forest 
nau 








1. 


a 





15 Vicroriz. 


nault Forest 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. 
qumnpike Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
‘Trusts. Trusts, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 596. 

ninance Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ordnance 

gurvey Survey (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, 

(reand.) =e printed. 

iad And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 
Lune, 28° die Jullii ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851, 
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 cleck, during the sitting of 
the House. 

Duke of Mr. Bernal reported the Duke of Bridgewater’s 


Bridgewater's Estate Bill, with an Amendment. 


Kate Bill Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Duke of Ordered, That Standing Order No. 160 be sus- 

Bedford's ended in the case of the Duke of Bedford’s Estate 

Tatate Bill Bill and that the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 

Standing Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the Select 

Onders. Committee on Standing Orders during the re- 
mainder of the Session. 

Shelley’s Ordered, That Standing Order No. 191 be sus- 

Estate Bil. pended in the case of Shelley’s Estate Bill; and 
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 it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they may appoint the 
Committee on the Bill to meet upon Wednesday next, 

Warkworth © The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Dock — the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wark- 

pany Bil, worth Harbour and Dock 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 
Lordships. 

Glasgow The Glasgow Provident Bank Estate Bill was 
a. 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. 

Muselburgh ‘The Musselburgh (Arrangement with Creditors of 


virceement the Burgh Estate Bill) was read the third time. 

the Burgh) Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Tetate Bill Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment, 


nite Several Petitions relating to the Ecclesiastical 
_.._ Titles Assumption Bill ;—Zndia (Hindoo Sovereign 
ui Sixty. Princes) ;—Conveyance by Mails on Railways Bill ; 


Report —Copyholds ;—Coroners ;—Coroners Bill ; — Edu- 

cation (Ireland);—Exhibition of 1851 ;—Medical 

Charities (Jre/and) Bill ;—Metropolis Water Bill;— 

een Sewers Bill;—North Kent and London 
OL. 106. 


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26°—98° Juli. 





405 


Spring-water Scheme ;—Patent Law Amendment 
Bill; — Registration of Assurances Biil; — and, 
Warley Depot (Medical Department),—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Jreland) Bill [ah ae 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and (seland) Bill 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered,That Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


The Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Disorders Prevention Sheep, &amp;c. 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. Lowen eg 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seniian En 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was, ac- yo ag 
cording to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. . eee 
Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Battersea Park Amendment and Extension Battersea 


Bill was, according to Order, read the third time, Park Amend- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ahr en 


Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Emigration Advances, Distressed Districts Emigration 
(Scotland) Bill was, according to Order, read the Advances, 
third time. Distressed 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Scotland) 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to Bill, 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal Bill Commission- 
was, according to Order, read the third time. ers of — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. meal Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 
into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Ire- Cirelan) Bill. 
land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 8 (Guardians to provide Medicines, 
&amp;c. and appoint Officers). 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the words, “‘ Provided always, that it shall 
“ be necessary for every Medical Officer to reside 
within such distance of his Dispensary as may be 
“ determined by the Committee of Management, 
“* and approved by the said Commissioners.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavse, N° 9 (Power to afford Dispensary Re- 
lief). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 4, |. 33, after the 
word “ Committee” to insert the words “and the 
“€ officiating Clergyman of each denomination having 
“ charge of, and being resident in any parish within 
“ such Dispensary district. 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee a ' 

r. George Alexander 

— for the | Hamilton, 21, 
on Captain Jones: 
Tellers for the (Mr, Cornewall Lewis, 29 

Noes, {wr Bellew: } . 
Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxiavses, N° 11 to N° 19, disagreed to. 


Cause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
3F3 CiausE 





Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 

Nv, 598. 


Agricultural 
Produce 
(Ireland.) 


Inclosure 
Commission. 


Convict 
Prisons. 


Quit and 
Crown Rents 
(Ireland. ) 


406 


Cravsz, N° 21, disagreed to. 

Cravses, N° 22 to N° 29, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 30, disagreed to. 

Criavuszs, N° 31 to N° 34, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Clause (There shall be deducted by the Trea- 


surer of each Union, from the salary of each medi- 


28° Julie. 


A. 1851, 


ject to which such Estate was sold; also the Poor 
Law Valuation and Griffiths’ Valuation at the Time 
the Petition for Sale was presented. 


Mr. Bouverie also presented, pursuant to the di- Munici 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts of the Boroughs, 


| Accounts of Boroughs in England and Wales, for 
one Year, from 1st September 1849 to 31st August 


| 1850. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


cal officer appointed under this Act, the sum of | Table. 


Three pounds per centum per annum, and so rateably | 


from any such salary of whatever amount; and the | 


missioners, and by them applied, from time to time, | 
as occasion may require, for the payment of such | 
superannuation or retiring allowance or gratuity as | 
may be, or may have been, at any time from the 
passing of this Act ordered or appointed from time 
to time by the said Commissioners, by and with the 
sanction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury) ——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee py), 


sums so deducted shall be paid to the said Com-,0n Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 25th and 26th on + a ae 


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. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Architect of the De- 

artment of Woods and Forests, respecting the 
ee sustained by the Property of the Crown, 








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 after the Orders | 


of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
Three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 


Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year | 
ended the 5th day of July 1851 (after abating the | 
Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Re- | 
venue Departments), and of the actual Issues or | 
Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the 
Sums a tothe Redemption of Funded or pay- 
ing off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and 
Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c.:—And, of the 
Balances of Public Money remaining in the Ex- 
chequer on the 5th day of July 1850; the Amount 
of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded | 
or Unfunded Debt, in the year ended the 5th day 
of July 1851; the Money applied towards the Re- 
demption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded 
Debt ; the Total Amount of Advances and Repay- 
ments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with the 
Difference accruing thereon ; and the Balances in 
the Exchequer on the 5th day of July 1851. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Accounts. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Returns of Agricultural Produce in Ireland, 
in the year 1850. 

Inclosure Commission :—Copy of Special Report 
of the Commissioners, 1851. 

Copy of “po on the Discipline and Manage- 
ment of the Convict Prisons, 1850, by Lieutenant- 
colonel Jebb, C. B., Chairman of the Ricken, &amp;e. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 6th day of June last, for a Return of 
all Estates in pokes fas which the Quit and Crown 
Rents were purchased by the Commissioners for 


in the Precincts of Whitehall, by the Operations of 
the Commissioners of Sewers. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


/Command,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, 
| Commerce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its De- 
pendencies : Supplement to Part XVIII. (Sect. A): 
| Statements relating to Foreign Countries. 

| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 


mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
Three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had David 
received a Letter from Mr. Alderman Salomons re- S#lomons, 


lative to certain Actions brought against him for 
having sat and voted in the House as Member for 
Greenwich, which he read to the House, as fol- 
loweth : 
, Great Cumberland-place, 
Sir, Friday, July 25th. 

I am advised that it is my duty respectfully to 
inform you and the House, that two Actions at Law 
under the Statute have been commenced against 
me, for Penalties alleged to be incurred by me for 
having exercised, on Monday last, my right of sit- 
ting and voting in the House of Commons as Mem- 
ber for Greenwich, and that at the Trial of those 
Actions any Resolution or Proceeding which the 
House may adopt can be given in evidence in those 
Actions. With the greatest respect, I have the 
honour to be, Sir, 

Your most obedient Servant, 
David Salomons. 
To the Right honourable 
The Speaker. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into David 
consideration the Petitions of Electors of the Bo- Salomons 


rough of Greenwich, which were presented upon 
Friday last, praying to be heard by counsel at the 
bar in defence of their right to elect their own Re- 








the Sale of Incumbered Estates; specifying the 
Rate of Purchase ; and also the Numbers of Years’ | 
Purchase at which such Estates were sold, calcu- | 
lated on the Rentul of the Estate when held by the | 


Proprietor; and further stating any Charges sab-| 


presentatives :—The House proceeded to take the 
said Petitions into consideration; and the same 
were again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Electors of the Borough of Gr wee 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented sewers 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ( Whitehall.) 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Revenue, &amp;. 


wee was saw eS a eo CUB CUE 


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15 VicToriz. 


heard by counsel at the bar of this House, in pur- 
suance of the prayer of their said Petitions ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Left; 

The Noes to the Right. 


Tellers for the ¢ Sir Benjamin Hall, L ag 
Yeas, | Mr. John Abel Smith: J ” 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, { Cond Marcus Hill: }iss. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


yange from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 
the Lords, Mr. Speaker, 

niet Justices The Lords have agreed to the Chief Justices Sa- 
juries Bill. Jaries Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 
Hoods, The Lords have agreed to the Woods, Forests, | 
— &amp;. &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 





Tithe Rent- The Lords have agreed to the Tithe Rent-charge 
durge Asses Assessment Bill, without any Amendment: And 


a also, 

Vetoria Park The Lords have agreed to the Victoria Park Bill, 
aul without any Amendment: And also, 

Arrest of The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


omer by this House to the Arrest of Absconding Debtors 
oun Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Geeral Board The Lords have agreed to the General Board of | 
dHealth Bil. Health Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- | 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
House: And also, 
ublie Works The Lords have agreed to the Public Works | 
(Ireland) Bill. (Jreland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which | 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of | 
this House: And also, 
Trinity The Lords have agreed to the Trinity College | 
— Bill. (Dublin) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- | 
(Pin) Bi. ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
House: And also, | 
Uumeron’s The Lords have agreed to Cameron’s Coalbrook | 
sal Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway 
wd Swansea Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
ai Loughor Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
huilway Bill. also, 
Christ Church The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Tate Bin. °° enable the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral 
‘Church of Christ, in Oxford, of the Foundation of 
King Henry the Eighth, and their Trustees, as 
Owners in Fee of Lands in Kentish Town, in the 
County of Middlesex, to grant Building Leases, and 
for other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. 


Baron Lionel The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

Rothschild, COnsideration the Petition of the Chairman of a 
Meeting of Electors, and other inhabitants of the 
City of London, which was presented upon Friday 
last, praying the House forthwith to adopt a Reso- 
lution which shall admit the Baron Lionel de Roths- 
child to his seat in the House, he having taken the 
Oaths required by law in the manner most binding 
on his conscience, and that he may at once enter 
upon the discharge of his Parliamentary duties; or 
that the House will hear the Petitioner by counsel 
at the bar in support of the prayer of his Petition: 
—The House proceeded to take the said Petition into 
consideration ; and the same was again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will hear counsel for the electors of 
the city of Zondon, in pursuance of the prayer of 
the said Petition ; 

The House divided. 

‘The Yeas to the Left; 

The Noes to the Right. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Anstey, 4) 

= Yeas, Mr. Osborne : } : 

Tellers for the; Lord Mareus Hill, 1 

Noes, {Sir William Gibson Craig : $ 

So it passed in the Negative. 


77. 


28°—2 Sulit. 





Vou. 106. 


407 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming David 

the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Salomons, 
upon Tuesday last, was proposed to be made to the“? 
Question, That David Salomons, Esquire, 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; and which 
Amendment was, at the end of the Question to add . 
the words “and that this House, having regard to 
“ the religious scruples of the Honourable Member 
“ for Greenwich, will exercise its undoubted privi- 
“ lege in that behalf, and proceed forthwith to cause 
“ such alterations to be made in the form and mode 
“ of administering the said Oath as shall enable 
“ the Honourable Member to take and subscribe 
“ the same.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there added :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Left ; 

The Noes to the Right. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ie a. } 50. 

: " Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes, | Tord at Hill: } 88. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put, That David 
Salomons, Esquire, 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 


o 


_ appointed by law; 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 123 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: . 

Tellers for the (Mr. John Abel Smith, | 68 
Noes, Mr. Bethell: Wiggs 

* So it was resolved in the Affirmative, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Conveyance 
into a Committee on the Conveyance of Mails by ml, 
Railways Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed, 
Crauss, N° 1 (Repeal of the 11th section of 
7th &amp; 8th Vie. c. 85). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 


stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, tnd Moree Hill - } 53. 
Tellers for the Noes, ae Guar 56. 


The Chairman left the Chair. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 29° die Julii, 1851: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Law of 
reading of the Law of Evidence Amendment Bill ; y phos &gt;= 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time pin 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Petty Sessions 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (/re/and) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill ; “irelund) Bille 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
' 3r4 The 





408 28°—29° Julit. A. 1851, 


Collection of | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Fines. &amp;. consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
(ireland) Bill. B51), as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into conside- 
ration To-morrow. 


Constabulary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

werce 4) Bil, Mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill ; 

caaeiae Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solved itself into the said Committee. 


Metropolitan | The Metropolitan Interment Bill was, according 

Interment to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

-=. Committee of the whole House, for this day, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


New Zealand The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Settlements yeading of the New Zealand Settlements Bill; 

ou. 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 Left; 

The Noes to the Right. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Brotherton, 

Yeas, Sir Joshua Walmsley : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time:—And a 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 Left ; 

The Noes to the Right. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr. Adderley, } 17. 

UMr. Spooner : 
SMr. Hayter, 


3. 


} 51. 


: 5 
Tellers for the Noes, Lord Marcus Hill : p34 


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 
this day. 


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Health mittee on the General Board of Health (No. 3) 
(No. 3) Bill. Bill : F 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Coalwhippers The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(Port of Lon- take into consideration the Coalwhippers (Port of 
don ) Bill. London) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
P Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


Steam Navi- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
gation Bill. into consideration the Steam Navigation Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


Lunatics The Lunatics (India) Bill was, according to 
(India) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Canada The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
and New into a Committee upon the Canada and New Bruns- 
Brunswick wick Boundaries Bill; and, after some time spent 
Bill. therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





The Attornies and Solicitors Regulation Acts Attornics 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a Solicitors 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the a ion , 


Acts 
whole House, for To-morrow. ment Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Medical 
take into consideration the Medical Charities (Zre- Charities 
‘and) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and “eland) Bin 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
Jay, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Christchurch (Oxford) Estate Bill was read Christ Chures 
the first time. (Oxford) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- =*t#e Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Royal Terrace 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Pier, Milton. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Copy of the D¢}'Graves- 
Receipts and Applications of the Sums of Money ~ 
received by the Commissioners of the Royal Ter- 
race Pier, Milton-next-Gravesend, for the year end- 
ing the 31st December 1850. 

A Return of the Receipt and Application of all Lighthouses, 
Monies received as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c. in 
the year ending 31st December 1849, by the Cor- 
poration 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, distinguishing the seve- 
ral Sources of Income and Heads of Expenditure, 
in the year ending 31st December 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Union and 
Copies of all Orders of the Lord Lieutenant and Division of 
Privy Council of Ireland, since the 1st day of Ja- (ieaady 
nuary 1833, for the Union of and Division of Pa- 
rishes, and for Disappropriations from Bishopricks, 
Dignities and Benefices, with References to the re- 
spective Statutes under which they were made, and 
a Statement of the former and present Value of the 
sane. 


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 halfan hour after Two of the clock on Tues- 
day morning :—The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till this day. 


Martis, 29° die Julii; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 





PRAYERS. 
QRDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Christ Chure 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; (Osher 
That in the case of the Christ Church (Oxford) 

Estate Bill no Standing Orders are applicable. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leper wg 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Thames male Bill. 
Haven Dock and 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 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dorward’s 
Dorward’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- Estate Bill- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third Or 
e 








| 
ll. 


yon- 
Ves- 





Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixty- 
ninth Report 
on Public 
Petitions. 


Justices and 
Clerks of the 
Peace. 


No. 600, 


Turnpike- 
roads (South 
Wales. 


No, 601, 


Quit and 

Crown Rents 

(Ireland. ) 
No, 602. 


Lighthouses. 
No, 603. 


Pilotage. 
No. 603. 


Customs 

(Second 

Report. ) 
No.604. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropoiit 
Sewers Bill. 


15 Vicroriz. 


The Duke of Bedford's Estate Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they may appoint the 
Committee on the Bill to meet To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Petition of James MacGregor 
and others, relative to the Worth Kent and London 
Spring Water Scheme, which was presented yes- 
terday, be referred to the Committee on the Metro- 
polis Water Bill. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for the 
Protection of the Parliamentary Electors of Great 
Britain and Ireland, by taking the Votes by way 
of Ballot: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon this day 
month ; and to be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to Tithes ;—Wew 
Zealand Settlements Bil! ;—Coroners ;—Coroners 
Bill ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;—Fisheries Board (Scot- 
land) ;—Metropolitan Sewers Bill,—Poor Law ;— 
and Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices and 
Clerks of the Peace, which bos iene upon the 
26th day of June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
Roads (South Wales), which was presented upon 
Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Quit and 
Crown Rents (Jreland), which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- 
houses, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Pilotage, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the Constitution 
and Management of the Board of Customs; and 
who were empowered to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, from time to time; 
That they had further 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. 


The Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day Three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

VoL. 106. 


29° Jultz. 











409 


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. 


50. 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1 (Appointment of a Chairman and 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 

stand part of the Bill ; 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 7 35 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill : io 
Noes, UMr. Wakley : f 34. 

Ciausg, N° 2 (Salary of Chairman). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 

as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
{Mr. Hayter 

Tellers fur the Yeas,) ord eed Hill: } 35. 

Tellers for the Noes,) ir. Wakley : J 

Cravuse, N° 3, agreed to. 

the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, to be a Quorum, 
except as after mentioned). 
stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

} 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams: Jf 7 
Tellers fur the { Mr. Hayter, } 
Clause agreed to. 
authorized by no less than Six Commissioners, the 
Chairman being one). 

Another Amendment proposed : In p. 2, 1. 37, to 

leave out from the word “ Commissioners ” to the 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 

out, stand part of the Clause ; 


Deputy Chairman of Commissioners of Sewers). 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. William Williams, \ 
An Amendment made. 
The Committee divided. 
{Sir Benjamin Hall, |, 
Crause, N° 4 (Two Commissioners, one being 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
Tellers for the (Mr. Wakley, 
Noes, | Lord Marcus Hill: 
Crause, N° 5 (Rates to be made, and Mortgages 
Amendments made. 
word “ than,” in line 38. 
‘The Committee divided. 


r; . &lt; | Mr. Hayter A 
Tellers for the Yeas, ee ae } ss. 
J Mr. Henley, 7 


Tellers for the Noes, \Colonel Fitzroy : 


Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


22. 
J 


Ciause, N° 6, amended and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 


mittee on the Metropolitan Interment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Public Works 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Public (eland) Bill 


Works (Jreland) Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
34a 


House 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Steam Com- 
munications 
with India, &amp;c. 
(Second 
Report.) 


No. 605. 


New Churches. 


Sittings of 
the House. 


Divisions of 
the House, 


Public Bills. 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


410 


House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Return of the Number and Nature 
of the Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb 
which have occurred on the Railways in Great 
Britain and Ireland, from the ist January to the 
30th June 1851; together with the Number of Pas- 
sengers conveyed during that Period (in continua- 
tion of the Return of Accidents for the preceding 
Half-year, Parliamentary Paper, No. 274, of the 
present Session). . 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the existing Steam 
Communications with India and China, and into 
the practicability of effecting any Improvement 
therein, and also into the best mode of establishing 
Steam Communications between England, India, 
China, Australia, New Zealand, or any of them, as 
well as any points upon the several routes between 
them ; and who were empowered to report their Ob- 
servations thereupon to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time; That they had further considered the 
matters to them referred, and directed him to make 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, b 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Thirty-first Annual Re- 
port of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for building 
New Churches. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Days on which the 
House of Commons sat in the Session 1851, 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 oc- 
cupied 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 continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 713, of Session 
1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Divisions of the House 
of Commons in the Session 1851; 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 
Business from Private, and also the Number of Di- 
visions before and after Midnight (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 714, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have 
been introduced into the House of Commons during 
the Session 1851; 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. 715, 
of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in 
each Session since the year 1800; distinguishing 
‘tthe Number of: Public, Private and Local and Per- 


20° Juli. 


A. 1851, 


sonal Acts, and the Number relating to Great Bri- 
tain, England, Scotland and Ireland, and those 
relating to the United Kingdom. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted 
to see the Apartments and Pictures at Hampton 
Court, and the Gardens at Kew, during the year 
1850; distinguishing the Number in each month 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, 
of Session 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. 


mittee on the Crown Estate Paving Bill, to whom 
a Petition against the Bill was referred; That no 
person appeared in support of the Petition; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


the 4th day of March, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of all Public Works which have 
| been completed in India by the East India Com- 
pany within the last Ten years; including Embank- 
| ments, Canals 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 Completon, 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. 





“* on any reduction of Excise Duty on Hops taking 


place, it is expedient to reduce the Excise Duty 

on British Hops, and the Customs Duty on Fo- 

reign Hops, by one penny per pound weight each, 

together with the 5 per cent. additional Duty 

thereon granted by the Act 3 Vic. c. 17,” 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. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Left. 

The Noes to the Right. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Frewen, } 0 

Yeas, \ Mr. Fuller : ; 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Hayter, \ 

Noes, Mr. Cornewall Lewis: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 


59. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 








(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment; And = 
e 


Mr. Speaker, , 
The Lords have agreed to the Unlawful Oaths Unlawful 
Oaths (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address _ be presented Hampton 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Court Palace 


and Kew 


Gardens, 


Lord Seymour reported from the Select Com- Crown Estate 


Paving Bill, 
No. 606, 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Public Works 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (India.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Hops. 
posed, That the Excise Duty on Hops is impolitic 
and unjust, and ought to be repealed at an early 
period ; 

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 


Message from 


he Lords. 











15 Vicroriz. 99°— 30° Juliz. 441. 


qumpike- The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Roads from the Select Committee appointed by this 
pads (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 


nimteluna- ‘The Lords have agreed to the Private Lunatic consider the State of the Law and Practice as regards 


~ Asylums ows . the taking of Inquisitions in cases of Deaths, and the 
fran) Bill. —— (ireland) Bill, without any Amendment : Appointment, Duties and Remuneration of the Offi- 
&gt; 


cers employed therein ; and whether it is expedient 


Casitas : The Lords hav 7 agreed to the Charitable Institu- that any and what Alterations should be made in 
Insti Bi. tons Notices Bill, without any Amendment: And nnsraltitesis Matton: Sekalen 

also ei ning re ; 
Commons The Lords have agreed tothe Commons Inclosure The Lords request that this House will com- 


Joclosure | No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ; ; 
ik. Ga). EON, without any Ame wie from the Select Committee appointed by this 


The Lords have agreed to the Local Acts (Pre- | House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 


(res) Bil renyed Inquiries) Bill, without any Amendment: | consider the Law of Partnership, and the Ex- 
nd also, 


aA a _pediency of facilitating the Limitation of Liability, 
od) Bil, The Lords have agreed to the Civil Bills, &amp;c.' with a View to encourage useful Enterprise, and the 
( (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | additional Employment of Labour; together with 
og ha The Lords have agreed to the Wexford Free the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
Bridge Bridge Bill, without any Amendment: And also, mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto: And 


Lynvi Valley, The Lords have agreed to the Liynvi Valley, and | also, 

el Duffryn Liynvi and Porth Cawl Railways Bill, ~The Lords request that this House will com-¢ 
Porthcawl without any Amendment: And also, | municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report and E 
— |from the Select Committee appointed by this ‘re 
oy swat The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and | House, in the last Session of Parliament, on the 


Railway Bill Chester Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which | County Rates and Expenditure Bill :—And then the 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of | Messenger withdrew. 


this House: And also, | Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 








Law of 
municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report Partnership. 


ounty Rates 


Bill. (1850.) 


Webster's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | th or mabe Meseene 
Divorce Bil. to dissolve the Titties of Henry Boddington Web- yep se — feeds egy ee 
ster, Esquire, with Emilie Marie Louise Wilhelmina | And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Webster, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry | yy, Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
again, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords | pe again withdrew. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, | 
Stapylton’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act! - ‘ P 
Tatate Bil. fy enabling the Committee, or Committees, for the | in a an —_ ae the money — eg Exhibition 
time being of the Estate of Stapylton Stapylton, Es- | wronigqvaninee v2 h . Her M 7 Oey will be pte ra alas 
uire, a Lunatic, Tenant in Tail Male under the |J°S*Y, prays that Her “ap haan yg. 
Will of the Reverend Sir Martyn Stapylton, Baronet, | pleased to direct, eS 88 ee ee 
a ? ? rystal Palace be preserved until 
deceased, to grant Leases for Mining, and other | 8°e™ fit, that the Crystal Pala Hs eer 
‘ peers" — &lt;tatag | the Ist day of May next, with a view to determine 
Purposes, of certain Parts of the entailed Estates | € that 5s Strect 4 dies af Mee 
situate at Eston, in the County of York; to which | nt . rom — or ablic ati me — 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : | #4#Pte¢ to purposes of public utility and recreation ; 
And also, | The House divided. 
Felstead The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | The Yeas to the Left. 
a for the Regulation and Improvement of the Charities | The Noes to the Right. 
~~ founded by Richard Lord Riche, in the Parish of | Tellers for the Yeas, § Mt: Teywood, \ 75. 
Felstead, in the County of Essex, and for other Pur- | ?\ Mr. Wakley : : 
eee hs eng er i desire the concurrence! ‘TelJers for the Noes, mss pid Baring:} 47. 
of this House: And also, : ~£ ; : 
Mortmain, The Lords request that this House will com- | So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report; Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
from the Select Committee appointed by this House | Her M ajesty by such Members of this House as are 
in the present Session of Parliament, to consider | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
the Policy of extending the Law of Mortmain, | ’ AIG tee 
so as to include Personal.Estate, and generally to Notice being taken, that wr Mr. os Pe 
consider whether any Alteration should be made | not present se py to y a Tb sa 
in the Law as it affects Testamentary or other Dis- | and Forty ea oe ke ng and it “ade 
pensations in favour of Religious, Charitable or per- | then — vi "5 t we _ tho ™ Guanttaar fi “ 
manent Objects; together with the Minutes of Evi- |journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question firs 
dence taken before the said Committee, and the | PU% till To-morrow. 
Appendix and Index thereto: And also, | —_ Sst Bae oa 
eperyel The Lords request that this House will com-{|————~ 
Ril,’ Municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report | My : a 
ioe to the Select rane sl sepalaned by Chis Mercurii, 80° die Juli; 
ouse, in the present Session of Parliament, on the | Per me oF 
Rafenshicement of Copyholds Bill; together with | Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- | PRAYERS. 
mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto: And | O RDERED, That all Committees have leave gommittess. 
also, to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 
Church Rates. 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 con- 
sider the Law of Church Rates and the Difference of 
Practice which exists in various Parts of the Coun- 
try, in the Assessment and Levy of such Rates ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before | 
the said Committee, and the Appendix and Index | 
thereto: And also, ‘th 
The Lords request that this House will com-| th 
municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report | 
Vou. 106. (| 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on 
Shelley’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same, to correct some clerical 
errors of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 


‘Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
rough the Bill, aod made Amendments thereunto, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


8G 2 Mr. 


Shelley’s 
Estate Bill, .. 





Lord Bate- 
man’s Estate 
Bill. 


Barton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Bedford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Brown’s 
Estate Bill. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
‘Westminster’s 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-eighth 
Report.) 


Coal Duties 
(London and 
Westminster, 
and adjacent 
Counties) Bill. 


Christ Church 
(Oxford) 
Estate Bill. 


Moore's Estate 
Bill. 


Stapylton's 
Estate Bill. 


Felstead 


412 


Mr. Bernal reported Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill, 
without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on 
Barton’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same, to correct a clerical 
error; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill ; and directed him to report the same, with- 


out further Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Duke of Bedford’s Es- 
tate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. - 


Mr. Bernal reported Brown’s Estate Bill, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Dean and Chapter of 
Westminster's Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 28th 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. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 170 and 
199 be dispensed with in the case of the Coal 
Duties (London and Westminster and adjacent 
Counties) Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :— The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, provided the amended Prints shall have 
been deposited upon Monday last. 


Ordered, That Standing Order No. 160 be sus- 
— in the case of the Christ Church (Oxford) 

state Bill. 

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 it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the 
Bill to meet upon Friday next, if they think fit. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Moore’s Estate Billas amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stapylion’s Estate Bill was read the-first time. 

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 forthwith. 


Felstead (Lord Riche’s) Charities Bill was read 


(Lord Riche’s) the first time. 


Charities Bill. 


Webster's 
Divorce 


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 forthwith. 


Webster's Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


30° Jultz. 





A. 1851. 


Several Petitions relating to the Reverend Hib- Pubtic 
bert Newton ;—Cape a Good Hope ;—Conveyance Fetitions. 
of Mails by Railways Bill ;—Education (Ireland) ;— Vide Sine. 
Exhibition of 1851 ;—Law of Evidence Amendment Binth Report 
Bill ;—Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill;—Metro- = Public 
politan Interment Bill ;—and, Patent Law Amend- — 
ment Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


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. 


Adjournment, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Felsteaa 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; (Lord Riches 
That in the case of Felstead(Lord Riche’s) Charities ©h*tities Bill 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from gtapyiton’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill, 
That in the case of Stapylten’s Estate Bill no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Titles Ecclesiastical 
Assumption Bill, without any Amendment: And Titles _ 
also, haba 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Manchester 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Improvement 
Lordships to the Manchester Improvement Bill, ®” 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Copyhold, Inclosure Copyhold, 
and ‘Tithe Commissions Bill, with Amendments; Inclosure and 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- arr tag, 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Smithfield Mar- Smithfield 
ket Removal Bill, with Amendments; to which al 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 8" Bill 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act gpiscopal and 
to facilitate the Management and Improvement of Capitular 
a gre and Capitular Estates in England; to heres 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Chimney 
for the further Regulation of Chimney Sweepers ; Sweepers Re- 

: . , » ap. gulation Act 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 4 mendmens 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. Bill. 

The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Manage- gpiscopal and 

ment Bill was read the first time; and ordered Capitular 


tu be read a second time To-morrow; and to be hrm 
printed, 


No. 607. 


The Chimney Sweepers Regulation Act Amend- Chimney 
ment Bill was read the first time; and ordered to pics ay 
be read a second time To-morrow ; and to be {inendment 
printed. Bili. 

No. 608. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Public 
on Public Libraries, for the purpose of receiving ibraries. 
additional Returns respecting Foreign Public Li- 
braries. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Nuisances 
to sanction a Scheme of the General Board of _— 
Health for the providing a Burial Ground for the yention 
Township of Huddersfield, in the County of York, 
and the Regulation thereof, and other Matters re- 
lating thereto, under the Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Amendment Act, 1849: And 
that Lord Seymour and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


° - acral Board 
in a Bill pps 
(No, 4) Bil. 


Ordered, That leave be given to brin 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General 
Board of Health: And that Lord mour and 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 
solved, 








Fs 


es) 


id 


ill. 





gust India. 


Public Health 
Act. 


15 Victoriz. 


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 Memorials from the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company to the Lords of the 
Treasury, and any Petitions addressed to the Queen 
in Council, with respect to the Property of all 
Descriptions which came iuto Possession of the 
Government of Jndia or the Army during the late 
Operations in the Punjaub, from the Commence- 
ment of Hostilities to the Battle of Googerat. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report to the General Board of Health on a Preli- 
minary Inquiry as to the Sewerage, Drainage and 
Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the 


30° Sulit. 





413 


age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Ports- 
smouth, in the County of Hampshire, by Ro- 
bert Rawlinson, Esquire, C. E., Superintending In- 
spector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health, 
on a further Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drainage, 
and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition 
of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Portsmouth, 
by Robert Rawlinson, Esquire, Superintending In- 
spector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 





on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
| age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condi- 
tion of the Inhabitants of the Town, Borough or 
Place of Wrexham, by George 7’. Clark, Superin- 
tending Inspector. 

General Board of Health Bill, 1851:—No. 4, 
Copies of Reports of the Superintending Inspectors 
on the Places inserted in the Schedule to the Ge- 





Township of Broughton, in the County Palatine of | neral Board of Health Bill (No. 4); also, Copies of 
Lancaster, by Robert Rawlinson, Esquire, C.E., Su- | all Statements received upon those Reports ; also, 
perintending Inspector. Copies of the Provisional Orders prepared for the 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health Application of the Public Health Act to those 


on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Halifaz, 
in the County of York, by W. Ranger, Esquire, Su- 
perintending [nspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Heaith 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Borough and Parish 
of Banbury, and Township of Netthorp, in the 


| Places. 
__ Copy of the Reports made to the Superintending 
Inspectors to the General Board of Health, with 
respect to the Borough of Macclesfield, in the 
County of Chester :—Also, a Copy of all Memorials 
forwarded to the Board with respect thereto; and 
also a Copy of the Provisional Order for the Ap- 
plication of the Public Health Act, 1848, to the 
said Borough. 

Copy of Provisional Order for the Application of 





Counties of Oxford and Northampton, by Themas | the Public Health Act to the District of Wrexham, 
Webster Rammell, Esquire, Superintending In-| in the County of Denbigh. 
spector. Copy of Report to the General Board of Health Nuisances 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health | on an Inquiry as to the State of the Burial Grounds a 
ona further Inquiry, held at Barnard Castle, to | in the Township of Huddersfield, by William Lee, vention Act. 
determine the Boundary of the District for the Esquire, Superintending Inspector. 

Purposes of the Public Health Act, by William Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Ranger, Esquire, Superintending Inspector. Table. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
ona Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Township of March, 
in the Parish of Doddington, Isle of Ely, by William , y 
Lee, Esquire, C. E., Superintending In-spector. Ordered, lhat the Coalwhippers (Port of London) Coulwhippers 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health| Bill be now read the third time:—The Bill was (Port of Lon- 

maid “tna? “ “teal . . . don) Bill. 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain-| accordingly read the third time. 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con-| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. j 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Parishes of Ware Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere do carry the Bill 
and Great Amwell, by William Ranger, Esquire,C.E., | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Superintending Inspector. 


Copy of Report to the General Board of Health, | 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders New Zealand 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the Sevtlements 
New Zealand Settlements Bill. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Steam Navigation Bill be now Steam Navi- 
read the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read gation Bill. 


on a further Inquiry held in the Town of Ware, in | a0 oe 
the County of Hertfurd, in consequence of the, —— time; and Amendments were made to the 


proposed Alteration of the Boundary, for the Pur- | Resolved, Th ' 
. : “1s , That the Bill do pass. 
eee gree wenn Sateen Bat of 089, Sy ene | Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 


Ranger Esquire, Superintending Inspector. ‘ : 
Copy of Report eo the Generel Board of Health, Biil to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


on «a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- : , 

ave and Depp of Wease and the Sanitary Condi- | Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders runatics 

tion of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Tyne- | of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the (India) Bill. 
- 7 &gt; e 


mouth, by William Ranger, Esquire, Superintending | Lunatics (Zudia) Bill. 


Inspector. :' Ordered, That the Canada and New Brunswick Canada 
opy of Report to the General Board of Health,| Boundaries Bill, as amended in the Committee, be - eae 
or phe yr Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain-| ten into consideration after the Orders of the eed 
g upply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- day Bill, 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Alfreton, ; 
in the County of Derby, by William Lee, Esquire, 
C. E., Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board-of Health, 
on a further Inquiry as to the Boundaries which 
might be most advantageously adopted for A/freton, 
in the County of Derby, for the Purposes of the 
Public Health Act, by William Lee, Esquire, Su- 
Pperintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- Munici 
tive to Municipal Boroughs, which were presented Boroug' 
upon Monday last, be printed. No. 609. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Railway 
Accidents, which was presented yesterday, be Accidents. 
printed. No. 610. 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to New Churches, NewChurches. 
Ne. 611. 


on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- ‘a was presented yesterday, be printed. 
3a3 


VoL. 106. r 





Patent Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No, 612. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


414 

Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of further Correspondence relative to 
the Settlement of Natal (in continuation of Papers 
presented August 14th, 1850). 

Otago :—Further Papers respecting the Sur- 
render of the New Zealand Company’s Charters. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Patent Law Amendment 
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 | 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next, at 
One of the clock. 


30° Juli. 


A. 1851. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 

Mr. Frewen, 
Mr. Spooner : 
. Mr. Hayter, 7 
Tellers for the Noes, yest sae Hill: § 37. 

Clause read a second time. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
added to the Bill put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


} 40. 


Tellers for the Yeas} 





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, oat One of the clock. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 


into a Committee upon the Church Building Acts 
Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1, disagreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 2 to N°8, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 9 (Commissioners may accept, for 
the purpose of an Endowment and a Repair Fund, 
Lands, &amp;c., and Money). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 5, 1. 19, to leave out 
from the word “‘ the” to the word “ said,” in |, 24, 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢Lord Marcus Hill, } 4 

Yeas, Sir. William Gibson Craig: ° 

Tellers for the (Mr. Headlam, las 

Noes, Mr. Henry Drummond: f°” 

Clause agreed to. 

Cxravuses, N° 10 to N° 31, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clause (That upon the next avoidance of any Be- 
nefice, which has no Church or Chapel belonging 
to it, and which bas a population of forty persons, 
or upwards of forty persons, and which has not been 
united to any other Benefice or Benefices by order 
of Her Majesty in Council, the said Benefice shall 
remain and continue.void until a Church or Chapel 
is built wherein Divine Service shall be performed ; 
and the fees and emoluments arising from the said 
Benefice shall from time to time, whilst it is void, 
be paid over to the Archbishop or Bishop of the 
Diocese, who, together with the Archdeacon of the 
Archdeaconry, and Patron or Patrons of the said 
Benefice, shall act as trustees for the receipt of the 
said fees and emoluments, which shall be appro- 
priated by the said trustees for the purpose of build- 
ing or assisting to build a Church or Chapel for the 
said Benefice ; and as soon as such Church or Chapel 
has been consecrated or licensed for Divine Worship 
by the Archbishop or Bishop of the Diocese, then it 
shall be lawful for the Patron or Patrons to present 
a spiritual person to the said Benefice, who shall 
enjoy all the rights, fees and emoluments, and per- 
form all the duties appertaining thereto, and who 
shall be under the same ecclesiastical control and 


authority as any other Incumbent in the same Dio- 


cese: Provided always, That if the said Archbishop 
or Bishop shall license any room in the said parish 
for Divine Service, then it shall be lawful for the 
Patron or Patrons to present a spiritual person to 
the said Benefice, who shall perform all the duties 
appertaining thereto, and who shall be under the 
same ecclesiastical control and authority as any 
other Incumbent) brought up, and read 1°, 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
| mittee on the County Courts further Extension Bill ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, at One of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


into a Committee upon the Petty Sessions (Zreland) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 5, Section 1:— Amendment pro- 
posed: To leave out the word “ Justices.” 

Question put, That the word “ Justices” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, i 

Yeas, Mr. Bellew : lage 
Tellers for the { Sir Robert Ferguson, | 
Noes, Mr. Roche: I a6. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 6 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to- 

Cratse, N° 10 (What Justices may hear and de- 
termine the case in Summary Proceedings). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 9, to leave out 
Section 2. 

Question put, That Section 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill, } 49. 


Mr. Rich: 
} 13. 
Amendments made. 


J Mr. M‘Cullagh, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


° 


— 


stand part of the 


Tellers for the Noes, Lite Beshe, 





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, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 

Mr. Speaker, 

| The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, 

| without any Amendment: And also, 

| The Lords have agreed to the Soap Duty Allow- 

| ances Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Bux- 

ton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Bill, 


without any Amendment: And also, 
The 


County Courts 
further 
Extension Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Petty Sessions 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 

Soap Duty Al- 
Jowanees Bill. 
Manchester, 
Buxton, Mat- 
lock and Mid- 
lands Junction 
Railway Bill 








Ns 





King- 
set 


h 
Teer 


icolnshire 
yey Bil 


Suropean and 
jmerican 
Printing Tele- 


15 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the United Kingdom 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lincolnshire Es- 
tuary Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the European and 
American Printing Telegraph Company, &amp;c. Bill, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 


any, te. Bill. Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 


Railway 
(Glasgow, 
Coatbridge, 
Polloc and 
Govan, &amp;c. 
Railways) 

( 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Attornies and 
Solicitors 
Regulation 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


Metropolitan 


also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Railway 
(Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and 
Govan, &amp;c. Railways) (Amendment and Continua- 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee onthe Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Attornies and Solicitors Regulation 
Acts Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


.into consideration the Metropolitan Sewers Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 
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 Com- 


Interment Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Interment Bill ; 


New Zealand 
Settlements 
Bill, 


Lunatirs 
(India) Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the New Zealand Settle- 
ments 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 Lunatics (Zndia) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

into consideration the Canada and New Brunswick 

Boundaries Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 

morrow. 

VoL. 106. 





30° Juliz. 











415 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 
Return of all Friendly Societies, or Branches of Societies. 


Societies, which have been. certified or registered 
under the Provisions of the Act relating to Friendly 
Societies, of last Session. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Canterbury 
to alter and amend an Act empowering the Canter- Association 


bury Association to dispose of.certain Lands in Vew 
Zealand: And that Mr. Adderley and Mr. Cocks do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pauper 
Copy of Reports made to the Poor Law Board by Children. 


their Inspectors, Sir John Walsham, Mr. Doyle and 
Mr. Farnall, on the Education and Training of 
Pauper Children in their respective Districts, in the 
year 1850. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Parliamentary 


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 Parliamentary 
Electors, according to the last Registration in every 
County, City and Borough in England, Scotland 
and Wales. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


lectors. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Copyhold, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Co 
hold, Inclosure and Tithe Commissions Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to confirm certain 
Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health ; 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


~ Inclosure and 


Tithe Com- 
missions Bill. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No. 4) Bill. 


to be read a second time To-morrow, at Twelve 2. 613. 
of the clock ; and to be printed. 

Mr. Cocks presented a Bill to alter and amend Canterbury 
an Act empowering the Canterbury Association Association 
to dispose of certain Lands in New Zealand:”*** 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered No.614. 
to be read a second time To-morrow ; and to be 
printed. 

Lord Seymour presented a Bill to sanction a Nuisances 
Scheme of the General Board of Health for the Removal and 
providing a Burial Ground for the Township of a, 
Huddersfield, in the County of York, and the Regu- y) 15, 
lation thereof, and other Matters relating thereto, ~*~” 
under the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Preven- 
tion Amendment Act, 1849: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time ‘To-morrow ; and to be printed. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the General Board 


Lords to the General Board of Health Bill be taken of Health Bill. 


into consideration upon this day Three months. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration smithfield 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Smith- Market 


field Market Removal Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and 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. 


Removal Bill. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon: the Exchequer. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Certificate, 

3Ga4 


under 


Committees. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster 
(High Peak 
Mining Cus- 
toms and 
Mineral 
Courts) Bill. 


Stapylton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Felstead 


(Lord Riche’s) 
Charities Bill. 


416 


under the Hand of the Lord Chief Baron of the| 
Court of Exchequer, as to the Necessity for filling 
up the Vacancy caused by the Death of one of the 
asters of the said Court. 
Forty-sixth Report of the Commissioners for 
making and maintaining the Caledonian Canal. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, SV die Sulit ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


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 Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the city of London, in Common Council assem- 
bled :—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying that the Metropolis 
Water Bill may not pass into a law, was read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Elliot reported from the Select Committee on 
the Duchy of Lancaster (High Peak Mining Cus- 
toms and Mineral Courts) Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Stapylton’s Estate 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 it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they do appoint the Com- 
mittee on the Bill to meet To-morrow, if they 
think fit. 


Ordered, That Standing Order No. 191 be sus- 
pended in the case of Felstead (Lord Riche’s) Chari- 
ties Bill. 

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 it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the 
Bill to meet To-morrow, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That Standing Order No. 160 be sus- 
pended in the case of Webster’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 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 communicate 
to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case 
of the said Bill: And that Mr. Brotherton do 
carry the said Message. 


30°—3 1° Julti. 





A. 1851. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 170 and 199 Shelley’s 

be ener with in the case of Shelley’s Estate Estate Bil 
ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration:—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the 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, 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. 


Ordered, That Moore’s Estate Bill be now read Moore's 
the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read the Estate Bill. 
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. 


Ordered, That Barton’s Estate Bill, as amended Batton’s 
in the Committee, be now taken into consideration ; Estate Bil 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take the 
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, 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 Amentments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cameron's 
the Amendments made by the Lords to Cameron’s Coalbrok 
Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor and swansea 
Railway (No.1) Bill; and the same were twice and Loughor 
read, and agreed to. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bil 
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 Trinity 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Trinity Cte 
College (Dublin) 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. 


The Coal Duties (London and Westminster and Onl 
adjacent Counties) Bill was read the third time ; are sh 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. and adjacent 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Counties) 

Ordered, That Sir James Duke do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Several Petitions relating to the Church Building Public 
Acts Amendment Bill ;—Dissenters’ Burial ;—Emi- Petivons 
ration Advances, Distressed Districts (Scotland) yjge sixty- 
Bill ;—Attornies’ Certificates ;—Constabulary (Jre- ninth Report. 


land); — Exhibition of 1851;— Fisheries Board 9? Public 


¥ Petitions. 


(Scotland) ;—General Board of Health (No. 4) Bil 
—Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention 
Bill; — and, Ramsgate and Margate Harbours,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. thi, 











15 VicTroriz. 


yeropolitan The Metropolitan Sewers Bill was, according to 
gevers Bill. ~ Order, read a8 third time. : 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


jitan The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Interment Bill. into a Committee on the Metropolitan Interment 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciausss, N° 1 to N°4, amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question put, ‘That the Chair- 
man do report the Bill, with the Amendments, to 
the House ; 

The Committee divided. 


{Mr. Hayter, . 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Lord Marcus Hill: ya 
Taiters for the Nose SSir Benjamin Hail, \ . 


7 (Mr. Wakley: 





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 
One of the clock. 


Petty Sessions The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. jnto a Committee upon the Petty Sessions (Ireland) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuiavuse, N° 10 (What Justices may hear and 
determine the Case in summary Proceedings). 

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 now leave the Chair ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, Tliat 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, after the other 


Orders of the day, again resolve itself into the said | 


Committee. 


pomery é The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
Collection of _ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ieee 4) Bil. consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jre/and) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion after the other Orders of the day. 
Constabulary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


‘orce . ; 
dreland) Bil, Mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill ; 
: — Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


giternies and 
into a Committee upon the Attornies and Solicitors 


tors 
Regulation 


Acts Amend- Regulation Acts Amendment Bill; and, after some 
ment Bill, 


time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 


31° Julie. 


417 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
One of the clock. 


The Law of Evidence Amendment Billi was, ac« Law of 


cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- yore a 
ments were made to the Bill. Bi . 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 
into a Committee upon the General Board of pg i 
Health (No. 3) Bill; and, after some time spent m3) 
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 

One of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Crown Estate 
into a Committee upon the Crown Estate Pav- Paving Bill 
ing 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 after the Orders 
of the day. 


The General Board of Health (No. 4) Bill was, General Board 
according to Order, read a- second time ; and com- of Health 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for To- (N° 4) Bill 
morrow, at One of the clock. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Accounis relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
gation, Month ended Sth July 1851, and Six Months No, 616. 
ended 5th July 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Tuble ; and be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton reported, That he had carried to Webster's 
the Lords the Message of this House of this day, Divorce Bill. 
requesting that their Lordships would communicate 
to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before their Lordships in the case of 
Webster’s Divorce Bill; and that the Lords had 
communicated a printed Copy of the said Minutes 
of Evidence: And be delivered the same in at the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Coal Mines. 
mand,—Copy of Reports of Messrs. Dunn and 
Dickinson, Inspectors of Coal Mines, to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Secretary of State. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- Railways. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns, showing for each Railway 
Company the Amount of Capital and Loans which 
the Conipany: has been authorized to raise by Acts 
passed previous to and in 1850, the Amount of 
Share Capital actually paid up ou the 31st day of 
December 1850, separating that which does not 
receive, or is not entitled to receive, any Preferential 
Dividend or Interest from that which bears a Pre- 
ferential 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 Debeutures, 





VoL. 106. 





3H Loan 


418 | 31° Julii. A. 1851. 


Loan Notes, or any other Interest bearing Securities, have been sold since the year 1825, showing the 

on the 31st day of December 1850, the Rates of Amounts for which the same were sold, and the 

Interest payable thereon, and the Sums to which Net Annual Value of the same immediately prior 

such Rates of Interest are applicable; the Total} to the Sales. 

Amount the Company retained Powers at the end | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

of 1850 to raise, either on existing Shares, or by | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

creating new Shares, or by Loans; the Length of of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 

Line open for Traffic on the 31st day of December 

1850, distinguishing single and double Portions; Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Bishopric of 


Retiring 
Allowance. 


Register of 
Entails 
and Heirs 
(Scotland. ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


the Length of Line in course of Construction at the 
end of 1850; the Length of Line each Company 


is authorized to construct, but which was not com- | 
menced on the 31st day of December 1850; and, | 


consequently, the Total Length for which each 


Company has obtained Powers :—Of the Amalga- | 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Sloucester 
give Sauaeeee, that there be taid before this House, ont Delete, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners or their Secretary, and the 
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, or his Agent, re- 
lative to the Property of the See, or the Income of 


mation of Railway Companies which have been | the present or future Bishops of Gloucester and 
effected, either by Purchase, Loans or otherwise, | Bristol; also, Copies of all Minutes of Proceed- 
during 1850, stating the Nature of such Amalga-| ings of the Commissioners, or other Documents in 
mation and the Date on which it commenced, with | their Possession, and of all Orders in Council re- 
the Act of Parliament under which it was effected : | lating to those Subjects; placing together, and 
—And, from each Railway Company, showing the | arranging Chronologically, the Correspondence and 
Length of each Line, or Part of a Line, or Branch | Proceedings having reference to the Estate of Hor- 
Line, for which the Powers granted by Parliament | field :—Tabular Statement, showing the Gross and 
for the compulsory Purchase of the Land required | Net Annual Income of the Bishop of Gloucester, 
for their Construction have been allowed to expire | and of the Bishop of Bristol, from 1829 to 1836, 
without the exercise of such Powers; and the Capi- | and of the present Bishop of the united Sees, from 
tal appropriated by Parliament for the Construction | 1837 to 1850; specifying the Amounts derived from 


of such Lines or Branch Lines. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Treasury Minute of 29th July 1851, granting a Re- 
tiring Allowance of £.100 to Mr. Willshire, Her 
Majesty’s Consul at Adrianople. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant, dated 30th July 
1851, awarding a sum of £.23 i7s. 4d. to Mr. W. 
Pitt Dundas, as Compensation for Loss sustained 
by him as Register of Entails and Heirs (Scot- 
land), under the Operation of the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vict. 
c. 47. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Colonel Chatterton have leave to 
attend the Assizes. 


| Episcopal Sources, and from each other Ecclesias- 
| tical Preferment, whether permanently annexed to 
\the Sees, or held in commendum :—Statements of 
|the Amount expended in providing a new Palace 
| for the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and show- 
ing from what Sources the same have been defrayed: 
| —Of all Sales of Episcopal and other Chureh Pro- 
| perty in the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, since 
1836, showing the Authority under which each 
| Sale was made, the Amount of Purchase Money 
received, and how the Proceeds were applied :— 
| Copies of any Agreement entered into between the 
| Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Bishop of 
| Gloucesier and Bristol, in 1848, for the Purchase 
of his Interest in the Estate of Horfield :—And, of 
jany Communication made by the Copyhold Com- 
‘missioners to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, on 
(the subject ofthe Estatepf Horfield, and the Reply 
| thereto. 

| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Crown Estate Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
(Orkney.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased| Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Colonies. 
togive directions, that there be laid before this House, | mand,—Copy of the Reports made for the year 
a Copy of a Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, | 1850 to the Secretary of State having the Depart- 
issued in the year 1825, placing the Management | ment of the Colonies ; in continuation of the Reports 
of the Crown Estate in Orkney under the Barons! annually made by the Governors of the British 
of Exchequer in Scotland, and directing a Part of, Colonies, with a view to exhibit generally the past 
the Rental of the said Estate to be applied to cer-| and present state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Pos- 
tain Objects of Local Improvement in Orkney :—| sessions, transmitted with the Blue Books for the 
And, Return showing the Amounts, if any, so ap-| year 1850. 
plied, with the Nature of the Improvements: also,/ Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- ee 
Ist. The Net Annual Rental received for the Estate | dress to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of June '"®~°™ 
from the Lessees of the same under a Lease granted | last, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative 
to Thomas Dundas, Esquire, in the year 1775, | to the Condition of the Sugar-growing Colonies (in 
until its Resumption by the Crown in the year 1825; continuation of Papers on the same Subject, dated 
2d. The Gross Rental of the said Estate, including | the 5th day of September 1848). 
Duties and Casualties, for each year, from the Time | Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Immigrants 


: i . iberated 
of its Resumption as above, to the latest Date to sth day of this instant July, for a Return showing 1 egy 


which the Return can be made; 3d. The Net An- 
nua! Amounts received into the Exchequer for the 
Rental thereof; 4th. The Particulars of all Pay- 
ments or Reductions made for the Management or 
Improvement thereof; distinguishing the Amounts 
paid for Law Agency and Charges, and stating the 
Number, Description and Objects, of any Suits or 


the Number of Immigrants and Liberated Africans 
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 last Return: — 
And, Similar Return for Mauritius. ) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Processes at Law, instituted in connexion with its 

Management, the Cost of each Suit or Process, the | Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to amy 
estimated Value of the Subject involved therein, consider the State and Operation of the Acts relati = 

and the final Issue thereof, say whether for or to the Annuity Tax levied in Edinburgh, Canongate No, 61%. 
against the Crown, or compromised; and, 5th. A and Montrose, and to report thereon ; and whethér 

Return of any Portions of the said Estate which any Amendment on these Acts, or re-edjustment Kf 








New Zealand 
Settlements 
Bill, 


Lunatics 
(India) Bill, 


Canada 
and New 
Branswick 


Bill 


Canterbary 


tion 


femoral and 
tas Pre. 
Yeation Bill, 





15 Vicroriz. 


the Tax, would be expedient; and whether any 
other Fund may be rendered available for the pur- 

se to which the Annuity Tax is now applied, have 
Sone to report their Observations thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Tufnell 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. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of further Correspondence 
respecting the Relations existing between Foreign 
Governments and the Court of Rome (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to Parliament, June 1851). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Ma- 


1, nagement Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day Three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Las 

Yeas, \Sir William Gibson Craig :{ ~~" 

Tellers for the (Colonel Sibthorp, } 34 

Noes, UMr. Aglionby : , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—ihe Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed toa Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow, at One of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Mew Zeuland Settle- 
ments Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at One of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Lunatics (Jndia) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bull be read the third time 
To-morrow, at One of the clock. 


The Canada and New Brunswick Boundaries Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hawes 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 Canterbury Association Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 
One of the clock. 


_ The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Preven- 
tion Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow, at One of the clock. 

Vou, 106. 


31° Sulit. 





419 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Petty 


into a Committee upon the Petty Sessions (Jreland) ( 
Bill. 


Sessions 
) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criauses, N° 11 to N° 49, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules amended, and 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, at 
One of the clock. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Stock in Trade Bill, stock in Trade 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Manchester and Sal- Manchester 
ford Extension Railway Bull, without any Amend- 2nd Salford 


ment: And also, Railway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the General Rever- General 


sionary and Investment Company Bill, without any Reversionary 


Amendment: And also, pedo eel 


‘ Bill. 
lhe Lords have agreed to the Amendments made ygoore’s 


by this House to Moore’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Shelley's 
by this House to Shelley’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Pro- keclesiastical 
perty Valuation (Jreland) Bill, with an Amend- Property 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the (ireland) Bill 
concurrence of this House: And also, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Gunpowder Stores Gunpowder 
(Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill, with Amend- — 
n.ents ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the asain 
concurrence of this House:—And also, Repeal Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the. Poor Relief Act Poor Relief 
Continuance Bill, with Amendments; to which Act Con-__ 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “™#"¢e Bill. 
this House: And also, ° 
The Lords have agreed to the Waterford and Waterford 
Kilkenny Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 2d Kilkenny 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- ®#!way Bill 
rence of this House :—And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Charitable 
for facilitating and better securing the due Admi- Trusts Bill 
nistration of Charities in England and Wales; to 

which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intitaled, An Act Brentwood 

to provide for the future Regulation and Manage- School and 
ment of the Grammar School of Anthony Browne, 6,mshouses 
iad ‘ y Estate 
Serjeant-at-Law, at Brentwood, in the County of Bin. 
Essex, and of the Almshouses founded by the said 
Anthony Browne, aud of the Estates and Posses- 
sions of the same School and Almshouses, and for 
other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 





The Charitable Trusts Bill was read the first time ; Charitable 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Saturday Trusts Bill. 
next; und to be printed. No. 618. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Summary 
into a Committee upon the Summary Jurisdiction Jurisdiction, | 
(Ireland) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, (™!*" i: 
Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Biil. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 


One of the clock. 





3H2 


The 









Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Crown Estate 
Paving Bill, 


Head Con- 
stable Coe 
( Clonmel.) 


420 31° Juliti.— 1° Augusti. A. 1851, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One of the clock, 


The Llovse, according to Order, resolved itself 
into aCommittee upon the Constabulary Force (Jre- 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed, 


Cravsr, N° 1 (Offices of Paymaster, Storekeeper 
and Clerk, under the said Act, discontinued.) 

Amendment proposed: In p. 2, |. 9, to leave out 
from the word “ discontinued” to the word “ such,” 
in |, 12, 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

— the Vane J Mr. Hayter, } 

Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Rich: J 


) r Si ; i Jor 
Tellers for the Noes, ag A a 6. 


&gt; 39. 


Clause agreed to. 

Criausss, N° 2 and N°3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, disagreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (And whereas by an Act passed in the 
eleventh and twelfth year of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts 
relating to the Constabulary Force in Jreland, and 
to amend the Provisions for the Payment of Special 
Constables,” it is amongst other things provided, 
that the total number of officers and men shall not 
for each county, city or town, exceed the number spe- 
cified in the Schedule (A.) thereto annexed, for each 
county, city or town therein named: And whereas 
it is expedient to alter said Schedule with reference 
to the population of such counties, cities or towns ; 
Be it therefore Enacted, That the Lord Lieutenant 
or Chief Gdvernor or Governors of Ireland may 
alter from time to time the number in said Schedule 
specified for each county, city or town: Provided 
always, That such alteration shall not be made more 
than once in every period of ten years; and provided 
also, that the number so specified shall not in any 
case exceed one to every [ ] of the popula- 
tion, as given in the Census next preceding such 
alteration) ——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed tv. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 1° die Augusti, 1851: 


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 One 
of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Crown Estate Paving Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at One of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Mayor and Borough Justices of Clonmel, at the 





Investigation recently held by them into the Charges 
preferred against Head Constable Coe :—Of the 
Decision of the Inspector General with reference to 
such Investigation :—Of any Memorial from County 
Magistrates to the Inspector General in favour of 
Head Constable Coe:—Of the Inspector General’s 
final Decision :—And, of any Correspondence be- 


tween the Mayor and the Government relating 
thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, gonyicts 
Copies of the Resolutions adopted by a Meeting of (Westmeath) 
Magistrates of the County of Westmeath forwarded 
to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, on the subject of 
the Remission of Sentence of certain Convicts under 
Sentence of ‘lransportation :—Of a Letter from the 
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Westmeath to the 
Secretary for [reland :—And, of all Letters from the 
Magistrates, and others, to the Jrish Government 
on the same subject, 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- puptic 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed on Libraries. 
Public Libraries, for the purpose of receiving addi- 
tional Returns respecting Foreign Public Libraries, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Ewart, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Lord 
Seymour, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. 
Cardwell, Mr. Bunbury, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Greenall, 

Mr. Hutt, Mr. Charteris, Mr. Heywood, Mr Mac- 
hinnon, and Viscount Melgund. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Rates 
for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Bill 
the Assessing and Collection of County Rates : And 
that Mr. Freshfield and Sir John Yarde Buller do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The Brentwood School and Almshouses Charity Brentwood 
Estate Bill was read the first time. — and 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Exami- re 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 


and proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public 
Return of the Number of Public Committees ap- Committees 
pointed in the Session of 1851, their Subjects, and 
the Names of Members appointed, and their Chair- 
man, the Number of Days on which each Committee 
sat, and the Number of Days on which each Mem- 
ber served on each Committee (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No, 717, of Session 1850). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Total Expenses of 
the Ceylon Committee, specifying separately the 
Principal Heads of Expenditure, and the Amount 
of each, including the _ seenen of the Royal Com- 
mission for Inquiry into the Conduct of Captain 
Watson before the Committee. 

Ordered, That 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, Birkenbead 
an Account of the Receipt and Application of all Docks. 
Monies received by the Commissioners or Trustees 
of the Birkenhead Docks, by virtue of an Act of the 
8th Vic. for constructing Docks at Birkenhead ; 
and a Report of the Progress which has been made 
by the said Commissioners in constructing and 
building the several Tidal Basins, Dock and other 
Works, directed by the said Act to be built and 
constructed, and what Sums of Money have been 
yearly expended therein, distinguishing the Ex- 

penses 








County Rates 
Bill. 
No. 619. 


th.) Victoria-street 


Sewer. 


Public Offices. 


Caledonian 


tes Canal. 


No, 620. 


Army Prize 
Money, 


Committees, 


Downpatrick 
Writ ¥ 


Shrewsb: 
and ieee, 


15 Vicroriz. 


enses of constructing the said Sea Wall and Em- 
Secherent from the Expenses of the other Works 
authorized by the said Act. 


Mr. Freshfield presented a Bill for consolidating 
and amending the Laws relating to the Assessing 
and Collection of County Rates: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


31° Jultz.-—1° Augusti. 


| 








421 


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 duth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Duke of 
the Duke of Bridgewater’s Estate Bill, as amended eat : 


second time upon this day fortnight; and to be | jn the Committee. 


printed. 
| pended in the case of the said Bill; and that the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Copy of Letter from the Commissioners of Woods, 


Outfall of the Victoria-street Sewer, 


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 Registered Docu- | 
ments, Papers and Correspondence, so far as the same | 
can be convemently given, of the Treasury, Home | 
Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office, 
Admiralty, Ordnance Office, Council Office, Woods 
and Forests Office, and Poor Law Office, during 
each of the years 1830, 1840 and 1850; together 
with the Number of Persons upon the Establishment | 
during the said years in each of those Offices re- | 
spectively, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Caledonian 
Canal, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 





The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of Un- 
claimed Army Prize Money (formerly made by the 
Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hospital at Che/sea), 
from the 18th January 1809 to the 31st December 
1850. 

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 Augusti ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jre/and to make out a 





new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Down- 
patrick, in the room of Richard Ker, Esquire, who, 
since his election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Shrews- 
bury and Chester 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. 


Dorward’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Vou. 106, 





Ordered, That Standing Order No. 199 be sus- 


Bill be now read the third time:—The Bill was 


&amp;c., to the Commissioners of Sewers, dated the | accordingly wend Che hee Cees 


15th day of June 1850, respecting the Line and | ie 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
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. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Felstead (Lord Riche’s) Felstead 
Charities Bill, with Amendments. — s) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. gi 


Mr. Bernal reported the Christ Church (Oxford) Christ Church 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. nan 7 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported Stapylton’s Estate Bill, Stapylton’s 
with an Amendment. Betete BER, 
Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 170 and 
196 be suspended in the case of the said Bill; and 
that the Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now 


| taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 


proceeded to take the Bull into consideration. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Standing Order No. 167 be dis- Webster's 
pensed with in the case of Webster's Divorce Bill ; Pivorce Bill. 


|and that leave be given to the Select Committee on 


Divorce Bills to sit and proceed on the Bill on any 
day not earlier than Monday next. 


Ordered, That Brown’s Estate Bill be now read Brown's" 
the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read the Estate Bill. 
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 Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill be Lord Bate- 


read the third time To-morrow. — Estate 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the United King- 

Lords to the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph 4°™ Electric 
any Bill be taken int ideration To- GonemPe 

Company Bill be taken into consideration To Company, in 


morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the European and 
Lords to the European and American Printing Tele- we 
. - - : rinting 
graph Company Bill be taken into consideration Telegraph 


To-morrow. Company Bill. 


Ordered, That the Dean and Chapter of West- Dean ana 
minster’s Estate Bill be now read the third time :— — of 
The Bill was accordingly read the third time. rer —— ao 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
huth agreed to the same, without Amendment, 


Ordered, That the Duke of Bedford’s Estate Bill Duke of 
be now read the third time :—The Bill was accord- men 
ingly read the third time. 

Resulved, That the Bill do pass, 


3H3 Ordered, 







Lincolnshire 
Estuary Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
a 
arnkirk and 
Coatbridge, 
Polloc and 
Govan, &amp;c. 


422 
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 Amendments made by the 
Lords to the xncolnshire Estuary Bill be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garn- 
kirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;c. Rail- 
ways) (Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill, be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Railways) (Amendment and 
Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Brentwood 
School and 
Almshouses 


Ordered, That Standing Order No. 191 be sus- 
pended in the case of the Brentwood School and 


Charity Estate Almshouses Charity Estate Bill; and that the Bull 
ill, 


Wandle Water 
and Sewerage 
Company Bill, 
Lee River 
Trust Bill, 
New River 
Company Bill, 
and East 
London Water- 
works Bill. 


Judicial Com- 
mittee (Privy 
Council. ) 


No. 621. 
East India. 

No. 622. 
Railways. 

No. 623, 


Sugar Grow- 


ing Colonies. 
No. 624. 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 
Africans, 


No, 625. 


be now read a second time:—The Bill was ac- 
cordingly read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Ordered, ‘That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on 
the Bill to meet forthwith, if they think fit. 


Resolved, That the Wandle Water and Sewerage 
Company Bill, Lee River Trust Bill, New River 
Company Bill, and East London Waterworks Bill, 
having been suspended, in consequence of a Reso- 
lution of this House, be allowed to proceed, during 
the next Session of Parliament, on giving the 
Notices hereinafter mentioned. 

Resolved, That if the Promoters of the said Bills 
shall give notice, by advertisement, once in the Lon- 
don Gazette, and for three successive weeks in the 
Months of October and November next, or one of 
them, in the local Newspaper or Newspapers which 
may be usually in circulation in the part of the 
country through which the line of works is pro- 
posed to pass, of their intention to present a Peti- 
tion for the re-introduction of such Bill, and if a 
Petition for leave to bring in any of such Bills shall 
be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before 
the 31st day of December next, the Examiner shall 
examine whether the said Petition be the same in 
substance as any Petition for the same purpose 
and from the same parties, which was presented in 
this Session of Parliament, and in that case whether 
a Subscription Contract or Declaration in lieu 
thereof, as required by the Standing Orders, binding 
in the usual way the Subscribers to the under- 
taking, has been entered into and is valid at the 
time of such inquiry, and whether, in the cases 
where a Subscription Contract was made, the depo- 
sit of 51. per cent. upon such Subscription is lodged 
in the manner required by the Standing Orders. 

Resolved, That in such case, and on proof of such 
Notice having been given as aforesaid, the Standing 
Orders with respect to any such Biil shall be held 
to have been complied with, and the Committee to 
which any such Bill shall be referred shall examine 
whether the Bill be in every respect the same as 
such former Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Judicial 


Committee (Privy Council), which was presented 
upon the 22d day of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, 
which was presented upon Tuesday lust, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar 
Growing Colonies, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants 
and Liberated Africans, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


1° August. 


A. 1851. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army army py 
Prize Money, which was presented yesterday, be Money. 
printed. No. 626, ’ 


Several Petitions relating to Attornies Certifi- Public 
cates ;—Exhibition of 1851;—Post Office (Ha- Petitions, 
wick);—Public Health Act (1848) ;—and, Sugar 
Refiners,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Vide Seven 
iet 
on Pant 
Petitions, 
The New Zealand Settlements Bill was, according New 
to Order, read the third time; and an Amendment Settlements 
was made to tie Bill. Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hawes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lunatics (India) Bill was, according to Or- Lunatics 
der, read the third time. (India) Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Elliot do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Metropolitan 
into consideration the Metropolitan Interment Bill, Interment 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 attornies and 


the Attornies and _ Solicitors Svlicitors Re. 
gulation Acts 
Amendment 
Bill 


|into consideration 
Regulation Acts Amendment 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 General Board 

into consideration the General Board of Health of Health 

(No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (No. 8) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 

morrow. 


A Motion being made, That the Crown Estate Crown Estate 
Paving Bill be now read the third time; Paving Bill. 

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 think fit. 
| Then the Bill was read the third time. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, an Act for transferring the Duties of paving, 
lighting, watering and cleansing Parts of the Crown 
Estate in the District of the Regent’s Park and 
certain Streets and Places in Westminster from the 
Commissioners acting under several Acts of their 
late Majesties King George the Fourth and King 
William the Fourth to the Parishes; and for trans- 
ferring the Jurisdiction of the said Commissioners 
over certain other Places in Westminster to the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public 
Buildings; and for other Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 
into a Committee upon the County Courts further ae 
Extension Bill. No. 636: 


(In the Committee.) 


Crauses, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (Salaries of Assistant Clerks) 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time, put and Negatived. 

Other Clauses added. 


brought 





Clause 








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‘Church Build. 
Amendment 
Bil, 


it, Management Bill; 


15 VicrorizZ. 
Clause (That it shall be lawful for the Judge of 


any County Court, upon one calendar month’s notice 
thereof, to be affixed in the office of such Court, to 
direct that for the space of one calendar month, to 
commence not earlier than the tenth day of August, 
and to terminate not later than the twenty-fourth 
day of October, in any year, the office of such 
court shall be open for receiving money and issuing 
executions only)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and Negatived. 

Clause (And whereas by an Act passed in the 
fourteenth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act to extend an Act for the more easy Re- 
covery of Small Debts and Demands in England, 
and to amend the same,” it was enacted, “ that 
every Clerk and Assistant Clerk, appointed after the 
passing of this Act to any of such Courts, shall 
reside within the district of the Court or Courts for 
which he shall have been appointed ;” and whereas 
it is expedient to extend such provisions; Be it 
therefore Enacted, ‘That every Deputy Clerk ap- 
pointed after the passing of this Act to any of such 
Courts, shall reside within the district of the Court 
for which he shall have been appointed)—-—brought 
up, and read 1°, ; 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 


be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Church Building Acts 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(After next avoidance Bishop may cause a Church 
to be provided in any Benefice having a population 
of Forty persons, and an income exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty pounds, where there has been no 
Church for ten years):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 


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 ¢ Lord Dudley Stuart, 7 

Yeas, \ Colonel Sibthorp: f 

Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, a 

Noes, | Mr. Cornewall Lewis: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again 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. 


30. 


51. 


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423 


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, 


le. 


Yeas, Mr. Cornewall Lewis: 
TelJers for the ( Mr. Frewen, } 37 
Noes, Colonel Sibthorp : | 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee). 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 
Preamble postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 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 St will, upon Monda 
next, at Five of the clock, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Patent Law 


mittee on the Patent Law Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 


into a Committee upon the General Board of Health 
(No. 4) Bill. 


(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, disagreed to. . 
Ciauses, N° 3 and N° 4, amended, and agreed © 
to. 
Crause, N° 5, disagreed to. 
Crause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauss, N° 7, disagreed to. 
Crauszs, N° 8 to N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 
Schedule: 
Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That “ Maceles- 
field” be inserted in the Schedule; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tatton Egerton, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Cornewall Legh: f 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Brocklehurst, 
Noes, | Mr. John Williams: 


Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


16. 


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 Canterbury 
a Committee upon the Canterbury Association Bill; ——— 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker“ 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, 

That the Committee had goné through the Bill. 
Ordered, ‘\hat the Will, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken inte consideration To-morrow. 


3H4 The 





\ Vor. 106. Smet 





Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill, 


Petty Sessions 


424 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Bill; and, after some time 
spent there, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


(ireland) Bill. into consideration the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill, 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Gunpowder 
Stores 

( Liverpool) 
Exemption 
Repeal Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Summary Jurisdiction (Jre- 
land) 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 Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill 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 Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Constabulary Force 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That. the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Gun- 
powder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and 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. 


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 to the several Publicand Private Bills therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
Which Bills are as follow: 


Chief Justices’ An Act to regulate the Salaries of the Chief 


Salaries Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


‘Tithe Rent- 
charge 
Assessment 
Bill. 


Arrest of 
Abscondin 
Debtors Bi 
Expenses of 
Prosecutions 
Bill. 


Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, and the 
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas : 

An Act to make better Provision for the Manage- 
ment of the Woods, Forests and Land Revenues of 
the Crown, and for the Direction of Public Works 
and Buildings : 

An Act to amend the Public Health Act, and an 
Act of the third and fourth Years of King William 
the Fourth, in respect of the Assessment of Tithe 
and Tithe Rent-charges for certain Rates : 

An Act to facilitate the more speedy Arrest of 
Absconding Debtors: 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the Ex- 
penses of Prosecutions, and to make further Pro- 


1° Augusti. 





A. 1851, 


vision for the Apprehension and Trial of Offenders 
in certain Cases: 

An Act for Disafforesting the Forest of Hainault, Hainault 
in the County of Essez : Forest Bill, 
An Act to amend Two several Acts of Her Ma- Victoria Park 
jesty’s Reign, enabling the Commissioners of Her Bill. 
Majesty’s Woods to purchase Lands for and to 
form Victoria Park; and to indemnify the Trustees 
of Copyhold Lands held in Trust for Her Majesty : 

An Act to continue an Act of the second and Unlawful 
third years of Her present Majesty, “ to extend and Oaths 
render more effectual, for five Years, an Act passed (/teland) Bin. 
in the fourth Year of His late Majesty George the 
Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the fiftieth 
Year of His Majesty George the Third, for prevent- 
ing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths 
in Ireland,” as the same is amended by an Act of the 
eleventh and twelfth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign: 

An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike. 
Turnpike-roads in Ireland : roads 

(Ireland) Bil, 

An Act to continue an Act of the fifth and sixth Private Lana 
Years of Her present Majesty, for amending the ti¢ Asylums 
Law relative to Private rama Asylums in Tre. {*eland) Bil 
land: 

An Act to authorize, for a further Period, the Public Works 
Application of Money for the Purposes of ‘Loans (Ireland) Bill, 
fur carrying on Public Works in Jreland: 

An Act to repeal an Act of the eleventh and Local Acts 
twelfth Years of Her present Majesty for making (Prelinainary 
Preliminary Inquiries, in certain Cases, of Applica- auiziee) Ea 
tions for Local Acts, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof: 

An Act to sanction the Service, by Post, of No- Charitable 
tices relative to the Proceedivgs of certain Chari- pees 
table Institutions, and to make further Provision as on 
tu the Service of such Notices in future : 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Consmnsas 
Lands, in pursuance of a special Report of the In- ‘closure, 
closure Suloneiietomne: ' . (So) Am 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Civil Bills, &amp;. 
lating to Civil Bills, and the Courts of Quarter Ses- (reland) Bill 
sions in Jreland, and to transfer to the Assistant 
Barristers certain Jurisdiction as to Insolvent 
Debtors : 

An Act to prevent the Assumption of certain Ecclesiastical 
Ecclesiastical Titles in respect of Places in the Titles 


“ , A tion 
United Kingdom : Bil, 7 


An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing» Militia Pay 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem-® 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to 
grant Allowances, in certain Cases, to Subaitern 
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 certain of the Allowances of Soap tn 


the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactories : lowell? 
An Act to consolidate and continue the Copyhold Copytall 
and Inclosure Commissions, and to provide for the es 
Completion of Proceedings under the Tithe Com- missions 
mutation Acts: 
An Act for providing a Metropolitan Market and Smithfield 


“ ° ‘ et 
Conveniences connected therewith, in lieu of the pages 


Cattle Market at Smithfield: ee 

An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabi- stock inte 
tants from Liability to be rated as such in respect of 
Stock in Trade or other Property to the Relief of 
the Poor : i 

An Act for amending the Powers of the Imperial a 
Continental Gas Association : Gas A 

tion 


lighting, cleansing, re~ Kensington 


An Act for better paving, Improvens 


gulating and improving the Parish of Saint Mary 
Abbotts, Kensington : 

An Act for omabinn the Commissioners of the Hartley at 
Pier and Port of Hartlepool to construct an addi- (7 
tional Pier for the Protection of the ‘Harbours and of New Piet, 
Bay of Hartlepool, and to establish and wer &amp;c.) Bill 





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15 Vicroriz. 


Ferry across the Commissioners’ Harbour; for ena- 
, bling the Commissioners to raise further Monies, 
for repealing, consolidating and amending the Acts 
relating to the said Pier and Port, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the Session of 
Parliament of the fifth and sixth Years of the Reign 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for 
making and maintaining and improving a Harbour 
at Wicklow, in the County of Wicklow :” 

An Act for incorporating “ The Magnetic Tele- 
, graph Company,” and to enable the said Company 
TeegraP' 1, to work certain Letters Patent: 


fisrbour Bill. 


Compay B 
Gerkenvell © An Act for enabling the Mayor and Commonalty 
er of and Citizens of the City of London, to complete the 


tothe Improvements authorized to be made by the Clerk- 
Corporation of enwell Improvement Commissioners, and for amend- 
_— &amp;e-) ing the Acts relating to such Improvements : 


Vexird = An Act to amend the Wexford Free Bridge Act, 
Bridge Bill. 1947: 

Valey _ An Act for amending the Acts relating to the 
wiDufftyn §=Liynvi Valley and Duffryn Lynvi and Porth Cawl 
cla Railways, and for forming a Junction between such 
«he pil. Railways and the South Wales Railway : 


Warkworth An Act for constructing a Wet Dock, and other 
Harbour Dock Works in connexion with Warkworth Harbour, in 
Company Bill. the County of Northumberland, and for limiting the 
Amount of Rates and Tolls by “The Warkworth 
Harbour Act, 1847,” authorized to be levied, and 
for varying the Application thereof: 

An Act for paving, lighting, cleansing and other- 
wise improving the several Townships and Places 
in the Borough of Manchester, and amending and 
consolidating the Provisions of existing local Acts 

relating thereto: 
Manchester, An Act to enable the Manchester, Buxton, Mat- 
creat lock and Midlands Junction Railway Company to 


lands Junction complete the Purchase of the Cromford Canal : 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Inprovement 
Bill. 


ThamesIIaven An Act to amend and enlarge some of the Provi- 
Raivay Bill. sions of the Acts relating to the Thames Haven 


Dock and Railway : : 

TrinityCollege An Act to extend the leasing Powers of the Cor- 
(Dublin) Bill. porate Body of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars 
of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of 
Qveen Elizabeth, near Dublin, and also of tie Pro- 
vost thereof in his corporate Capacity ; and to enable 
them to make Grants of Lands in Perpetuity to 
their Lessees, in certain Cases : 


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425 


An Act to authorize the granting of Building Moore's 
Leases of Part of the Estates devised by the Will state Bill. 
of William Moore, Esquire, deceased, situate in the 

Parish of Fulham, in the County of Middlesex. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Saint Alban’s 
Lords to the Saint Alban’s oe Commission Bill —— — 
be taken into consideration upon Tuesday next. 9 8" 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Juvenile 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Offenders. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Offenders, not exceeding 
Sixteen years of Age, committed to every County, 
City or Borough Prison, in England and Wales, for 
any Offence, in the Years 1849 and 1850, stating 
for each of those years, 1. Number committed :— 
2. Number sentenced to Imprisonment, 1. for less 
than Three Months; 2. for Three Months and 
under Six Months; 3. for Six Months and under 
Twelve Months; 4. for Twelve Months and up- 
wards; 5. for Transportation:—3. Number sum- 
marily convicted and imprisoned, 1. for less than 
One Month; 2. for One Month and under Two 
Months; 3. for Two Months and upwards :—And, 
of Number of such Offenders undergoing Sentence 
in every such Prison, on the 1st day of November 
1851, stating, 1. Number under Thirteen Years of 
Age; Number of Thirteen and under Sixteen Years 
of Age; 2. Number that have been in Prison once 
before ; twice; three Times; four Times, and up- 
wards: 3. Number that are Illegitimate; that have 
lost one Parent; that have lost both Parents; that 
are unable to read; that have not been brought up 
to definite Occupation. 

Ordered, That 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. Blount: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Churches and Churches 
Chapels (Zreland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which 404 Chapels 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “e#n4) Bill 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Resi- Ecclesiastical 
dences (Ireland) Bill, with Amendments; to which Perce 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “™" 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Charing Cross charing Cross 
Bridge Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 3ridge Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Farmers’ Estate Farmers’ 
Society (Ireland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Estate Society 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 14) Bill 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leasehold 
to amend an Act passed in the Session of Parlia- Tenure of 
ment held in the twelfth and thirteenth Years of Factend) Act 
the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, Amendment 
intituled, “ An Act for converting the renewable Bill. 
Leasehold Tenure of Lands in Ireland into a Te- 
nure in Fee;’”’ to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Brentwood 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; School and 
That in the case of the Brentwood School and Alms- 4!™shouses 





Cameron's An Act for extending the Period for the Comple- 

—. tion of Cameron’s Coalbrouk Steam Coal and Swan- 

andSwansea 8€@ and Loughor Railway, and for amending the 

ad Loughor Act relating to such Railway: 

Railway Bill. a 

Manchester An Act for making a Railway from the London 

fu Seiford and North Western Railway, in the Township of 

Iuilway Bul, S@/ford, across the River Jrwell into the Borough 
of Manchester, to be ealled “ The Manchester and 
ree Extension Railway :” 

General n Act for better enabling the General Rever- 

eer sionary and Investment Company to sue and be 

Ment Com. Sued, and to facilitate the holding and Transfer of 

payBil, the Property of the Company by and from the pre- 
sent and future Trustees thereof, and for other Pur. 
poses : 

Glasgow An Act to authorize the Appropriation to Chari- 

a table Purposes of the unclaimed Funds and Pro- 

Bil, = under the control of “The Glasgow Provident. 

ank,” and the winding up of its Affairs: 
Musselburgh An Act for regulating and securing the Debt due 


{amngement by the Burgh of Musselburgh, in the County of 

oe “hy Edinburgh, and for other Purposes in relation 
rgh) P 

Tetate Bill, ' thereto : 


Shelley's An Act for authorizing the Application of Part of 
Eatate Bill the Trust Funds miko to ther Taste of the Will 
and Codicils of the late Sir Timothy Shelley, to cer- 
tain lasting Improvements upon Estates bought 
under the Trusts of such Will and Codicils : 

Vot, 106. 


houses Charity Estate Bill, the Standing Orders b apie 


have been complied with. 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow Charitable 
the Charitable Trusts Bill was read, and discharged. Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next, at Five of the clock. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Private Bills, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 6th day of February last, fora Return from 
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426) 


the Promoters of every Private Bill deposited in the 
present Session, of the Number of Local or Local 
and Personal Acts, and Consolidation Acts, now 
either wholly or partially in force with reference to 
the Undertaking, Corporation, Commissioners, 
Trustees, Parish or other Parties to which such 
Bill relates; giving, in a Tabular Form, the Year, 
Chapter and Title, and the Number of the Sections 
and Schedules of every such Act, and signed, in 
testimony of its Accuracy, by the Parliamentary 
Agent (or Firm) having the Charge of the Bill. 
turn to an Order, dated the 22d day of July 
last, for Copy of the Letter of Captain Graham 
Moore, of His Majesty’s Ship “ Indefatigable,” to 
the Honourable Admiral Cornwallis, respecting the 
Capture of the Spanish Frigates by the ye 
under his Command, on the 5th day of October 
1804. 
WVictoria- Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of July 
street Sewer. last, for Copy of Letter from the Commissioners of 
Woods, &amp;c. to the Commissioners of Sewers, dated 
the 15th day of June 1850, respecting the Line 
and Outfall of the Victoria-street Sewer. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Captain 
Graham Moore be printed. 


Captain 
Graham 
Moore. 


No. 628. 


Parliamentary Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—List of the 
Papers. Bills, Reports, Estimates and Accounts and Papers 
- printed by Order of the House of Commons, and of 
the Papers presented by Command, Session 1851, 
with a general Alphabetical Index thereto. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


Sugar 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
Refining. B 


posed, That, in the opinion of this House, the Bri- 
tish Refiners of Sugar should be permitted to re- 
fine dn Bond, and to enter their Siuantiatete for 
Home Consumption, upon payment of the same 
Duties as are levied upon refined Sugar imported 
into this Country ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till ‘To-morrow. 








Sabbati, 2° die Augusti ; 


Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 
PRAYERS. 
Committees. ORDE RED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Brentwood School and 

Schooland Almshouses Charity Estate Bill, without Amend- 

Almshouses 

Charity Estate ment. 

Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


, 


Brentwood 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the ist and 2d 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. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty -ninth 
Report.) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
on Public Libraries, for the purpose of receiving 
additional Returns respecting Foreign Public Li- 
braries, have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Ewart reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, That they had examined the matters to them 
referred ; and directed him to make a Repurt thereof 
to the House, together with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Public 
Libraries. 
No, 630. 


1°—2° Augusti. 





A. 1851. 


Ordered, That the Felstead (Lord Riche’s) Cha- Felstead 
rities Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now (Lord Rithe's) 
taken into cunsideration:—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Pesan made by pee * 
the Lords to the European and American Printing phir, Sa 
Telegraph Company, &amp;c. Bill; and the same were pag 
twice read, and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Lincolnshire 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Estuary Bill 
to the Lincolnshire Estuary Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take United King- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the dom Electric 
Lords to the United Kingdom Telegraph Company Fs 
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 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Christ Church (Ozford) Estate Bill was, ac- Christ Church 

cording to Order, read the third time. (Oxford) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. sree: 
Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis 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 Lord Bate- 
reading of Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill; — Rotate 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ~ 
upon Monday next. 


a Estate Bill was, according to Order, pes 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, 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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Caledonian 
take into consideration the Amendments made by pon 
the Lords to the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garakirk and 
Garnkirk and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &amp;c. Coatbridge, 
Railways) (Amendmentand Continuation, &amp;c.) Bill ; ome 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Railways) 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill (Amendment 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House = Coe) Bill. 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their ’ 


Lordships. 


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, tag — 
dated the 10th day of July last, for Copy of any {i itown.) 
Reports on the Dapecimncntn! Improvements on 
the Crown Estate of King Williamstown, in the 
County of Cork, submitted to Her Majesty’s Com- 
missioners of Woods and Forests, since the 8th 
day of August 1844 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 612, of Session 1844). 

rd Seymour also presented, pursuant to the di- Woods, pa 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—The Twenty- ae 
eighth Report of the Commissioners of Her Ma- No. 631. 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and 
Buildings ; being the Twenty-second Annual Report 
of the said Commissioners. 
Ordered, 


ZREE £E 


Ee ZEEREEZ 































































Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Kafir Tribes. 
No. 635. 


Midshipmen, 
be. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


Robert 
Erskine. 


Tayleur’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Passenzers’ 
Act. 


No, 632, 


15 Vieroriz. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c., be printed. 


Several Petitions relating to the Charitable Trusts 
Bill;— William Cuthbertson ;—Education (Ireland) ; 
-— Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill ;— Ordnance 
School (Carshalton) ;—and, Post Office, Waterford, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the 
Duchy of Lancaster (High Peak Mining Customs 
and Mineral Courts) Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Mon- 
day next the Charitable Trusts Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the Relations between this Country 


2° Augustt. 





and the Kafir and other Tribes on our South Afri- | 


can Frontier, have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Labouchere reported from the said Select 
Committee, That they had examined the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 


thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of | P 


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, 
Returns of the Number, in each year respectively, 
from 1844 to 1850, both inclusive, of Midshipmen 
and Cadets admitted into Her Majesty's Service :— 
And, of the Total Number of Mates, Midshipmen 
and Cadets respectively, which belonged to Her 
Majesty's Service on the 31st day of December in 
an of the same years ; distinguishing those serving 
in the Coast Guard and otherwise from those serv- 
ing on board of Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels of 
War. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
a Copy of the Resolutions of Her Majesty’s Com- 
missioners in reference to Westminster Bridge. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence that has 
passed between the Colonial Office and the Com- 
mander in Chief respecting the case of Robert Ers- 
kine. 

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. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported Tayleur’s Divorce 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the working of the Passengers’ Act, 
and to report whether any and what further protee- 
tion is required by emigrants during the passage or 
at the port of embarkation, have Power to report 
their Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had examined 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. 

VoL. 106. 





427 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Metropolitan Interment Bill was, according Metropolitan 
to Order, read the third time. Interment Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the -Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Attornies and. Solicitors Regulation Acts Attornies and 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the Solicitors 
third time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. .°8aieng. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ment Bill. 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville 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 General Board of Health (No. 3) Bill was, General Board 
according to Order, read the third time. Chie 5) Bal 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment Bi was, Church Build- 

according to Order, read the third time. ing Acts 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do came 
ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill was, according Petty Session 
to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Summary 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an Jurisdiction 
Amendment was made to the Bill. eee 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Constabulary Force (Zreland) Bill was, ac- Constabulary 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- Force ‘ 
ments were made to the Bill. (neeet) ae 

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 County Courts 
into consideration the County Courts further Exten- further Ex- 
sion Bill, as amended in the Committee. eer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Five of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take General Board 
into consideration the General Board of Health of Health 
(No. 4) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (So. 4) Bal 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Canterbury 
into consideration the Canterbury Association Bill, Association 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 2 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


to Order, proceeded to take Nuisances 
uisances Removal and Dis- Kemoval and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 


The House, accordin 
into consideration the N 
eases Preventiou Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at ‘Twelve of the clock. 
312 The 


Duchy of 
Lancaster 
(High Peak 
Mining Cus- 
toms and 
Mineral 
Courts) Bill.’ 


428 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Duchy of Lancaster (igh 
Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Crnewall Lewis re- 


2° Augusti. 


A, 1851, 


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 Lorships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ecclesiastical 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Eccle- Residences 
siastical Residences (Jreland) Bill; and the same ‘@nd) Bit 


ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Saint Helen's 
Improvement 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Sheffield and 
Glossop Road 
(No, 2) Bill. 


United Church 


of England and 
Ireland Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery and 
Judicial Com- 
mittee Bill. 


Mercantile 
Marine Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Saint Andrew’s 
and Quebec 
Railway Bill, 


Hove 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Pocr Relief 
Act Con- 
Unuance Bill. 


Leaschold 
Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 633, 


Hove 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Churches 
and Chapels 
(Lreland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Medical Charities 
(Ireland) Bill, withoutany Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Grand Jury Cess 
(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Saint Helen’s Im- 
provement (No. 3) Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheffield and Glos- 
sop Road (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the United Church of 
England and Ireland Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Court of Chancery 
and Judicial Committee B 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Mercantile Marine 
Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Andrezw’s and 
Quebec Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Hove Improvement 


ill, with Amendments ; | 
| 


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. 


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 Foreign Goods imported and for- 
warded to Hyde Park for the purpose of Exhibition 
in the year 1851, stating their Description and 
Quantity, or Value, as the case may be; distin- 
guishing those delivered for Home Use from those 
exported, and from those removed to one of the 
usual Bonded Warehouses. 

Ordered, That 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 Majesty’s Com- 
Command ,— Ceylon :—Pupers relating to the Court 
Martial held on Captain Watson. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Further Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of 
February last, for a Copy of the Report of the Com- 
mission which was sent to Ceylon in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, together with the Evidence taken 
| by the Commissioners. 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
|Table ; and that the last be printed. 





Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 


Exhibition 
of 1851, 


Ceylon. 


Ceylon. 
No. 634. 


Geological 


Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment | dated the 14th day of March last, for a Return of Surveys. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Eccle- 
siastical Property Valuation (Zreland) Bill; and the 
same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 Poor 
Relief Act Continuance Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the BilF 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 Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) Act 
Amendment Bill was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time upon Monday next, 
at Five of the clock ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Hove lmprovement Bill be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Churches 
and Chapels (Jreland) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 


the Periods of the Commencement of the English 
and Irish Geological Surveys; Number of Reports 
made, and the Cost of these Reports; the Area, 
specifying the Counties, completed in each; also 
the Area published; stating further, whether one 
| uniform Scale has been adhered to throughout. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 
last, for a Return of Expenditure incurred to the 
| lst day of January 1851, for the Museum of Prac- 
tical Geology in London, divided into the Heads of 
Cost of Building and Expenses incurred for other 
Purposes ; the Amount paid in Annual Salaries; 
stating, at the same Time, whether the Persons em- 
ployed in the Museum receive any other Salaries 
or Emoluments; and the time given up to other 
public Duties, where any are performed :———— 
And, Further Return to an Order, dated the 14th 
day of March last, for a Return of Expenditure in- 
curred to the 1st day of January 1851, for the Mu- 
seum of Irish Industry, in Dublin, divided into the 
Heads of Cost of Building, and Expenses incurred 
for other Purposes; the Amount paid in Annual 
Salaries ; stating also, whether the Persons em- 
ployed in the Museum receive any other Salaries or 
Emoluments; and the Time given up to other Pub- 
lic Duties where any are performed. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Museum of 
Practical 


Museum of 


Irish Industry 


in Dublin. 








15 Vicroriz. 


Lune, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 
cummittees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
O to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Tayleur’s Divorce Bill be now 
pivorce Bill. read the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That The Judge Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


, 


4° Augusti. 








429 


Bill; — Beer Casks ;—Charitable Trusts Bill ;— 
Education (Jreland) ;—Exhibition of 1851 ;—Hali- 
faz and Quebec Railway ;— Navigation Act and 
Mercantile Marine Act ;—Patent Law Amendment 
Bill ;—Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ;—and, 
Slave Trade,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That Exhibition 
their Address of the 29th day of July last, rela- of 1851. 
tive to the Exhibition of 1851, 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 : 


Her Majesty has received the Address of the 








hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


| 

charingCross Ordered, That the Amendments made by the| 

Bridge Bil. Lords to the Charing Cross Bridge Bill be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Farmers’ Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Se Lords to the Farmers’ Estate Society (Jreland) Bill 
{irdand) BM. te taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Hove The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

Improvement into consideration the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Tove Improvement 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. 


linlnshire The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Esuary Bill. jnto consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Lincolnshire Estuary 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 


| House of Commons, praying that Her Majesty will 


be graciously pleased to direct, in such manner as 
to Her may seem fit, that the Crystal Palace be 
preserved until the 1st of May next. 

It will be necessary to consider carefully the 
engagements of the Royal Commissioners; and 
Her Majesty will direct Inquiry to be made into 
various matters of detail, which must be ascer- 
tained before any decision can be made upon this 
subject. 


The General Board of Health (No. 4) Bill was, General Board 
according to Order, read the third time. aa , 

A Clause (Portsmouth Dock-yard, &amp;c. exempted 0" 
from operation of Act) was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Nuisances 


| Reading cf the Nuisances Removal and Diseases — and 


iseases Pre- 


: 2 i 
Prevention Bill; vention Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 





. their Lordships. 


Waterford The House proceeded to take into consideration 

 apari the Amendments made by the Lords to the Water- 

Te 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. 


Felstead The Felstead (Lord Riche’s) Charities Bill was, 
es Biche'e) according to Order, read the third time. 
i Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Biil 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Ainendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Lord Bate- 


Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill was, according to 
_ Estate 


Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the 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 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Pablic 

Petitions, 

Vide Sev. 

first Seventy. 

0 Public 
Ctitions, 


Several Petitions relating to the Church Building 
Acts Amendment Bill;—Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Management Bill ;—Attornies Certificates ; 
—Paper, &amp;c.;—Arrest of Absconding Debtors 


p VoL. 106. 


The Canterbury Association Bill was, according Canterbury 
'to Order, read the third time. Association 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 

| Ordered, That Mr. Cocks do carry the Bill to the 

| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Patent Law 
mittee on the Patent Law Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other - 
Orders of the day, at Twelve of the clock, resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Duchy of Lan- 
‘take into consideration the Duchy of Lancaster caster (High 
(High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts) her henape 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Mineral 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Courts) Bill. 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Patent Law 
into a Committee on the Patent Law Amendment — aa 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° | to N° 3, agreed to. 

CuiavuseE, N° 4 (Commissioners may appoint Exa- 
miners). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 2, 1. 23, to leave out 
from the word “ it” to the word “ shall,” in J, 27. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


out stand part of the Clause; 
313 The 


































































430 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Lord Marcus Hill 
Yeas, Mr. Bellew: 

Tellers for the {Mr. John Greene, 
Noes, LMr. William Williams : 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 5, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 6 (Treasury to appoint Officers, ex- 
cept such as the Commissioners are authorized to | dustry, in Dublin, which was presented upon Sa- 
appoint). turday last, be printed. 

otion made, and Question proposed, That the | 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit | 
again ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Crause, N° 7, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


4° August:. A. 1851, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Crown Crown 
Estate (King William’s Town), which was presen- (King Wil. 
ted upon Saturday last, be printed. liam’s Town.) 

No. 637, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Geological Geological 
Surveys, which was presented upon Saturday last, Surveys, 
be printed. No. 638, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Museum Museum of 
of Practical Geology ; and, Museum of Jrish In- Practical 
eology; and, 
inet a 
in Dublin 
No. 639, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Vic- Victoria. 
toria-street Sewer, which was presented upon Friday street Sewer. 
last, be printed. No. 640, 


46. 


2. 


; 
s 
j 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a London 

| Return of the Tolls collected by the Corporation of Corporation, 
the City of London at the several Gates and Avenues 

of the City for the last Three Years, ending the 31st 

day of December 1850; distinguishing the Amount 
collected at each Gate or Avenue, together with a 
Specification of and the Rate of the Tolls. 





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, at | 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Com mittee Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sewers. 
Return of the Rates made in the years 1845, 1846, 
Ordered, That the Committee on the Metro- | 1847, 1848, 1849, 1859 and 1851, by the Commis- 
polis Water Bill have Power to report the Minutes | sioners of Sewers, showing the Date of each, the 
of the Evidence taken before them. District upon which each was made, and the Amount 

Sir James Graham reported from the said Com- of each in the Pound upon the rateable Annual 
mittee, to whom several Petitions against the said | Value of the Property rateable thereto :—Return of 


United Church 
of England 
and Ireland 
Bill. 


Edward Bryan 
and others. 


Bill were referred ; That the Order of the House of | 
the 16th day of May last, had been complied with ; 
and that they had heard counsel in support of the 
said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but | 
the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 


the Per-centage on the Total rateable Annual Va- 
lue of the Property assessed, to which the Rates 
collected under the separate Commissions, between 
January 1845 and November 1847, amounted :— 
Similar Return as to the combined and consolidated 
Commissions, from November 1847 to October 
1849, and as to the present Commission from Oc- 
tober 1849 to the 31st day of July 1851 :—And, 





Sir James Graham further reported from the said 
Committee, That he had been directed to report | 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to | 
the House. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Return of the Cost of Management per annum on 
the Total rateable Value of such Districts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Retarn for the Four Provinces in Ireland, showing (rland.) 
the Amount of ordinary Expenses incurred in the Ne. 641. 


Relief of the Poor, during Three quarters of the 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the United | financial year ending the 29th day of September 
Church of England and Ireland Bill ; and the same | 1851, distinguishing the Cost of Maintenance, of 
were twice read, and agreed to. | Out-relief, and the Total Amount of other Expenses, 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton | including Establishment and Salaries of Officers ; 
do carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, | also showing the Amount of Poor Rate collected 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments | during the Three Quarters, and the Amount of the 


made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 24th day of July last, for Copies of the 
Correspondence between the Magistrates attending 
the Sessions Court of Brawney, County Westmeath, 
and Sir Thomas Redington, relative to the Convicts 
Edward Bryan, John Rooney and Brannan, 
who were sentenced to Ten Years’ Transportation 
for stealing Cattle at the Spring Assizes 1849 for 
that County, and afterwards pardoned. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,-—Copies of Twenty- 
three General Orders issued by the Commissioners 
for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor 


-in Jreland. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventieth 
Report.) 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 1st and 2d 
days of this instant August ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


| Poor Law Valuation, 
| 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 Prisons. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Rules and Regulations which 
have been in force at any Time from the year 1840 
to 1851, in the following Prisons :—House of Cor- 
rection, Tothill Fields; House of Correction, Cold- 
bath Fields; Newgate Gaol; Horsemonger-lane 
Gaol; Stafford Gaol and House of Correction ; 
Oakham Gaol and House of Correction ; York City 
Gaol; York House of Correction ; Kirkdale House 
of Correction ; Warwick Gaol and House of Cor- 
rection ; Iichester Gaol; Fisherton Anger Gaol and 
House of Correction ; Wakefield House of Correc- 
tion; Monmouth Gaol and House of Correction ; 
Lancaster Gaol ; Preston House of Correction ; and, 
Milbank Penitentiary. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy One 
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15 VicrorizZ. 


Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—The Twenty-eighth 
_Report' of the Commissioners 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. 


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e 


bridges Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Roscommon) Copies of the finding of the Jury at the Summer 
Assizes of the County of Roscommon, in the year 
1851, in the Matter of a Traverse of a Presentment 
for the Cost of certain Bridges executed by the 
Commissioners of Public Works, under the Drain- 
age Act, in the said County; and of the Present- 
ment made in the said Matter by the Lord Chief 
Justice. 


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 Name of every Parish in 
Scotland in which there are unexhausted Crown 
Teinds, and the Amount of such Teinds in each 
Parish. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Teinds 
(Scotland. ) 


Court of Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Chancery and Lords to the Court of Chancery and Judicial Com- 


— mittee Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 
National Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Gallery.  Command,— Report of the Commissioners ap- 
No, 642. pointed to consider the Question of a Site for a new 
National Gallery. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Convict Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


Discipline and mand,—Copy of further Correspondence on the 
Subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation 


tion, 
(in continuation of Papers presented 14th May 
1851). 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Fhiseopal The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


— into a Committee on the Episcopal.and Capitular 
agement Bill, Estates Management Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuause N° 1 (Power of Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tions, with approval of Church Estate Commis- 
sioners, to sell, enfranchise, or exchange Church 
Lands, or to purchase the Interests of their Lessees). 

Amendment proposed : In p.1,1.12, after “ Com- 
missioners,” to insert the words “who shall pay 
due regard to the just and reasonable claims of 
the present holders of lands under lease or other- 
wise, arising from the long-continued practice of 
renewal.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢Colonel Sibthorp, 


“ 
ify 
“ 
4 


“ 


Yeas, \Sir Henry Willoughby : } on 
Tellers for the j Mr. Hayter, \ 58 
Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: b Sam 


~ Question, That those words be there inserted 
———put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ Provided 
“always, That nothing herein contained shall be 


4° Augusti. 


431 


deemed or taken to vary or affect the legal or 
equitable rights, estates or interests of such Ec- 
clesiastical Corporations, or of their lessees inter 
se respectively.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and Negatived. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CriausE, N° 2 (Provision for Apportionment of 
Rent on surrender of Part of Lands comprised in 
any Lease). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ Provided, 
“ that the amount of rent so continuing payable, 
“ shall not exceed the proportional amount of rent, 
“ payable in respect of such lands, according to the 
“ original valuation thereof.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CravuseE, N° 3, agreed to. 


Criause, N° 4 (Monies to arise from Exchange 
or Enfranchisement to be laid out as before autho- 
rized, or in the Purchase of the Sale). 

An Amendment made. , 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 3, 1. 21, 
to leave out from the word “ authorized” to the 
words “ to be” in 1. 23. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause put, and agreed 
to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


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“ 
“ 
“ 





Cause, N° 5 (Monies applicable to the purchase 
of Lands for the use of an Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tion may be applied in purchasing the interests of 
lessees, or in payments for an equality of exchange). | 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 
sMr. Hayter, i, - 
| Lord Marcus Hill: § °°” 
Sir Benjamin Hall, 8 
Mr. Anstey : , 


Crause, N°6 (Provision in case of Increase or 
Deficiency of Income, in consequence of Sales, &amp;c.). 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 1 


Cravuse, N° 7 (How Leases of Lands acquired by 
any Ecclesiastical Corporation under this Act may 
be made). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 4, 1. 34, to leave 
out the words “ without the approval of the Church 
Estates Commissioners.” " 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
to. 

An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 8 (Power to Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners to make Rules concerning the Terms on 
which Sales, &amp;c. should be made to Lessees). 
Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

Sir Benjamin Hail, 
Mr. Anstey: 
Tellers for the Noes, (ied Merece Hill: 


Crause, N° 9 (Interpretation Clause). 
Amendment proposed: In p. 5, 1. 30, after the 
words “Collegiate Church” to insert the words 
“ Ecclesiastical Commissioners.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted! ; 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 8. 
1. 


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432 


The Committee divided. | 


J 


Tellers for the (Mr. John Abel Smith, 
Yeas, Mr. Cayley: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Lord Marcus Hill : 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (And be it further Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for any Ecclesiastical Corporation, sole 
or aggregate, to take a surrender of or to renew any 
lease without the consent of the said Church Estates 
Commissioners) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


14, 


33. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 5° die Augusti, 1851: 


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 
Twelve of the clock. 








A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Customs Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Customs Bill. 


Sheep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Disorders Pre- 
vention Bill. 


tagious Disorders Prevention Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


Commission- 
ers of Rail- 
ways Act 
Repeal Bill. 


Steam Navi- 
gation Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Commissioners of 
Railways Act Repeal Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Steam Navigation | 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
King’s College The Lords have agreed to the King’s College | 
Hospital Hospital (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment : | 
(No, 2) Bill. And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the National Land 
Company Dissolving Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

Inverness The Lords have agreed to the Inverness Bridge 
— ~ 2) (No. 2 ) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 





National Land 
Company Dis- 
solving Bill. 





The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 
by this House to Dorward’s Estate Bill, without | 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

by this House to the Duke of Bridgewater’s Estate 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
New Forest The Lords have agreed to the New Forest Deer 
Deer Removal, Removal, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to which | 
aoe wa Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Sale or Exchange of Part of the 
Estate of the Free School at Ripley, in the County 
of York, and for other Purposes relating to the said 
Charity ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Dorwarid’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Bridgewater's 
Estate Bill 


Ripley Free 
School Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the County Courts further Extension 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


County Courts 
further 
Extension Bill. 


T.easehold 
Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 
Jand) Act 
Amendment 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Leasehold Tenure of Lands ( Jreland) 
Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 





4°—5° Augusti. 


The Lords have agreed to the Sheep, &amp;c. Con- 


A. 1851, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Loui, 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to and others, 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a List of any Addresses to Her Majesty, or Memo- 
rials to the Foreign Office, on the subject of the 
Liberation of Louis Kossuth and his Compatriots ; 
with the Names of the Places from which addressed, 
and the Number of Signatures attached to each of 
them, stating also when signed by a Chairman on 
behalf of a Meeting. 

Ordered, That 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, Lonis Koss 
a List of any Petitions to the House of Commons, 204 others, 
on the subject of the Liberation of Louis Kossuth 
and his Compatriots ; with the Names of the Places 
from which addressed, and the Number of Signa- 
tures attached to each of them, stating also when 
signed by a Chairman on behalf of a Meeting, 


The Ripley Free School Estate Bill was read the Ripley Free 
first time. School Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Peiitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 


| and proceed forthwith. 


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 Augusti ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 

QRPE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 

sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ripley Free 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; School Bill 
That in the case of the Ripley Free School Bill the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That all the Standing Orders applicable Ripley = 
to the Ripley Free School Bill be suspended, and Schon 
that the said Bill be allowed to proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Ripley Free School Bill be Ripley Free 
now read a second time :—The Bill was accordingly School Bill 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they may appoint the 
Committee on the Bill to proceed forthwith. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Charing Cross 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Bridge Bill 
Lords to the Charing Cross Bridge Bill; and the 
saine 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. 


Farmers — 
Estate Society 


(Ireland) Bill 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Farmers’ Estate Society (Ireland) Bill; 
and the same were twice read, and, with an Amend- 


ment 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 a 
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Expenditure. 
No. 627. 


Colonial 
wilitary 
Expenditure. 


Metropolis 
Water Bill. 


No. 643. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seventy - 
first Report 

on Public 
Petitions. 


Standing 
Orders. 
No. 644. 


Duchy of Lan- 
easter (High 
Peak Mining 
Customs and 
Mineral 
Courts) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery and 
Judicial Com- 


15 Vicrortz. 


ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2ist day of 
June, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
of the Colonial Expenditure of Great Britain for 
the years 1847-8 and 1848-9, in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 224, of Session 1849, 
with any Alterations of the Charges comprised under 
the different Heads that may be more in conformity 
with the Votes on the Estimates of the several De- 
partments by which the Expenditure is provided 
for and defrayed. And, Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 23d day of June last, for a Return 
of General Abstract of the Colonial Military Ex- 
penditure by Great Britain, during the latest year for 
which the same can be made up (in contifuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 224, of Session 1849). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 





Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Metropolis Water Bill, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Severa! Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, 
&amp;c.;—Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management 
Bill; — Paper, &amp;c.;— Agriculture ; — Beerhouses ; 

Jounty Courts further Extension Bill ;—Disarma- 
ment ;— Exhibition of 1851 ;— Ordnance School 
(Carshalton) ;—and, Ramsgate and Margate Har- 
bours,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House, 
as amended in the present Session, be printed. 


The Duchy of Lancaster (High Peak Mining 
Customs and Mineral Courts) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Court of Chancery and Judicial Com- 
mittee Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Patent Law Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Ciavse, N° 8, agreed to. 
Criausg, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauszs, N° 10 to N° 13, agreed to. 


Crause, N°14 (Law Officer to refer Specification 
and Objections to an Examiner for his Report). 

Amendment proposed : In p. 5, 1. 26, to leave out 
the words “and utility.” 

Question put, That the words “ and utility” stand 
part of the Elause : 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Ricardo, 7 1 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams: | ~° 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, } 48 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Vou. 106, 


5° Augustz. 





433 


Cuavusss, N° 15 to N° 17, amended, and 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Episcopal and 
into consideration the Episcopal and Capitular Capitular 
y : . States 
Estates Management Bill, as amended in the Com- Management 
mittee. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The County Courts further Extension Bill was, County Courts 
according to Order, read the third time. a 4 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in p. 9, 1. 9, by leaving out from the word 
“ Court” to the word “ That” in 1, 23. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 
é Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 

The Order of the day being read, for the third N 
reading of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases ; 
Prevention Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon this day Three months. 


uisances 
emoval and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Saint Alban’s 
into consideration the Amendments made by the ae 
Lords to the Saint Alban’s Bribery Commission 7 , 
Bill; and the same were twice read; and several 
were disagreed to; and one was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords, for dis- 
agreeing to the Amendments to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Bernal, Mr Cornewall Lewis, 

Lord Seymour, Mr. Hayter and Mr. Brotherton: 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New Forest 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the ew Deer Removal, 
Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. 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 Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Ripley Free School Bill, Ripley Freo 
with an Amendment. School Bill, 
Orderéd, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the 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, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath ugreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


3K Ordered, 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


Tea, &amp;c. 
No, 647. 


Rate in Aid, 
&amp;c. (Ireland. ) 


No. 648, 


434 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing for each year, from 1816 to 1850 
inelusive, the Number of Vessels and of Tonnage 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards at each of 
the Twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom 
respectively ; also, the Official and Declared Value 
of the Exports and Official Value of the Imports, 
for each of the said Ports, during the same years 
respectively (being a re-print and continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 115, of Session 1847). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of George Covde, Esquire, to 
the Poor Law Board, on the Law of Settlement and 
Removal of the Poor. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the | 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table ; and be printed. 


5° August. 


A. 1851, 


Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of July last, 
for Accounts of the Total Number of Pounds eight 
of Cotton Wool imported into the United Kingdom, 
in each of the three years 1848, 1849 and 1850 ; 
distinguishing the Quantities imported from the 
United States of America, Brazil, the Mediterra- 
nean, the East Indies and the British West Indies 
respectively, from that imported from all other 
Parts: —Of the Total Quantities and Declared 
Value of British Cotton Manufactured Goods, and 
of Cotton Twist, Yarn or Thread, exported from the 
United Kingdom to all Parts of the World, in each 
of the Three years 1848, 1849 and 1850 ; specifying 
the Number of Yards and Declared Value of al] 
Goods entered by the Yard; the Declared Value of 
such Goods as are entered by Value only, as Hosiery, 
Lace, &amp;c. ; and the Number of Pounds Weight and 
Declared Value of Cotton Twist, Yarn or Thread, 


|s0 exported; showing the Aggregate Declared 


| Value of all such Exports in each year :—Similar 


Ordered, 'Yhat there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Total Number of Paupers (In-| 
door and Out-door), in receipt of Relief on the Ist | 
day of July 1850 and ist day of July 1851, in Six | 
hundred and seven Unions and Parishes under | 
Boards of Guardians in England and Wales, and of | 
the Number of adult Able-bodied Paupers (Male and | 
Female) in receipt of Relief on the 1st day of July 
1850 and the Ist day of July 1851, showing the | 
Increase or Decrease at the latter as compared with | 
the former Period. 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Re- | 
turn. | 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table; and be printed. 


Account to the foregoing, of the Export of British 
Cotton Manufactured Goods, and Cotton Twist, 
Yarn or Thread, to the United States of America : 
—And, Account of the Total Official Value of all 
Goods imported into, and the Total Official Value of 
the Produce and Manufactures of the United King- 
dom, and of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize re- 
spectively, with the Aggregates of such Amounts, 
exported from the United Kingdom to the United 
States of America; also, the Total Declared Value 
of the Produce and Manufactures of the United 
Kingdom, so exported in each of the four years 
1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 383, of Session 1848). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 


Cotton, &amp;, 
No. 649, 


Westminster 


|of several Acts of Parliament, was also laid upon Bridge. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table | 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 25th day of July last, for Copy of Cor- | 
respondence between the Poor Law Board and the | 
Board of Guardians of the Hay Union, respecting | 
the Interment of Edward Davies without the usual 
Rites and Solemnities of Burial. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of July | 
last, for Copy of Reports made to the Poor Law | 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Four 
Quarterly Accounts of the Treasurer to the Com- 
missioners of Westminster Bridge, from the 5th of 
April 1850 to the 5th of April 1851. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Pauper 
Children ; Tea, &amp;c.; Rate in Aid, &amp;c. (Jreland); 
and, Cotton, &amp;c., be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 


Dean and 


Board by their Inspectors, Sir John Walsham, Mr. | Order, dated the 25th day of July last, for a Re- Chapter of 


Doyle and Mr. Farnall, on the Education and | turn of all Sums of Money paid to the Dean and 
Training of Pauper Children in their respective Dis- | Chapter of Windsor, since the 1st day of January 
tricts, in the year 1850. | 1830, on the occasion of any Burials of Members 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of June last, /of the Roval Family, setting forth the Dates 
for a Return of the Number of Seizures or Prose-| when and the Occasions upon which such Sums 


cutions made or authorized by the Commissioners | 
of the Excise, for Adulteration of Tea, Tobacco, | 
Pepper and Coffee, since August 1840, specifying 
the Articles adulterated, and the Year in which such 
Seizures or Prosecutions occurred. 


were paid. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbours 


Windsor. 
No. 650. 


Harbours 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of July last, K Isle of Man), which was presented upon the 6th (Isle of Man) 


for Copy of all the Correspondence which has taken | 
eee between the Lords Commissioners of Her | 
ajesty’s Treasury and the Commissioners for ad- | 
ministering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in | 
Ireland, respecting the Advance, Distribution or 
Expenditure, of the Amounts raised under the 
Authority of the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 24, for a Ge- | 
neral Rate in Aid in Jreland:—Account showing, 
under separate Heads, the different Purposes for | 


day of June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to London and 
Holyhead Road, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


The Judge Advocate reported Webster’s Divorce 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


which Money has been granted to distressed Unions To-morrow. 


in Ireland, under the Provisions of the Act 12 &amp; 13 | 
Vic. c. 24, for a General Rate in Aid ; distinguish- | 
ing the Amount allotted in each half year, and on | 
the whole, to each Union, for each Purpose respec- 
tively ; the Gross Amount thus appropriated, and 
the Balance left available :—And, Statement expla- 
natory of the Circumstances under which the Ad- 
vances have been made in each case to distressed 
Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jreland, under 
the Provisions of the Act 13 Vic. c. 14, whether as 
regards the Payment of the Union Debts generally, 
or for the Reduction of the Balances. standing 
against particular Electoral Divisions. 


. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee ap- 
ointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
eae for disagreeing to certain of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Saint Alban’s Bribery 
Commission 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 Amendments made 
by the Lords as far as p. 3, l. 37, inclusive, for the 
following Reasons: 
Because a Select Committee of the House of 


Commons, appointed pursuant to the Act ma 
the 


No. 651. 


London and 

Holyh 

Road, &amp;e- 
No, 652. 


Webster's 
Divorce 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery _ 
Commission 
Bill. 





Births, Deaths 
* * mand,—Copy 


Bibles and 


Prayer Books, dr 


15 Vicroriz. 


the Trial of Election Petitions, and by the 
said Act empowered to examine Witnesses 
on Oath, has reported, — 

“ That it has been distinztly stated by 

“ some witnesses, and the general tenor of 
“ the evidence given leads the Committee 
to believe, that a system of gross corrup- 
“ tion prevailed at the last Election for the 
“ borough of Saint Alban, and also on 
* former similar occasions.” 
“ That it is the opinion of the Committee 
that further Inquiry, by means of a Com- 
“* mission under Legislative authority, should 
be made into the corrupt practices alleged 
to be customary at elections for the bo- 
“ rough of Saint Alban.” 


This opinion of the said Committee, the Preamble 
of the Bill, as agreed to by both Houses of Parlia- 
ment, confirms ; and the Commons are of opinion 
that it is therefore incumbent on the Legislature to 
take the most effectual measures in its power to 
discover the persons who have been guilty of prac- 
tices for the prevention of which the Legislature 
has at various times enacted heavy penalties. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendments, 
p. 4, Is. 22 and 25, and p. 5, 1. 5, for the following 
Reason : 

Because the Commons feel assured that, unless 
the witnesses examined before the Commis- 
sion acting under the Bill are compelled to 
answer all questions put to them, the inquiry 
will be nugatory, and the ends of justice will 
be defeated; and the Commons conceive 
that all parties and witnesses are sufficiently 
protected, as the Bill provides that no state- 
ment made in answer to any question shall 


be admissible in evidence in any proceeding, | 


civil or criminal, 

The Commons agree to the other Amendment 
made to the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill, 
and Amendments): And that Mr. Bouverie do carry 
the same. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
of Twelfth Annual Report of the 
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages 
in England. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
ess to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April 
last, for Copies of the Patents or Authority under 
which the Queen’s Printer, and the Universities of 
Ozford and Cambridge, claim the exclusive right 
of printing Bibles and Prayer Books. 

‘ ee That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of each of the following 
Motions which have been made in the House before 
the Orders of the Day and Notices have been dis- 
posed of, or,in any Committee of the whole House, 
in the Sessions 1849, 1850 and 1851; viz. 1. That 
this House do now adjourn; 2. That this House, at 
its rising, will adjourn till Monday next, or any 
future Day ; 3. That a Debate be now adjourned ; 
4. That the Chairman of a Committee of the whole 
House do report Progress; 5. That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair; and distinguishing, in each 
Class, the Number of such Motions which were 
withdrawn, uegatived or agreed to by the House or 
the Committee, and the Number upon which there 
were Divisions:—And, of each formal Question 
put by Mr. Speaker and by the Chairman of Com- 
mittees in the Progress of the Ecclesiastical Titles 
Assumption Bill through the House, in the order 

Vou, 106. 


5°—6° August. 





435. 


in which they were moe es put, distinguishing 
those put in the Committee from those put in the 
House, and stating in each case whether the same 
was withdrawn, agreed to or negatived, and whether 
a Division took place. 


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. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it 
being then after Four of the clock :—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 6° die Augustt ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


PRAYERS. 


OR DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Andrew's 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint Ralltvay Bill 
Andrew’s and Quebec 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 Brentwood School and Almshouses Charity Brentwood 
Estate Bill was read the third time. pe = 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Charity Estate 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bil. 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Webster’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, Webster's 
read the third time. Divorce Bil. 
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. 


Several Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; Public 
—Ecclesiastical Leasehold Property ;— Episcopal Petitions. 
and Capitular Estates Management Bill ;—May- y;4. sovent - 
nooth College, &amp;c.;— Exhibition of 1851 ;—Na- first Report 
tional Debt ; — Necropolis ( Woking) ; — Pnarmacy © Public 
Bill ;—Political Prisoners :—and, Ship-builders,— Pes 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upun 
the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Queen’s 
mand,—Copies of Reports to Her Majesty of the Colleges 
Presidents of the Queen’s Colleges of Belfast, Gal- “res 
way and Cork, for the Session 1850-51. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- Justices of 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of May the Peace. 
last, for Returns of the Number of Justices in the 
Commission of the Peace in each County and Town 
of a County in Englandand Wales :—Of the Num- 
ber of such Justices who have qualified :—Of the 
Total Number of Justices in the Commission of the 
Peace for Counties in England and Wales :—Of the 
Total Number who have qualified :—Of the Num- 
ber of Borough Magistrates in England and Wales, 
including Mayors and Aldermen, and Justices er 
officio :—Of the Number of Sti endiary or Paid 
Magistrates in England and Wales:~Similar Re- 
turns for Jreland :—And, Return of the Number of 
Magistrates, Sheriffs and Procurators Fiscal, or 
Persons exercising Magisterial Functions in Scot- 


land, distinguishing the Number paid and unpaid. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





Table. 


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Sewers 
(Whitehall. ) 


East India. 
No. 659. 


County 
Courts. 


No. 654. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Church Rates. 


Attendance of 
Members in 
the House of 
Peers. 


Mercantile 
Marine Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Episcopal and 
Capitular 
Estates 
Management 
Bill. 


436 


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of July last, 
for Copy of the Report of the Architect of the De- 

artment of Woods and Forests, respecting the 
amage sustained by the Property of the Crown, 
in the Precincts of Whitehall, by the Operations of 
the Commissioners of Sewers. 
- Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, 
which was presented upon the 16th day of June 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
Courts, which was presented upon the 15th day of 
July last, be pulnted. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee on the 
Patent Law Amendment Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each City and Parliamentary 
Borough in England and Wales, specifying, I. Num- 
ber of Church Rates required, made or refused, 
from Easter 1833 to Easter 1851; specifying fur- 
ther, 1. The Amount in £.1 of such Rate; 2. The 
Amount assessable to the Poor Rate, so far as the 
same can be ascertained; and, 3. The Population 
of the said City or Borough, according to the Census 
of 1851:—II. The Suits, or any other Legal Pro- 
ceedings, describing the same, which have followed 
the Refusal of Church Rates. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
te settle the Order in which Members shall accom- 
pany Mr. Speaker on all occasions when Her Ma- 
jesty shall command the House to attend Her Majesty 
in the House of Peers:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Mr. Henley, Mr. 
Goulburn, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir De Lacy 
Evans, Mr. Bernal, Sir John Duckworth, Sir Joshua 
Walmsley, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Brotherton, 
Lord Marcus Hill and Mr. Greene :—And they are 
to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mer- 
cantile Marine Act Amendment Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere 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 third 
reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 
Management Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day Three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 


6° Augustt. 





A. 1851. 


Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Patent Law 
into a Committee on the Patent Law Amendment Amendment 
Bill. Bill 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuiavusges, N° 18 to N° 24, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crause, N° 25, disagreed to. 


Causes, N° 26 to N° 55, 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 To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message thom 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 
The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan In- yfetropotitan 
terment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Lessee 
1 


The Lords have agreed to the Constabulary Force Constabulary 

(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Force 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the General Board of General Board 
Health (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And of Health 
also, (No. 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Sew- Metropolitan 
ers Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Sewers Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Emigration Ad- Emigration 
vances, Distressed Districts (Scotland) Bill, with- Poa 
out any Amendment: And also, Districta(Seot- 
land) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Mew Zealand New Zealand 
Settlements Bill, without any Amendment: And re 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Canterbury Asso- Canterbury 
ciation Bill, without any Amendment: And also, gn 


The Lords have agreed to the Coalwhippers (Port Coalwhippers 
of London) Bill, without any Amendment: And (Port of Lon- 
also ‘ don) Bill. 

ae 

The Lords have agreed to the South Holland South Holland 
Drainage Acts Amendment Bill, without any dale 
Amendment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Attornies and 
by this House to the Attornies and Solicitors Re- pase 
culation Acts Amendment Bill, without any Amend- y pene at 
ment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Church ‘i 
by this House to the Church Building Acts Amend- a A 

? , . mendment 
ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, gi, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Canada and 
by this House to the Canada and New Brunswick hf 
Boundaries Bill, without any Amendment: And garies Bill. 
also, ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Duchy an 
by this House to the Duchy of Lancaster (High Dev vining 
Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts) Bill, Customs and 

" . Mi 
without any Amendment: And also, 5: ots) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Barton's : 
by this House to Barton’s Estate Bill, without any Estate 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made pees ne) 
by this House to the Felstead (Lord Riche’s) Cha- (Vries 
rities Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made paar 
by this House to Lord Bateman’s Estate Bill, with- 5:7, 
out any Amendment: And also, rh 
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15 Vicroriz. 6° Augusti. 437 


gapylton's ‘ The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

paste Bil. by this House to Stapylton’s Estate Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

yarmers’ The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

gatate Society by this House to the Amendments made by their 

frend) Bill. | rdships to the Farmers’ Estate Society (Ireland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


ire The Lords have agreed tothe Amendments made 
Bawary Bill. by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Lincolnshire Estuary Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 
inof | The Lords have agreed to the Collection of Fines, 
Fines, &amp;e. = kc. (Ireland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
(irdand) Bill. Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Estate The Lords have agreed to the Crown Estate Pav- 
Paving Bill.- ing Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
lands Clauses The Lords have agreed to the Lands Clauses 
Qonwolidation Consolidation (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments ; 
(irdand) BU. + which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


_ 


Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere 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 Collection of 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Collec- Fines. &amp;c, 
tion of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; and the same was Cele) 
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 Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Crown Estate 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Crown Paving Bill. 





| sary: and, that the Amendment in s. 18, p. 13, is 


| Estate Paving Bill. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendments in pp. 12, 
16 and 20, were made to carry into effect the in- 
| tentions of this House; that the Amendment in 
s. 35, p. 20, is to omit the Clause, it being unneces- 


Merchant The Lords have agreed to the Merchant Seamen’s | merely a transposition of the Clause), were agreed 


— Fund Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- | 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Lunatics The Lords have agreed to the Lunatics (India} 

(india) Bil. = Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Battersea The Lords have agreed to the Battersea Park 

Park Amend- 4 mendment and Extension Bill, with Amendments ; 

ment and Ex- A : 

tension Bill. to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Appointments ‘The Lords have agreed to the Appointments to 

4 8, &amp;c. Offices, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

General Board The Lords have agreed to the General Board of 

of Health = ==Health (No. 3) Bill, with Amendments ; to which 

(Me 3) Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Petty Sessions The Lords have agreed to the Petty Sessions | 


(Ireland) Bill. ( Jyeland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Summary The Lords have agreed to the Summary Jurisdic- 

(ieand) tion (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

io The Lords have agreed to certain of the Amend- 

Aneninent ments made by this House tv the Law of Evi- 
and agree to one of the Amendments, with Amend- 
ments; and disagree to another of the Amendments, 
for which disagreement they assign Reasons: And 
also, 

Administration The Lords have agreed to certain of the Amend- 

— ments made by this House to the Administration 

Improvement of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill, without any 
Amendment ; and agree to one of the Amendments, 
with an Amendment; and disagree to others of the 
Amendments, for which disagreements they assign 
Reasons :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


&gt; me The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Bill, *Fund the Amendments made by the Lords tothe Mer- 

: chant Seamen’s Fund Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


lands Clauses The House proceeded to take into consideration 

(ieland) Bin, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lands 
Clauses Consolidation (Jreland) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Vou, 106. 





dence Amendment Bill, without any Amendment; | 


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. 
| The House proceeded to take into consideration Battersea 
| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Batter- — —_ 
| sea Park Amendment and Extension Bill; and the Extension Bill. 
| 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. 
| The House proceeded to take into consideration General Board 
| the Amendments made by the Lords to the General of Health | 
| Board of Health (No. 3) Bill; and the same were (N* 5) Bill. 
| 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Petty Sessions 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Petty (Ireland) Bill, 
Sessions (Jreland) 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 proceeded to take into consideration Summary 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Summary Jurisdiction 
Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill; and the same were twice “**!#"2) Bill. 
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 proceeded to take into consideration funatics 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lunatics (India) Bill. 
(India) Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Elliot 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 Appointments 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Appoint- to Offices, &amp;c. 
ments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill; and the same were twice 


read, and agreed to, 
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438 


Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made’ by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Reasons assigned by the Lords for disagreeing 
to one of the Amendments made by this House to 
the Law of Evidence Amendment Bill; and the 
same were read, as follow: 


“ The Lords disagree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons in p. 2, 1. 8, being to insert after 
‘ defended’ the words ‘ and the husband or wife 
‘ of any such party or person,’ for the following 
Reasons : 

“ ist. It is considered that the evidence to be 
given by a wife (in any case where her hus- 
band’s interests are concerned) cannot be 
expected to be of that independent character 
which is entitled to be received as assisting 
to decide the merits of the case. The law 
recognizes a broad distinction between the 
relation of husband and wife and any other 
relation; a wife is considered as owing so 
much allegiance to her husband, or as being 
so much under his influence, that if he be 
present directing what is done, in the case of 
certain felonies and misdemeanors, ‘ the 
law presumes that she acted under his coer- 
cion, and consequently without any guilty 
interest, unless the fact of non-coerciun be 
distinctly proved.’ This legal presumption 


6° Augusti. 


A. 1851, 


married state, is as necessary to the happi- 
ness, as the professional confidence between 
a man and his attorney is necessary for the 
security, of mankind. 

“ The Lords propose to amend Clause (A.), added 
by the Commons to the said Bill, as follows: 

“ Fo. 1,1. 11. Leave out from ‘ but’ to the first 
‘ the’ in |. 16, and insert ‘ it shall be sufficient that 
‘ it be certified, or purport to be certified, under 
* the hand of.’ 

“ L. 20. Leave out from ‘ officer’ to the end 
of the Clause, and insert ‘ that the paper produced 
‘ is a copy of the record of the indictment, trial, 
conviction and judgment or acquittal, as the case 
may be, omitting the formal parts thereof.’ 

“* With the preceding exceptions, the Lords agree 
to the Amendments made by the Commons to the 
said Bill.” 


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Resolved, That this House doth agree to the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Amendments made by this House to the said Bill; 
and doth not insist on the Amendment made by this 
House to the said Bill, to which their Lordshps have 
disagreed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney-General do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House doth agree to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Amendments made by this House 
to the said Bill; and doth not insist on the Amend- 
ment made by this House to the said Bill, to which 
their Lordships have disagreed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Administta- 
the Reasons assigned by the Lords for disagreeing pert pa 
to certain of the Amendments made by this House Some —, 


to the Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- Bill. 


does not exist with regard to any other rela- 
tion; but with regard to the relation of hus- 
band and wife, it is part of the common law, 


_ - ; vement 
and therefore as old as the administration of 


justice in this country, and if it be well- 
founded, it furnishes a strong ground for 
making a similar distinction between the 
evidence of a wife and of any other relative. 

“ The free communication which would take 
place between husband and wife (in antici- 
pation of any trial in which he had an in- 
terest) as to the evidence to be given by the 
wife, renders it highly improbable that her 
testimony would be the result of her own 
unbiassed recollection, if she were friendly 
to him, and if she were an adverse witness, 
what reliance could be placed on her evi- 
dence ? 

“ On the whole, therefore, the administration of 
justice will not be advanced by the admission 
of the testimony of the wife. 

“ 2dly. The allowing a wife to give evidence for 
or against her husband, and compelling her 
to do so, would be a violation of the con- 
fidence that is necessary for domestic life; 
and if such were to become the general law 
and practice of society, it would be utterly 
destructive of the security and confidence, 
and therefore of a large portion of the hap- 
piness, of the married state. 

“ If the most private communications between 
a man and his wife are to become the sub- 
ject of public and compulsory inquiry ; if the 
wife is to be called upon and compelled to 
answer what she has at any time, and under 
any circumstances, heard he husband say ; 
there can no longer be the unrestrained and 
familiar intercourse which has hitherto been 
considered essential to the state of marriage ; 
and the consequence of such evidence being 
given, must frequently be domestic quarrels 
and estrangement. 

“ The law does not allow an attorney tu violate 
professional confidence, and it is not pro- 
posed to make any alteration in this respect ; 
surely, the intimate confidence which has 
hitherto been considered to belong to the 





ment Bill; and the same were read, as follow : 

“The Lords disagree to the Amendment made by 
the Commons in p. 2, 1. 24, to leave out from 
‘amend’ to ‘and’ in 1. 26; also to the Amendment 
in |, 27, to leave out ‘ whenever the same shall be 
* proceeded with,’ and also to so much of the Amend- 
ment in |. 38, which is to leave out from ‘ Court’ to 
‘in’ in p. 3, 1. 13, as proposes to leave out the 
words ‘ Provided that in all such cases where the 
trial shall be so postponed as aforesaid, it shall be 
lawful for such Court to respite the recoguizances 
of the prosecutor and witnesses, and of the de- 
fendant, and his surety or sureties, if any, accord- 
ingly, in which case the prosecutor and witnesses 
shall be bound to attend to prosecute and give 
evidence respectively, and the defendant shall be 
bound to attend to be tried at the time and place 
to which such trial shall be postponed, without 
entering into any fresh recognizances for that 
purpose, in such and the same manner as if they 
were originally bound by their recognizances to 
appear and prosecute, or give evidence at the time 
and place to which such trial shall have been so 
postponed: Provided also, That where any such 
trial shall be to be had before another jury, the 
Crown and the defendant shall respectively be 
entitled to the same challenges as they were 
respectively entitled to before the first jury was 
sworn,’ for the following Reasons : 

“ If the Judge have not the power to postpone 
the trial, he will frequently be induced, and 
even compelled, not to mw &amp; the Amendment 
(which otherwise with a postponement of the 
trial he will be disposed to make), inasmuch 
as it may often happen that questions will 
arise where form and merits are so blended 
together (and especially as to cases where 
time and place, or names of persons or 
places become material), that it will be ap- 
parent that the Amendment will affect the 
result unless time be given to adopt the de- 
fence to the amended charge, and yet it 1s 
equally obvious that such time being given, 


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the Amendment ought to be made, to guard 
against the effect of an acquittal on the re- 
cord as it stands ; a power to postpone the 
trial exists in all civil cases where an Amend- 
ment is made, and it is even more necessary 
to criminal than in civil cases. 

“ The necessity of Amendment may appear in 
an early stage of the trial when it may not 
appear that the merits are affected, but, dur- 
ing the progress of the trial, it may become 
apparent that the Amendment has such an 
effect ; it is necessary in such a case that 
the Judge should have the power to postpone 
the trial to avoid the injustice that would 
otherwise occur.” 

“ The Lords propose to amend Clause (D.), added 
by the Commons to the said Bill, by inserting in 
1, 14, after “ harm’’ the words “ any attempt to have 
carnal knowledge of a girl under twelve years of 
age.” 

“ The Lords disagree to Clause (E.), added by 
the Commons to the said Bill, for the following 
Reason: 

“ Because, though the Preamble refers to cases 
of indecency, the enactment is not so con- 
fined, but extends to the case of any person 
male or female, playing in perfect innocence 

_ with a girl under twelve years of age.” 

“ With the preceding exceptions, the Lords agree 
to the Amendments made by the Commons to the 
said Bill.” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the said Bill; and 
doth not insist on the Amendments made by this 
House to the said Bill, to which their Lordships 
have disagreed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House doth 
agree to the Amendment made by the Lords to 
the Amendments made by this House to the said 
Bill; and doth not insist on the Amendments made 
by this House to the said Bill, to which their Lord- 
ships have disagreed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 


Members in to settle the order in which Members shall accom- 


the House of 


Peers, 


pany Mr. Speaker on all occasions when Her Ma- 


No. 653, Jesty shall command the House to attend Her Ma- 


jesty in the House of Peers, have Power to report 
their Opinion thereupon to the House. 

Lord John Russell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 


‘to them referred, and had come to a Resolution, 


which they had agreed to report to the House; 
and the Resolution of the Committee was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that, in order to ensure regularity in the order of 
proceeding from this House to the House of Lords 
on occasions of Opening or Proroguing Parliament : 

That every Member desirous of attending Mr. 
Speaker do communicate his intention in writing 
to the Clerk of the House, in case the House be not 
sitting, before the hour of Five in the afternoon on 
the day preceding; and if the House be sitting, 
between the hour of Three in the afternoon and the 
rising of the House on the day preceding : 

That on the House being summoned to attend 
Her Majesty, the Cabinet Ministers present do im- 
mediately follow Mr. Speaker : 

That on the day of Meeting or Prorogation, 
before any other business be entered upon, the 
names of the other Members so sent to the Clerk, 
be put into a glass, and arranged according to the 
order in which they shall be drawn forth there- 
from ; when the House is summoned to attend Her 
Majesty, the Members’ names, so arranged, shall 
be called over by the Clerk, and the Members shall 

VoL. 106. 


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439 


proceed in such order to the House of Lords in 
ranks of Four: 

That after this House has been summoned to 
attend Her Majesty, no Member of this House do 
remain in, or cross, or pass through, ary of the 
Lobbies or Passages leading from the door of this 
House to the door of the House of Lords; and 
that the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House do 
keep the said Passages clear of Members. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ports and _ 
for the better Preservation and Regulation of: the Harbours Bill. 


Ports and Harbours in the United Kingdom: And 
that Sir Francis Baring and Mr. Parker do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Births, Deaths 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased _ Marriages 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, ‘ 
Returns stating the Number of Births, of Deaths, 
and of Marriages, registered in each Parish of each 
County in Scot/and, in each year since the 31st day 
of December 1841, and the Scale of Fees esta- 
blished in each Parish for such Registrations. 

Ordered, That 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. Bouverie presented a Bill for the better Pre- Ports and 
servation and Regulation of the Ports and Harbours’ Harbours Bill. 
in the United Kmgdom: And the same was read No. 655. 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon this day week ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, qoais and 
Returns of all the Coal and Coke paid for by the Coke (Navy.) 


Government and delivered at Portsmouth Dock- 
yard in July 1850; also, the Number of Tons of 
Coal delivered into the Malabar Hulk at Portsmouth 
Dock-yard, in the month of August 1850; speci- 
fying the Names of the different Ships:—And, of 
the Names of the Ships and Total Amount of each 
Ship's Delivery ; together with Copies of the Offi- 
cial Meters’ Certificate for each Barge, as delivered 
from the Ships for the Admiralty Office, Somerset 
House, from the first delivery in 1847 to the latest 
Delivery in 1851; also the Weight actually re- 
ceived, so far as it can be made out. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Harwich 
before the Select Committee on the Harwich Elec- Election. 


tion Petition, be laid before this House. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Louis Kossuth 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, and others. 


dated the 4th day of this instant August, for a List 
of any Petitions to the House of Commons, on the 
Subject of the Liberation of Louis Kossuth and his 
Compatriots ; with the Names of the Places from 
which addressed, and the Number of Signatures 
attached to each of them, stating also when signed 
by a Chairman on behalf of a Meeting. 


Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of July convicts 
last, for Copies of the Resolutions adopted by a (Westmeath.) 


Meeting of Magistrates of the County of Westmeath, 
forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, on 
the subject of the Remission of Sentence of certain 
Convicts under Sentence of Transportation :—Of 
a Letter from the Lord Lieutenant of the County of 

7estmeath to the Secretary for Ireland; and of all 
Letters from the Magistrates and others to the Jrish 
Government on the same Subject. 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 7th day Coast Guard, 
of March last, for a Return, stating the Amount of &amp;c. 


the Coast Guard in each year, from January 1841 
to January 1851, distinguishing Mounted Guard 
and Cutters’ Men; Number of Revenue Cutters in 
each year; Annual Expense of each year, similarly 
distinguished ; Seizures in each year, distinguishing 





3K4 Vessels, 


















































Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


No. 656, 


Annuities. 


No 657 


440 


Vessels, Men and Goods, and whether seized by! 
Coast Guard Cruizers or Customs’ Officers; Runs 
of Contraband Goods officially reported ; Cargoes 
destroyed when chased :—And, Abstract of Reports 
from Inspecting Commanders and Collectors of 
Customs in each year, stating their Opinions as to 
the Cause of any Increase or Decrease in the Con- 
traband Trade. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- 
stant August, fora Return showing for each year, 
from 1816 to 1850 inclusive, the Number of Vessels | 
and of Tonnage entered Inwards and cleared Out-| 
wards at each of the ‘I'welve Principal Ports of the 
United Kingdom respectively ; also, the Official and | 
Declared Value of the Exports and Official Value 
of the Imports, for each of the said Ports, during 
the same years respectively (being a Re-print and | 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 115, of 
Session 1847). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of July | 
last, for Returns, showing the Amount of Annuities | 
for Lives, and for Terms of years, granted in each | 
year since 1810 inclusive; and the Amount of 





6°—7° Augusti. 


A. 1851, 


Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

List, No. 146, specifying the Particulars of the 
Maritime Compensation proposed to be granted to 
the thereunder-mentioned Person, under an Arrange- 
ment sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners 
for the Affairs of India, and laid before the Honour- 
able the House of Commons, on the 26th February 
1835. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c.; Annuities ; Customs Bill of - Entry, 
&amp;c.; and, Public Committees, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 7° die Augustt ; 


Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


HE House met at a quarter before Four of 
the clock inthe New House of Commons. 





Capital Stock cancelled in each of the said years | 

on account of such Terminable Annuities :—And, of | PRayeERs. 

the Amount of the Annuities for Lives, and for| The House proceeded to take into consideration Mortmain 

Terims of Years, which have ceased in each year | that part of the Message from the Lords of the 29th 

since 1810 inclusive. day of July last, wherein their Lordships request 
Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of July! that this House will communicate to their Lord- 

last, for Copy of the Letters Patent under which | ships, a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 

the existing Bill of Entry is published, Names of} mittee appointed by this House, in the present 


Customs Bill 
of Entry, &amp;c. 


No. 658. 


Tariffs 
(British 
India.) 


present Patentees, Names of the Individuals who 
regulate Admission to the Benefits and administer 
the Customs Benevolent Fund ; an Account of the 
various Receipts paid into this Fund, naming the 
particular Sources from whence derived; also an 
Account of the Disbursements, with the Names of 
the Pensioners upon this Fund, the particular De- 
partment and Custom-house on which these Pen- 
sioners last served, Amount received by each, and 
the Qualification which entitles them to the Benefit 
of this Fund. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of May 
last, for Papers relative to Tariffs, &amp;c. (British 
India), in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


Session of Parliament, to consider the Policy of 
extending the Law of Mortmain, so as to include 
Personal Estate, and generally to consider whether 
any Alteration should be made in the Law as it 
aflects Testamentary or other Dispensations in 
favour of Religious, Charitable or Permanent Ob- 
jects ; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said 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. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Enfrancise- 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 29th ment of Copy, 
day of July last, wherein their Lordships request ”° doom: 


No. 116, of Session 1846, to the present Time :— 
And, Copies of Reports numbered respectively 5, | 
6 and 11, of the Commissioners appointed by Lord 


William Bentinck, to inquire into the System of 
Indian Customs and Post-Office Duties ; together 
with a Selection of Documents from the respective 
Appendices to the same, in Cases where the material 
Points thereof do not appear in the said Reports, 


that this House will communicate to their Lord- 
ships, a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, on the Enfranchisement of 
|Copyholds Bills; together with the Minutes of 





Pablic 
Committees, 


No. 660. 


Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of July | Evidence taken before the said Committee, and the 
last, for a Return of the Number of Public Com-| Appendix and Index thereto. 
mittees appointed in the Session of 1851, theirSub-| Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
jects, and the Names of Members appointed, and} port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Chairman, the Number of Days on which each | their Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do de- 
Committee sat, and the Number of Days on which liver the same. 
each Member served on each Committee (in con-) 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 717, of Ses-| |The House proceeded to take into consideration Church Rates 
sion 1850). that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
The following Papers, pursuant to the directions! 29th day of July last, wherein their Lordships 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon, request that this House will communicate to their 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—General Or-| Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
ders, dated the 31st day of July 1851, made by the | Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Right honourable Maziere Brady, Lord High Chan-| Session of Trallenuns, to consider the les of 
cellor of Jreland, and laid before the Right honour-| Church Rates, and the Difference of Practice 
able Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, Master of the | which exists in various Parts of the Country, in the 
Rolls, for his concurrence, in pursuance of an Act | Assessment and Levy of such Rates ; together with 
of Parliament, passed in the 13th and 14th years! the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in-| Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 
tituled, “An Act to regulate the Proceedings in} Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
the High Court of Chancery in Jreland,” and of an| port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, | their Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do de- 
intituled, “An Act to amend the Court of Chancery | liver the same. 
(Jreland) Regulation Act, 1850.” | 
Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the | 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In-| 
struments granting any Pension. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(ircland. ) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Coroner® 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 29th 
day of July last, wherein their Lordships request 
that 











15 Vicroriz. 


7° Augusti. 


44] 


that this House will communicate to their Lord-|and which will, on the expiration of existing Leases, 


ships, a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 


mittee appointed by this House, in the present | 


Session of Parliament, to consider the state of the 
Law and Practice as regards the taking of Inquisi- 





come into the Possession of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners :—And, similar Return of all Property 
belonging to vacated Preferments, and now trans- 
ferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, held on 


tions in cases of Deaths, and the Appointment, | Leases for Lives or Terms of Years, stating, so far 
Duties and Remuneration of the Officers employed | as can be made out, the Acreage of the same, and 


therein ; and whether it is expedient that any and 
what Alterations should be made in any of such 
matters. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do de- 
liver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 29th 
day of July last, wherein their Lordships request 
that this House will communicate to their Lord- 
ships, a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to consider the Law of 
Partnership, and the expediency of facilitating the 
Limitation of Liability with a view to encourage 
useful Enterprise, and the additional Employment of 
Labour; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, and the Appendix 
and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do de- 
liver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
29th day of July last, wherein their Lordships re- 
quest that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the last 
Session of Parliament, on the County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver 
the same. 


Several Petitions relating to Wesleyan Metho- 
dists ;—Australian Colonies (Steam Communica- 
tion); —Flour;—Saze Bannister ;—Exhibition of 
1851;—Metropolis Water;—and, Public Health 
Act (1848),—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr Bouvenie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables of Criminal Offenders, for the year 
1850, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scot- 
land, in Terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, with 
Alterations and Additions, ordered and required by 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
in virtue of the Powers therein contained. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of July 
last, for a Return of the Total Number of sus- 
pended Canonries in each Cathedral and Collegiate 
Church in England and Waies, since the passing of 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vict. c. 113, and the Net Amount of 
Corporate Revenues which in the case of each Ca- 
thedral and Collegiate Church have been paid in 
each year to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of July last, for a Summary of all Property, 
consisting of Lands, Houses and Tithe Rent-charges, 
in possession of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
whether by Lapse of Lease or by Purchase, arranged 
according to Counties in which the same may be 
situated, stating the Acreage and Rent in each 
County, made up to the end of the year 1849 :— 
Similar Return of all Property belonging to Prefer- 
ments the Interest in which has been commuted, 

Vou. 106. 





the estimated Net Annual Value, up to the same 
date. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Electors in 
every County, and Division of a County in Great 
Britain, according to the Register of Electors in 
1850, and as they shall appear in the Register of 
Electors for 1851, with the Population of each 
County and Division of a County according to the 
Census of 1851, the Number of Electors polled at 
the last General Election, and the Number of Mem- 
bers returned for each such County or Division of 
a County :—And, of the Names of all Cities and 
Boroughs in Great Britain, showing the Number 
of Electors on the Register of 1850, and the Num- 
ber which may be upon the Register of 1851, dis- 
tinguishing those registered as Householders, and 
those registered under other Qualifications, the 
Numbers polled at the last General Election, the 
Number of Members returned, the Number of all 
Houses rated to the Relief of the Poor, and the 
Population of each City or Borough at the last 
Census; such Return to be given alphabetically in 
Groups of all such Cities or Boroughs as shall 
contain T'wo hundred and not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and fifty Electers, and so on, in Groups, in- 
creasing Fifty Electors in each Group. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Persons who 
have been appointed or nominated to any Office, or 
who hold any Office in the Ecclesiastical Courts of 
England and Wales; stating the Nature of the 
Office; the Date of Appointment or Nomination ; 
the Age of the Person or Persons at the Time of 
such Appointment or Nomination; 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 Emo- 
luments and Income of the Office, and the several 
Sources from which such Emoluments are derived. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this asad as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


and Shields of the Number of Vessels, British and 
Foreign, which, under the present Customs Regula- 
tions, have entered Inwards or cleared Outwards at 
the Custom-house at Vewcastle, as loading or dis- 
charging their Cargoes within the Port of Mew- 
castle-upon-Tyne, and which have transacted the 
Business of their Cargoes at that Custom-house, 
but which actually never entered within the Limits 
of the. Port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but remained 
at Anchor or at their Moorings within the Port of 
Shields, and loaded and discharged their Cargoes 
within the Limits of that Port, for the years end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1849, the 5th day of 
January 1850, and the 5th day of January 1851 








3L respectively ; 


















Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Parliamentary 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased lector. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased C™* 


Ordered, That a further Return be prepared by Ports of 
the Collectors of the Ports of Newcastle-upon- Tyne Neweastle- 





Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


442 


respectively ; also, the Total Amount of Duties paid 
at the Custom-house at Newcastle upon Goods so 
discharged within the Port of Shields, during the 
same years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great 
Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and also 
that on which Silicated Duty has been charged, 
from the 5th day of January 1850 to the 5th day of 
January 1851 :—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 1850 to the 
5th day of January 1851:—Of the Quantity of 
Soap, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the 


7° Augusti. 


A. 1851. 


Mr. Parker presented,— Return to an Order, Ramsgate 
dated the 22d of July last, for Copies of any Re- Harbour, 
ports made to the ews Commissioners of the 
Admiralty in reference to the State of Ramsgate 
Harbour, during the years 1850 and 1851. 

‘ oe That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bibles and Bibles ang 
Prayer Books, which was presented upon Tuesday Prayer Books, 
last, be printed. No.661, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- Justices of 
tive to Justices of the Peace, which was presented *he Peace, 
yesterday, be printed. No. 662, 





Amount of all Allowances and Drawbacks made to Ordered, That the Return relative to Sewers Sewers 
the Manufacturers of Woollens, Linen, Silk and | (Whitehall), which was presented yesterday, be (Whitehall) 
others, from the 5th day of January 1850 to the | printed. No. 663, 


Sth day of January 1851 :—Of all Soap exported to | Ordered, That the Return relative to Louis Kos- Louis Kossuth 


Ireland, Hard and Soft, the Port from whence - 

, ° ‘ ) and ot 

shipped,and the Amount of Drawbacks paid thereon, | suth and others, which was presented yesterday, be "4 others. 
printed. No. 664, 


from the 5th day of January 1850 to the 5th day of | 

January 1851 :—Of all Soap imported into Great; Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts Convicts 
Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port at which imported, | (Westmeath), which was presented yesterday, be (Westmeath, 
and the Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th printed. No. 665. 


day of January 1850 to the 5th day of January | . ‘ i ta 
ron (so far ms relates to Soap baquened hom Fo. Ordered, That the Return relative to Tariffs, &amp;c. Tariffs, &amp;¢, 


reign Parts):—Of all Soap imported into Great | (British India), which was presented yesterday, be (BritishIndia) 
Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port at which imported, | Printed. No. 666, 
and the Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th | ; ; 
day of January 1850 to the 5th day of January| Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- New Zealand, 
1851 (so far as relates to the Excise Department): | mand,—Further Papers relative to the Affairs of 

—Of all Persons convicted of defrauding the Re- | New Zealand (in continuation of Papers presented 

venue arising from Soap; the Date of each Con-| 14th August 1850). 

viction; the Amount of the several Penalties;| Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- Neste: 
whether Persons so convicted had been previously | dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of Fe-"™ 
convicted or fined, or had had Penalties compro- | bruary last, for Copies aS Extracts of the Corre- 

mised, with or without Conviction ; and the Names, | Spondence between the Governor of Wefoundland 

Dates and Amount of all Penalties paid inall Cases | and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, im 

which have been compromised or tried before the | reference to the Appropriation of the Subscriptions 
Summary Court of Excise, from the 5th day of Ja-| "aised for the Rehef of the Sufferers at St. John’s 


nuary 1850 to the 5th day of January 1851 :—And, | by the Fire in 1846. ‘ 

of the Number of Licenses granted to Soapmakers, | Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Emigration, 
distinguishing those granted in England, Scotland 15th day of April last, for Returns exhibiting the 

and Jreland, from the 5th day of January 1850 to | Emigration from the United Kingdom, between the 

the 5th day of January 1851 (in continuation of | Ye@"s 1846 and 1850, inclusive, and the Expenses 


Parliamentary Paper, No. 556, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return (up to the 1st day of August 1851) of all 
Cases where Estates were sold by the Incumbered 
Estates Commissioners (Ireland), and, where the 
Proceeds of Sale were insufficient to meet the 
Amount of Incumbrances on those Estates, as set 
forth in the Petition for Sale, stating the Amount 
of Deficiencies, and the following Particulars :— 





| Title of Canse. 


early Rental at Time when Petition was 





| Y 


Ordnance Valuation. 





} 


paid, and — 





Amount distributed by Commissioners. 








was sold, or Government Repayments. 


mount of Purchase Money paid to Com- 
| Union. 


ate and Poundage of Three last Poor 
missioners. 


k 
|" 


Incumbered Estates Commissioners. 


Rates. 
other Expenses of Sale. 
| Electoral Division. 





Amount of Debts as set forth in Petition. 
Deficieney or Incumbrances left unpaid. 
Any Charges subject to which the Estate 


Valuation ordered by Commissioners, if any. 


Amount of Head Rent. 
Amount of Quit Rent. 
Amount of Costs paid or to be 


Poor Law Valuation. 


| Amount paid for Quit Rent if purchased by 

















} 











| 
| 
| 














And, similar Return in those Cases where any 
Sums exceeding the Amount of Incumbrances were 
paid to Owners. 


| incident thereto :—Of the Total Number of Persons 
| who emigrated, at their own cost, to British Pos- 
_ sessions or to Foreign Countries :—Of the Number 
of Government Emigrants embarked from England, 
Ireland and Scotland, at Deptford and Plymouth 
| respectively, showing the Number at each Port :— 

Of the Counties whence Government Emigrants 
| selected, showing the Number from each :—And, 
| of the Expense of Conveyance to Ports of Depar- 
ture, distinguishing the Number sent for Embarka- 
tion from London to Plymouth. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Convicts (Van 
2d day of May last, for Returns of the Number land) 
f Convicts, Male and Female, distinguishing the ~ 
| Number of each Sex, that have arrived in Van Die- 
men’s Land, since July 1850, stating the Names of 
the Ships by which they arrived, the Number by 
each Ship, and also the Time of Arrival:—Of the 
Number of all Convicts, of all Classes, in Van 
Diemen’s Land, in each year, on the 31st day of 
December 1844 to 1850 inclusive, maintained by 
the Government ; distinguishing Males from Fe- 
males, and the Expenses or Charge to the Public in 
each of those years :—And, of the Number of Per- 
sons having Ticket of Leave in the Colony of Van 
Diemen’s Land, on the 31st day of December 1849 
and the 30th day of June 1850, in the several Police 
Districts of the Colony ; distinguishing the unem- 
ployed from the Number of those employed in each 
of those Districts. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Mr. William 
6th day of June last, for Copies or Extracts of all Napier. 
Correspondence and other Documents relating to 


the Suspension and ultimate Removal from the 
Public 


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15 Vicrortz. 


Public Service, of Mr. William Napier, \ate Lieu- 
tenant-Governor of Zabuan, from the 24th day of 
December 1849 to the latest Date. 
gouth Africae Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
23d day of June last, for Returns of the Number 
of Her Majesty’s Troops who have been employed 
in South Africa in each year since 1843 :—And, of 
the General Abstract of the Expenditure by Great 
Britain on account of South Africa, for each year 
since 1843 (similar to Part of Parliamentary Papers, 
Nos. 224 and 239, of Session 1849). 
convicts and =© R&amp;turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
tio ist day of July last, for Returns showing the Num- 
_— ber of Convicts who arrivedin Van Diemen’s Land, 
during each year, from the Ist day of January 1823 
to the 31st day of December 1850, distinguishing 
Male from Female Convicts :—And, of the Emi- 
gration from the United Kingdom to Van Diemen’s 
Land, for every year since the year 1824; distin- 
guishing Men from Women, distinguishing Wives 
and Ciuldren of Convicts who have emigrated at 
the Public Expense, and distinguishing assisted 
from unassisted Emigrants. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Hampton Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Address 
Court Palace to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of July last, | 
and Kew for a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted | 
to see the Apartments and Pictures at Hampton 
Court, and the Gardens at Kew, during the year 
1850; distinguishing the Number in each Month | 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, 
of Session 1850). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


* Viscount Palmerston presented by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relating to 
the Slave Trade:—Class A.: Correspondence with 
British Commissioners, and Reports from British 
Vice-Admiralty Courts and Naval Officers :—Class 
B.: Correspondence with British Ministers and 
Agents in Foreign Countries, and with Foreign 
Ministers in England, from April 1, 1850, to March 
31, 1851. 

Copy of Report of the Mixed Commission at 
Lisbon, and Correspondence respecting the Claims 
of Mr. David Pacifico. 
louis Kossuth Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Return to 
mdothers. an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of 
this instant August, for a List of any Addresses to 
Her Majesty, or Memorials to the Foreign Office, 
on the subject of the Liberation of Louis Kossuth 
and his Compatriots; with the Names of the Places 
from which addressed, and the Number of Signa- 
tures attacked to each of them, stating also when 
signed by a Chairman on behalf of a Meeting. 

. a That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
able. 


Slave Trade. 


Mr, David 
Pacifico. 


Patent Law 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
ment 


into consideration the Patent Law Amendment Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney-General do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Attendance of 


Tein: The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


of CUSideration the Report which was yesterday made 
from the Select Committee appointed to settle the 
order in which Members shall accompany Mr. 
Speaker on all occasions when Her Majesty shall 


House 


7° Augusti. 


443 


/command the House to attend Her Majesty in’ the 
| House of Peers:—The House proceeded to take 
| the said Report into consideration ; and the same 
| was again read. 

Resolved, That it is expedient to ensure regula- 
rity in the order of proceeding from this House to 
the House of Lords on occasions of Opening or 
Proroguing Parliament. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That every Member desirous of attending 
Mr. Speaker do communicate his intention in writing 
to the Clerk of the House, in case the House be 
not sitting, before the hour of Five in the afternoon 
on the day preceding ; and if the House be sitting, 
between the hour of Three in the afternoon and 
the rising of the House on the day preceding ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
| Question, by leaving out from the word “ do” to 
| the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
_“ put his name in a glass, when the House is sum- 
moned to attend Her Majesty ; and the Members’ 
names shall then be drawn by the Clerk from the 
glass, and in such order as they may be drawn, 
|“ they shall proceed to the House in ranks of four,” 
| 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 


| 


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A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman 

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 Honour- 
able 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 ne the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby ‘autho- 
rized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to provide for the better Distribution, Medical 
Support and Management of Medical Charities in Charities _ 
Ireland; and to amend an Act of the eleventh year (land) Bill 
of Her Majesty, to provide for the Execution of 
the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland : 

An Act to continue certain Temporary Provisions Grand Jury 
relating to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in ae 
Ireland ; and also to provide for the due Annexation 
of an isolated District, formerly of the County of 
Dublin, to a Barony of the County of Wicklow, for 
the Purposes of Grand Jury Cess, and other Pur- 
poses : 

An Act to regulate certain Proceedings in relation Representative 
to the Elections of Representative Peers fur Scot- (Scot- 
land : “ee 

An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the twelfth Gunpowder 
year of King George the Third, relating to the mak- a : 
ing, keeping and carriage of Gunpowder, as ex- conaee 
empts therefrom certain Gunpowder Magazines, and Repeal Bill. 
Stores near Liverpool, and to make certain Tempo- 
rary Provisions with regard to the said Magazines 
and Stores : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Churches 
lating to the Erection and Endowment of Churches #24 Chapels 
and Chapels, and Perpetual Curacies in Ireland: —- 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Ecclesiastical 


- aa . . : Residences 
lating to Ecclesiastical Residences in Ireland (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to repeal certain Statutes relating to the United Chureb 
Trish Branch of the United Church of England and “ England 
Treland: and Ireland 


Ush f Royal Assent 
cee" to Billa 





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444 


Ecclesiastical An Act to amend an Act of the eleventh and 
Property 


twelfth years of Her Majesty, relating to Poor 
Ciecland) Bill Rate Poundage and the Valuation of Ecclesiastical 
Property in Jreland; and to provide for the re- 
newal of Leases of Lands disappropriated from 
Bishopricks : 

An Act for rebuilding the Bridge over the River 
Ness, at the Town of Inverness, and improving the 
Approaches thereto, and for amending the Acts re- 
lating to Highland Roads and Bridges : 

An Act to continue an Act of the twelfth year of 
Her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of 
Contagious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, 
Cattle and other Animals : 

An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs, and 
to enable the Treasury to regulate the mode of keep- 
ing the Account between the Receiver General of 
Customs and the Bank of England: 


An Act to repeal the Act for constituting Com- 
missioners of Railways: 


Inverness 


Bridge 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Sheep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Disorders Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Customs Bill. 


Commission- 
ers of Rail. 
ways Act 
Repeal Bill. 
Steam Navi- 
gation Bill. 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Regulation of Steam Navigation, and 
to the Boats and Lights to be carried by Sea-going 
Vessels: 

An Act for the Settlement of the Boundaries be- 
tween the Provinces of Canada and New Bruns- 
wich: 


Canada and 
New Bruns- 
wick Boun- 
daries Bill. 
Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

General Board An Act for confirming a certain Provisional Order 
tet) Bil. of the General Board of Health, fer applying the 
&gt; 4) Public Health Act, 1848, to the Borough of Great 


Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk : 
New Forest An Act to extinguish the Right of the Crown to 
Deer Removal, Deer in the New Forest, and to give Compensation 
_—— in lieu thereof; and for other Purposes relating to 
the said Forest : 
Court of An Act to improve the Administration of Justice 
Chancery and jn the Court of Chancery, and in the Judicial Com- 
Judicial Com- rittee of the Privy Council : 


mittee Bill. 
Duchy of Lan- An Act to define and amend the Mineral Customs 
io of certain Parts of the Hundred of High Peak, in 
Customs ani. the County of Derby, Part of the Possessions of 
Mineral Her Majesty’s Duchy of Lancaster; to make Pro- 
Courts) Bill. vision for the better Administration of Justice in the 
Barmote Courts therein ; and to improve the Prac- 
tice and Proceedings of the said Coutts : 
An Act for amending the several Acts for the 
Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors : 


An Act to amend and continue the Metropolitan 
Sewers Act: 


An Act to amend the Church Building Acts : 


Attornies and 
Solicitors Re- 
gulation Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Canterbury 
Association 
Bill. 


An Act to alter and amend an Act empowering 
the Canterbury Association, to dispose of certain 
Lands in New Zealand: 

An Act to continue and amend an Act for estab- 
lishing an Office for the Benefit of the Coalwhippers 
of the Port of London ; 


Metropolitan An Act to amend the Metropolitan Interment 
Interment Bill. Act 1850, and to authorize the Advance of Public 
Money to a limited Amount, for the Purposes of the | 
said Act: 

An Act to authorize the Application of Advances 
out of Money now authorized to be advanced for 
the Improvement of Landed Property, to facilitate | 
Emigration from certain Distressed Districts of 
Scotland : 

An Act to regulate the Affairs of certain Settle- 
ments, established by the New Zealand Company 
in New Zealand : 

An Act further to amend an Act of the sixth year 
of King William the Fourth, to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to the Constabulary Force 
in Ireland : 


Coal whippers 
(Port of 
London) Bill. 


Emigration 
Advances, 
Distressed|Dis- 
tricts (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


New Zealand 
Settlements 
Bill. 


Constabulary 


Force 
(Ireland) Bill. 


7° August. 








A, 1851, 


An Act to amend the Mercantile Marine Act, Mercantile 
1850: Marine Act 
Bi 
An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders General 

of the General Board of Health: of Health 
(No. 3) Bill, 

An Act to alter and extend the Powers of an Act Battersea 
of the ninth and tenth Years of Her Majesty’s Park Amend. 
Reign, intituled, “ An Act to empower the Com- ment and Ex. 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, to form a 
Royal Park in Battersea Fields, in the County of 
Surrey :” ; 

An Act for transferring the Duties of paving, Crown Estate 
lighting, watering and cleansing Parts of the Crown Paving Bill, 
Estate, in the District of the Regent’s Park, and 
certain Streets and Places in Westminster, from 
the Commissioners acting under several Acts of 
their late Majesties King George the Fourth and 
King William the Fourth to the Parishes; and for 
transferring the Jurisdiction of the said Commis- 
sioners over certain other Places in Westminster, to 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and 
Public Buildings, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to authorize the Removal from Jndia of Lunatics 
Insane Persons charged with Offences, and to give (India) Bil. 
better effect to Inquisitions of Lunacy taken in 
India: 

An Act to simplify the Forms of Appointments Appointments 
to certain Offices, and the Manner of passing Grants t? Offices, &amp;¢, 
under the Great Seal : = 


An Act for the better Collection of Fines, Penal- Collection 
ties, Issues, Amerciaments and forfeited Recogni- of Fines, &amp;e, 
zances in Ireland : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts re- Summary 
lating to certain Offences and other Matters, as to Jurisdiction 

: ee : (Ireland) Bill, 
which Justices of the Peace, exercise Summary 
Jurisdiction in Jreland : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts regu- Petty Sessions 
lating the Proceedings at Petty Sessions, and the (Jreland) Bill, 
Duties of Justices of the Peace, out of Quarter 
Sessions in Jreland: 

An Act to alter and amend certain Provisions of Lands Clauses 
the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, so far Consolidation 
as relates to Jreland: Crcead) ame 


An Act to amend the Law of Evidence: 





Law of 
Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 








An Act for further improving the Administration Administra- 


, ee oe f * . tion of Cri- 
of Criminal Justice in England and Wales: pred pe 


Improvement 
Bill. 

An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury 
and Chester 








Railway Company, to abandon the Crickheath and occ: 
ade : Railway Bill, 

Wem Branches, to construct a Station at Birken- sont 

head, to enter into Arrangements with other Com- 

panies, and for other Purposes : 


An Act for amending and extending the Provi- Saint Helen's 
sions of the Act for the Improvement of the Town eS) Bill 
of Saint Helen’s, in the County Palatine of Lan- “* 
caster, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for repairing the Road from Sheffield, in Sheffield a, 
the County of York, to the Marple Bridge Road, (Nov 2) Bll 
in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby, 
and the Branch to Mortimer’s Road, in the Parish 
of Hathersage, in the said County of Derby: 


An Act to sanction certain Arrangements entered oe 
into between the Caledonian Railway Company a 


and the Holders of Guaranteed and Preferential Garnkirk, and 


Interests in the Company, and to enable the Com- Coateeiaes 


Polloc 

Govan, &amp;c. 

Railways) 
(Amendment and Continuation, &amp;c.) 

An Act for incorporating the Council of King’s King’s College 
College, London, and the President, Vice Pre- (Non 3) Bill 
sidents, Treasurer and Governors of King’s College 
Hospital, and for connecting the said Hospital, as a 


Medical School, with the said College, and for 
better 


pany to raise a further Sum of Money: 





(Ireland) Bill, 


- e--) 2ce 


rea 


wet Sew Se Ome di wBeHY TE 


eo 


eiemm &lt;&lt; tj i 


Be ey 


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d. 
Xt. 





jonal Land 
Cmpany Dis 
solving 


weImprove « 
ont 


Waterford 
sod Kilkenny 
Railway Bill. 


Buropean | 

and American 
Printing 
Telegraph 
Company, &amp;e. 


Bill 
United King 
dom Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 
South Holland 
i Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 
Lincolnshire 
Estuary Bill. 


Charing Cross 
Bridge Bill. 


Farmers’ 

Estate Society 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Saint Andrew’s 
and Quebec 
Railway Bill. 


Brown’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Bedford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Dean and 

Chapter of 

Westminster's 
te Bill. 


Christ Church 


15 Vicroriz. 


better enabling the Corporation to carry on their 
charitable and useful Designs : 


An Act to dissolve “ The National Land Com- 
‘ork and to dispose of the Lands and Property 

elonging to the Company, and to wind up the 
Undertaking : 

An Act to extend the Limits of the Brunswick- 
square (Hove) Improvement Act, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the 
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company; to 
enable the said Company to sell or lease their Un- 
dertaking ; and to purchase or lease the Bridge 
over the River Suir at Waterford, arid for other 
Purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the Ewropean and Ame- 
rican Electric Printing Telegraph Company, and to 
enable thein to work certain Letters Patent: 


An Act for enabling the United Kingdom Elec- 
tric Telegraph Company to purchase ard work 
certain Letters Patent: 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the South Hol- 


further Monies: 


An Act for reclaiming from the Sea certain Lands 
abutting on the Coast of Lincolnshire, within the 
Parts of Holland: 

An Act to enable the “ Charing Cross Bridge 
Company” to raise further Monies; to amend the 
Acts relating to the Company ; and for other Pur- 
poses : 

An Act to amend the Farmers’ Estate Society 
(Ireland) Act, 1848: , 


An Act for enabling the Class (A.) Shareholders 


of the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad Com- | 


pany to divide the Shares in the Undertaking into 
two Classes, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Committees of the Estate of 
John Brown, a Lunatic, to sell a Portion of the 
Estates whereof the said Lunatic is Tenant-in-Tail 
in Possession, and to grant Leases of other Portions 
thereof for Mining and other Purposes : 

An Act to give Effect to certain Restrictions and 
Conditions relating to a Church and Parsonage- 
house proposed to be erected on Sites to be given 
by the Most Noble Francis Duke of Bedford, 
Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and 
to two Dwelling-houses proposed to be purchased 
and conveyed for Vicarage and Rectory-houses on 
the Estate of the said Duke in the County of 
Middlesex : 

An Act to empower the Dean and Chapter of 
Westminster to build on the Ground contiguous to 
Westminster Abbey, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the 
Most Noble Francis late Duke of Bridgewater to 
make Conveyances-in-Fee, or Demises for long 
Terms of Years, of his Trust Estates, and more 
effectually to administer the Trusts of the Will of 
the said Duke: 

An Act for explaining and modifying the Pro- 


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445 


Trustees, as Owners in Fee of Lands in Kentish 
Town, in the County of Middlesex, to grant Build- 


ing Leases, and for other Purposes : 


An Act for enabling the Committee or Com- Stapylton’s 
mittees for the time being of the Estate of Stapylton Estate Bill. 
Stapylton, Esquire, a Lunatic, Tenant in Tail Male 
under the Will of the Reverend Sir Martin Sta- 
pylton, Baronet, deceased, to grant Leases for Mining 
and other Purposes of certain Entailed Estates 
situate at Eston, in the County of York: 


An Act for the Regulation and Improvement of Felstead 
the Charities founded by Richard Lord Riche, in (Lord Riche’sy 
the Parish of Felstead, in the County of Essex, and Renita a 
for other Purposes: 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Kelmarsh Lord Bate- 
Estate, in the County of Northampton, devised by ee 
the Will of William Lord Bateman, deceased, and the 
Discharge of the Incumbrances affecting that Estate, 
and for other Purposes: 

An Act to provide for the future Regulation and Brentwood 
Management of the Grammar School of Anthony School and 
Browne, Serjeant-at-Law, at Brentwood, in the Aymshouses 

» er) ’ ’ Charity Estate 
Couuty of Essex, and of the Almshouses founded Bill. 





hond Drainage, inthe County of Liscole, to raise| by the said Anthony Browne, and of the Estates and 


Possessions of the same School and Almshouses, 
and for other Purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage ot William Tayleur’s 
Houlbrooke Tayleur, Esquire, with Emma Elizabeth Divorce Bill 
Tayleur, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Bod- Webster's 





dington Webster, Esquire, with Emilie Marie Louise Divorce Bill. 
| Wilhelmina Webster, his now Wife, and to enable 
| him to marry again, and for other Purposes. 





| 
| And the Question being again proposed, That the Attendance of 
‘words proposed to be left out stand part of the a aa 
Question :—The House resumed the Debate :—And — 3 
|the said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 

| the House, withdrawn. 

| Another Amendment was proposed to be made 

| to the Question, by leaving out from the word “ do” 

|to the end of the Question, in order to add the 

| words “ put his name into a glass ; and half an hour 
after the meeting of the House, the Members’ 
| Names shall be drawn from the glass, and in such 
| order as they may be drawn, the Members shall 
| «¢ proceed tothe House of Lords in ranks of four,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
| it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ put his name in a glass; and half an hour after 
| the meeting of the House, the Members’ Names 
| shall be drawn from the glass, and in such order 
“ as they may be drawn, the Members shali proceed 
|&lt; to the House of Lords in ranks of four,” be 
'added instead thereof:—It was resolved in the 
| Affirmative. 
| Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That every Member desirous of attend- 
;ing Mr. Speaker, do put his name in a glass; and 
‘half an hour after the meeting of the House, the 


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visions of the Deed of Constitution of Dorward’s| Members’ Names shall be drawn from the glass, 
House of Refuge for the Destitute in Montrose, and and in such order as they may b2 drawn, the Mem- 
of the ‘l'rust, Disposition and Settlement of William | bers shall proceed to the House of Lords in ranks 
Dorward, Merchant in Montrose, and Codicils | of four. 

thereto, and for incorporating and ealarging and| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Defining the Powers of the Managers of the said | posed, That on the House being summoned to attend 


House of Refuge, and for other Purposes relating 
thereto: 
An Act for executing Powers created by the 


Will of John Watson Barton, deceased, and for | 


enabling Sales and Leases to be made of Lands 
subject to his Will, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Dean and Chapter of the 
Cathedral Church of Christ, in Oxford, of the 
Foundation of King Henry the Eighth, and their 
VoL, 106. 


_Her Majesty,the Cabinet Ministers present do im- 
|mediately follow Mr. Speaker:—And the said 

' Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That on the day of Meeting or Prorogation, 
before any other business be entered upon, the 
names of the other Members so sent to the Clerk 
be put into a glass, and arranged according to the 
order in which they shall be drawn forth therefrom : 
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446 


when the House is summoned to attend Her Ma- 
jesty, the Members’ names, so arranged, shall be 
called over by the Clerk, and the Members shall 
proceed in such order to the House of Lords in ranks 
of four:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That after this House has been summoned to 
attend Her Majesty, no Member of this House do 
remain in, or cross, or pass through, any of the 
Lobbies or Passages leading from the door of this 
House to the door of the House of Lords; and 
that the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House do 
keep the said Passages clear of Members :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 


7° Augusti. 


A. 1851. 


the Number of Lives lost by each, in each Year, 
since the 1st day of January 1847 up to the 31st 
day of December 1850. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of May Coal andCoke 


last, for Returns ofall Dues, Duties and Taxes, Local 
and Imperial, levied on the Importation of Coal and 
Coke into any of the Ports of the United Kingdom 
from any other Ports therein ; stating the Amount 
so collected in each of the Years 1848, 1849 and 
1850 respectively: —Of all Dues, Duties and Taxes, 
Local and Imperial, levied in each of the above 
Years, on the Exportation of Coal and Coke from 
any Port of the United Kingdom, either Coastwise 
or Foreign, with the Amount so collected in each 
Port :—And, a similar Return of Local Dues on all 
Coal and Coke brought by Railroad from any Port, 
or taken by Railroad to any Port of the United 
Kingdom, with the Amount so collected. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of June Poor Retiee 
General Board The Lords have agreed to the General Board of | last, for a Return of the Rate in the Pound levied (Metropolis. 
of Health Health (No. 4) Bill, with Amendments; to which | for the Relief of the Poor in each Year from 1831 
(No. 4) Bil. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of t© 1850, inclusive, on the Annual Value of Pro- 
this House: And also, | perty rated for the Metropolitan Parishes of Saint 
The Lords request, that this House will commr-| Luke’s (Middlesex), Shoreditch, Clerkenwell, Saint 
nicate to their Jauthion a Copy of the Report | oo ey” 4 Union, Daag tgs with 
from the Select Committee appointed by this House | 42@™pstead, Saint Martin-in-the-Ltelds, Islington, 


Ordnance 
Survey 
(Scotland.) 


in the present Session of Parliament on the Ord- 
nance Survey of Scotland :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Orders and Decisions respecting the 
Case of Mrs. Ann Hicks, late Occupant of a Cottage 
in Hyde Park. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 13th day of February last, for a Return of 
the several Lines and Branch Lines of Railway in 
the United Kingdom, upon which the Mails for the 
Conveyance of Letters, &amp;c. are carried, under Con- 
tract or otherwise, on the 1st day of January 1851, 
showing the Total Mileage, and the Names of the 
said Lines and Branch Lines, 


| Kensington, Saint George Hanover-square and Ber- 
| mondsey. 


Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of June Post Office. 


|zast, for Returns of the separate Number of Letters, 
Packets or Parcels (Newspapers excepted), re- 
_ turned to the Dead Letter Department of the General 
Post Office, from the 5th day of January 1849 to 
the 5th day of January 1851; distinguishing those 
received from Foreign Stations and Country Post- 
masters, from Inland Carriers in London, and from 
London District Carriers :—Of the Total, and, if 
possible, the separate Number finally undelivered 
during that Period :—Of the separate Amount in 
Cash and Bills, and the Sum realized by the Sale 
|of Property other than Money found in such 
Letters, &amp;c., and the estimated Value of any un- 
| disposed of :—Of the Time limited previous to the 
| forfeiture of returned Letters, how soon after for- 
| feiture, and in what manner the Property contained 
| in them is sold, and to what Purpose the Proceeds 
are applied :—Whether any other public means is 
adopted by which such Letters may be traced, 
further than by the Written Papers affixed to Boards 
and exhibited in the Hall at Saint Martin’s-le- 
Grand, and do those Papers contain an entire List 
of those deemed of sufficient Importance to receive 
Publicity :—And, whether it is mtended to adopt 
any Plan for giving more Publicity than at present 
to Returned and Dead Letters, so that the Public 
may have greater Facility in tracing them. 


| 


== Be} 


ase oS ft ee 


ain tne Cae eee, a 


Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March | Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of July Private Bills. 


last, fora Return of all new Places created and Ap- | 
pointments made since the 6th day of April 1848, | 
whether under any Act of Parliament, or by any | 
other Authority, and of the Names of the Persons | 
appointed to them ; stating, separately, the Salaries | 
of each, and the estimated Annual Expenses of | 
the Establishments in connexion with such Ap-| 
 yageoagee (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 633, of Session 1848) : And, Return to 
an Order, dated the 7th day of March last, for a 
Return (in addition to the Return ordered on the 
3d day of March), of all Places abolished and 
Reductions made since the 6th day of April 1848, 
showing, in juxta Position, the Annual Estimated 
en ge of each Establishment at the beginning 
and at the end of the Period. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of April 
last, for a Return from Lioyd’s Books, of all Colli- 
sions, Accidents and Wrecks of Vessels; distin- 
guishing, in Columns, the Sailing from Steam 
Vessels, and specifying the Nature of each Collision, 
Accident or Wreck, patie of each Vessel, and 


last, for Returns of the Number of Private Bills in- 
troduced and brought from the House of Lords, and 
of Acts passed in 1851, 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 Improv- 

ing; Gaols and other County Buildings; Inclo- 

sures ; Small Debts Courts; and all other Bills and 

Acts :—Of all the Private Bills which, in the present 

Session, have been treated as Opposed Bills, speci- 
fying those which have been classified in Groups by 

the Committee of Selection; together with the 

Names of the Selected Members who served on 

each Committee ; the first and also the last Day of 

the Sitting of each Committee ; the Number of Days 

on which each Committee sat ; the Number of Days 

on which each Selected Member has served ; the 

Bills the Preambles of which were reported to have 

been proved ; the Bills the Preambles of which were 
reported to have been not proved ; the Bills referred 
back to the Committee of Selection, as having be- 
come 





Harwich 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 
Coal Duties 


(London and 
Westminster 


7°_g° 


come unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not 
proceeded with by the Parties:—And, of all Pri- 
vate Bills which, in the present Session, have been 
referred by the Committee of Selection 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 Days on 
which each Member attended. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Rates made in the 
years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851, 
hy the Commissioners of Sewers, showing the Date 
of each, the District upon which each was made, 
and the Amount of each in the Pound upon the 
rateable Annual Value of the Property rateable 
thereto :—Return of the per Centage on the Total 
rateable Annual Value of the Property assessed, to 
which the Rates collected under the separate Com- 
missions, between January 1845 and November 1847, 
amounted :—Similar Return as co the combined and 
consolidated Commissions, from November 1847 
to October 1849, and as to the present Commission 
from October 1849 to the 31st day of July 1851:— 
And, Return of the Cost of Management per annum 
on the Total rateable Annual Value of such Dis- 
tricts. 

The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was also 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Harwich Election Petition. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Report of 
the Commissioners acting under and by virtue of an 
Act of Parliament, passed in the 56th year of the 
Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, inti- 
tuled, “An Act for the more effectual Security 
and Improvement of the Harbour of ew Shoreham, 
in the County of Sussex.” 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lem have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
(Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Coal Duties (Zon- 
don and Westminster and adjacent Counties) Bill, 


15 Vicroriz. 


amd adjacent without any Amendment: And also, 


Counties) Bill, 


Episcopal and 
Capitular 
Estates 


Management 
Bill. 

Ripley Free 

School Bill. 


Act Con. 
tinuance Bill, 


Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com. 
mission Bill, 


Income and 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Episcopal and Capitular Es- 
tates Management Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


_ The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Ripley Free School Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords do not insist upon the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Saint Alban’s Bri- 
bery Commission Bill; to which this House hath 
disagreed :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


y Tax. That the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 





Select Committee on Income and Property Tax be 
laid before this House ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Left ; 
The Noes to the Right. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, Sir Joshua Walmsley : } ” 
Tellers for the sMr. Cornewall Lewis, 
Noes, LSir William Gibson Craig : 
And it appearing, upon the Report of the division 
by a Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
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August. 447 


sent ; and it being then after Four of the clock :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 


a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 8° die Augusti ; 
Anno 15° Victoria Regine, 1851. 


or House met ata quarter of an hour after 
One of the clock in the New House of Com- 
mons. 





PRAYERS. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration General Board 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the General Ce 4) Bill. 
Board of Health (No. 4) Bill; and the same were~ ~ 
twice read, and 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. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, pursuant to the directions Lunacy. 
of an Act of Parliament, Copy of the Sixth Annual No. 697. 
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord 
Chancellor, 30th June 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings 
a Return as to Savings Banks (in continuation of Banks. 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 392, of Session 1850). 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Customs 
mand,—A Return of the Duties payable under Co- (Colonies) 
lonial Enactments on Goods imported into they, gg7 
British Colonies (in continuation of Return pre- —S 
sented on the 17th May 1850). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The Order made yesterday for presenting to Her Parliamentary 
Majesty an humble Address, that She would be Electors. 
graciously pleased to give directions that there be 
laid before this House, Returns of the Number of © 
Electors in every County and Division of a County 
in Great Britain, according to the Register of 
Electors in 1850, and as they shall appear in the 
Register of Electors for 1851, with the Population 
of each County and Division of a County according 
to the Census of 1851, the Number of Electors 
polled at the last General Election, and the Number 
of Members returned for each such County or 
Division of a County :—And, of the Names of all 
Cities and Boroughs in Great Britain, showing the 
Number of Electors on the Register of 1850, and 
the Number which may be upon the Register of 
1851, distinguishing those registered as Household- 
ers, and those registered under other Qualifications, 
the Numbers polled at the last General Election, 
the Number of Members returned, the Number of 
all Houses rated to the Relief of the Poor, and the 
Population of each City or Borough at the last 
Census ; such Return to be given Alphabetically 
in Groups of all such Cities or Boroughs as shall 
contain Two hundred and not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and fifty Electors, and so on, in Groups, in- 
creasing Fifty Electors in each Group, was read, 
and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Parliamentary 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased "lector. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Electors in every 
County and Division of a County in Great Britain, 
according to the Register of Electors in 1850, and 
as they shall eee in the Register of Electors for 
1851, distinguishing the different Qualifications un- 
der which they are registered, with the Population 
of each County and Division of a County according 
to the Census of 1851, the Number of Electors 
polled at the last General Election, and the Number 
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448 


of Members returned for each such County or Di- 
vision of a County :—And, of the Names of all 
Cities and Boroughs in Great Britain, showing the 
Number of Electors on the Register of 1850, and 
the Number which may be upon the Register of 
1851, distinguishing those registered as Household- 
ers, and those registered under other Qualifications, 
the Numbers polled at the last General Election, 
the Number of Members returned, the Number of 
all Houses rated to the Relief of the Poor, and the 
Population of each City or Borough at the last 
Census ; such Return to be given Alphabetically in 
Groups of all such Cities or Boroughs as shall con- 
tain ‘l'wo hundred and not exceeding Two hundred 
and fifty Electors, and so on, in Groups, increasing 
Fifty Electors in each Group. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this fom as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Several Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— 
Marriages (India) Bill ;—Paper ;—Paper, &amp;c. ;— 
Vide Seventy. Court of Chancery ; — Education thedeadys 
first Report Exhibition of 1851 ;—Zough Erne ;—Metropolitan 
Petite’ Police ;—Pharmacy Bill ;—G. C. Rapier ;—Ra- 
"tional Society ;—and, Saint Margaret’s Church- 
ard,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

ie upon the Table. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Income and A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Property Tax. That the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 
Select Committee on Income and Property Tax be 
luid before this House ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Left; 
The Noes to the Right. 
Tellers for _ Mr. Wakley, } 50 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams: y 
Tellers for the (Mr. Rich, } 63 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : . 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspondence rela- 
tive to the Protestant Burial-ground at Madrid. 

- pee That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order made upon the 5th day of February 
last, for printing the Paper relative to Australia, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February 
last, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,a 
Return from each Savings Bank in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, in Co- 
lumns, the Names of the Officers; their respective 
Salaries and other Allowances, if any ; the Amount 
of Security each gives; the Number of Accounts 
remaining open; the Total Amount owing to De- 
positors ; the Total Amount invested with the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; 
the Rate of Interest paid to may er se and the 
Total Amount of the Separate Surplus Fund, on 
the 20th day of November 1850; the Number and 
Amount of Annuities granted; also, the Annual 
Expenses of Management, inclusive of all Salaries. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered 
for Home Consumption during each year from 
1831 to 1850; distinguishing Refined from Unre- 
fined, and also the several Places from whence such 
Sugar was imported. 

Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 4th, 5th, 
6th, 7th and 8th days of this instant August; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 


Protestant 
Burial-ground 
( Madrid.) 


Australia, 


Savings 
Banks. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventy-first 
Report.) 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir William Gibson Craig presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Reports and Documents exhi- 


Schools of 
Design. 


8° Augusti. 





A. 1851, 


biting the State and Progress of the Head and Branch 
Schools of Design during the last Twelve months. 

Ordered, that the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the ‘Table Bibles. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an No.335, 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of 
March last, fora Return of the Number of Bibles and 
Testaments printed by the Queen’s Printer, from the 
1st day of January 1848 to the 31st day of December 
1850, inclusive ; and the Amount of Drawback of 
Paper Duty received in the same Period :—Similar 
Return for the University of Oxford: —And, similar 
Return for the University of Cambridge, for Bibles 
and Testaments; with a Return of Drawback of 
Paper Duty received by the Printers of that Uni- 
versity, from the 1st day of January 1838 to the 
31st day of December 1850, inclusive (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 82 and 293, of 
Session 1847). 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of Jul 
last, for a Return of the Number of Days on whieh 
the House of Commons sat in the Session 1851, 
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 Num- 
ber of Entries in each Day’s Votes and Proceedings 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 713, 
of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of July Divisions of 
last, for a Return of the Number of Divisions of the House. 
the House of Commons in the Session 1851; No.670. 
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 Num- 
ber of Divisions before and after Midnight (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 714, of 
Session 1850). ' 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of July Public Bills, 
last, for an Alphabetical List of the Public Bills No, 671. 
which have been introduced into the House of 
Commons during the Session 1851; 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. 17, of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Total Number of Acts 
passed in each Session since the year 1800; distin- 
guishing the Number of Public, Private and Local 
and Personal Acts, and the Number relating to 
Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, and 
those relating to the United Kingdom. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of July 
last, for a Return of the Abstracts of the Census of 
Treland taken in the years 1841 and 1851, arranged 
according to Counties, and showing the Houses, 
distinguishing inhabited from uninhabited, and of 
the latter those built from those building, with the 
Total; the Number of Families and of Persons, 
distinguishing Males from Females, with Totals; 
and showing the Increase or Decrease in the Number 
of Houses and of Persons between 1841 and 1851, 
and the Decrease per cent. of each between 1841 and 
1851. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th mi of June no 
last, for a Return showing the Rateable Value of the ¢ . ns 
Property assessed to the Relief of the Poor in the No. 674. 
several Parishes of the Metropolis in the Rate col- 
lecting at the Date of this Order, as contained in 
the following Districts; viz. No.1. Hammersmith 


District : Acton, Chiswick, Fulham and Hammer- 
smith, 


—I. 


Sittings of 
the House, 


No. 569, 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


No. 672. 


Census 
(Ireland.) 


No. 673. 











Canonries, 
No ° 676, 
Feclesiastical 


Ission, 


No, 677. 


15 Vicroriz. 


smith,in the County of Middlesex :—No, 2. Chel- 
sea District: Saint Luke’s, Chelsea; Brompton; 
and, Saint Mary Abbot, Kensington, in the County 
of Middlesex:—No.3. Paddington District: Pad- 
dington and Willesden, in the County of Middlesex : 
—No. 4. Mary-le-bone District: Saint Mary-le- 
bone and Saint John, Hampstead, in the County of 
Middlesex : —No. 5. Westminster District: Saint 
John the Evangelist, Westminster, Saint Margaret’s, 
Westminster, Saint James, Wesiminster, Saint Anne, 
Westminster ; Saint George, Hanover-square ; Saint 
Martin’ s-in-the-Fields ; Ritdinad Palace ; Buckh- 
ingham Palace; Whitehall, and the Close of Colle- 
giate Church, Westminster; the Liberty of the Duchy 
of Lancaster; Saint Paul’s, Covent Garden; Saint 
Mary-le-Strand; Saint Clement Danes; Rolls Li- 
berty; Savoy Precincts; Inner Temple, Middle 
Temple, New-Inn, Lincoln’s-Inn, Clifford’s-Inn, Ser- 
jeants’-Inn, Chancery-lane, Serjeant’s-Inn, Fleet- 
street, Clement’s-Inn, in the County of Middlesex :— 
No. 6. Pancras District: Saint Pancras and Hornsey, 
in the County of Middlesex :—No. 7. Holborn Dis- 
trict: Furnival’s-Inn; Gray’s-Inn; Barnard’s- 
Inn; Thavies-Inn ; Staple-Inn; Saint Andrew, 
Holborn, above Bars ; Saint George-the-Martyr ; 
Saint Giles-in-the-Fields; Saint George, Blooms- 
bury; Saint James, Clerkenwell; Saint John, 
Clerkenwell; Saint Mark’s District, Clerkenwell; 
Saint Mary, Islington; Saffron Hiil ; Hatton Gar- 
den; Ely Rents and Ely Place; Saint Bartholo- 
mew-the-Great ; Saint Botolph, Aldersgate; Saint 
Botolph-without- Aldgate, in the County of Middle- 
sex :—No. 8. Shoreditch District: Saint Luke, Old- 
street; Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch; Saint John, 
Hackney, Saint John, Hoxton; Saint Mary, Stoke 
Newington; Tottenham; Edmonton; Norton Fol- 
gate; Old Artillery-ground, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex :—No.9. Spitalfields District: Saint Mary, 
Haggerstone; Saint Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel ; 
Christ Church; Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green; 
Saint George-in-the-East ; Saint Mary, Stratford- 
le- Bow, in the County of Middlesexr:—No. 10. 
Tower Hamlets District : Saint Catherine-by-the- 
Tower ; Charter-house; Glasshouse-yard; Tower 
Hamlets ; Tower Liberty ; Tower-without-Precincts; 
Saint Dunstan, Poplar; Blackwall; Saint Dun- 
stan’s, Stepney; Saint John, Wapping; Mile End 
New Town; Mile End Old Town, in the County of 
Middlesex :—No. 11. Limehouse District: Saint 
Catharine, Middlesex Precinct; Saint Paul, Shad- 
well; Saint Ann, Limehouse; All Saints, Poplar ; 
Bromley, in the County of Middlesex :—No. 12. 
London District : City of London Proper, with all 
its Parishes, Precincts and Liberties :—No. 13. 
Battersea District : Battersea, Putney, Wandsworth, 
Clapham, Tooting, Graveney, Wimbledon, Clap- 
ham, Roehampton, Hook, Barnes, Mortlake, in the 
County of Surrey:—No. 14. Lambeth District: 
Saint Mary, Lambeth; Saint Mark, Kennington ; 
Saint Matthew, Brixton; Streaiham; Saint Luke, 
Norwood, in the County of Surrey :—No. 15. Cam- 
berwell District: Saint Mary, Newington; Cam- 
berwell; Peckham; Dulwich, in the County of Sur- 
rey :—No. 16. Southwark District: Christchurch ; 
Saint George-the-Martyr; Saint John; Saint Sa- 
viour; Saint Thomas; Saint Olave’s; Saint John, 
Horsleydown ; Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey ; 
Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, County of Surrey :— 
No. 17. Greenwich District : Saint Alphage, Green- 
wich; Saint Nicholas, Deptford; Saint Paul, 
Deptford; Lee; and, Lewisham, in the Counties of 
Surrey and Kent. 
Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canonries, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Commission, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


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449 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rams- Ramsgate 
gate Harbour, which was presented yesterday, be Harbour. 
printed. No. 678. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newfound- Newfoundland. 
land, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 679. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration, Emigration. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 680. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts Convicts (Van 
(Van Diemen’s Land), which was presented yester- ian 


day, be printed. No. 681. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. William Mr. William 


Napier, which was presented yesterday, be printed. — . 
No. 682. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to South Africa, South Africa. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 683. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts Convicts and 
and Emigration (Van Diemen’s Land), which was Emigration — 

; ; (Van Diemen’s 
presented yesterday, be printed. d.) 


No. 684, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton Hampton 
Court Palace and Kew Gardens, which was pre- Seaentane 
sented yesterday, be printed. Gardens. 


Gardens. 
No. 685. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Louis Kos- Louis Kossuth 
suth and others, which was presented yesterday, be #4 others. 
printed, No. 664, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails on Mails on 
Railways, which was presented yesterday, be Railways. 
printed. No. 686. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to New Places New Places 
and Appointments; and, Places abolished or reduced, #24 Appoint- 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. oo 
lished or 
reduced. 


No. 687. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Collisions, Collisions, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. of Vessels, which was presented yesterday, be of Vessels. 
printed. No. 688. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coal and Coal andCoke. 
Coke, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 689. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Retief 
(Metropolis), which was presented yesterday, be (Metropolis.) 
printed. No. 690. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post Post Office. 
Office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 691. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Private Bills. 
Bills, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 692. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sewers, Sewers. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 693. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Harwich 
taken before the Select Committee on the Harwich Election. 
Election Petition, which were presented yesterday, No. 694. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Steam Vessel 
Vessel Accidents, which was presented upon the Accidents. 
30th day of May last, be printed. No. 695. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Steam Steam Vessels 
Vessels “ Sirius,” &amp;c., which was presented upon “ Sirius,” &amp;c. 
the 30th day of May last, be printed. No, 696. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Coast Guard, 
to the Coast Guard, &amp;c., which was presented upon &amp;* : 
Wednesday last, be printed. No, 454. 

3M A Message 





450 


A Message from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pulman, 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Queen commands this Honourable House 
to attend Her Majesty immediately in the House 
of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty ; when Her Majesty was 
pleased to give the Royal Assent to the several 
Public Bills, and one Private Bill, following ; viz. 

An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 

Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of 
the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this 
Session of Parliament: 
Merchant An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Mer- 
Seamen's Fund chant Seamen’s Fund, and to provide for winding 
up the said Fund, and for the better Management 
thereof in the meantime: 


$ An Act to facilitate the Management and Im- 
pepitulea. provement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in 
nagement Bill. England : 

Saint Alban’s 
Bribery Com- 
mission Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Consolidated 
Fund ( Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Episcopal and 


Commissioners to inquire 


An Act for appointin 
ribery in the Borough of 


into the existence of 
Saint Alban: 


An Act to continue an Act of the fourteenth 
year 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 : 

General Board An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of 
of Health the General Board of Health : 


(No. 4) Bill. 

Coal Duties An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Vend 

—. and and Delivery of Coals in London and Westminster, 
estminster : ° : 

and adjacent and in certain Parts of the adjacent Counties, and 

Counties) Bill to allow a Drawback on Coals conveyed beyond 

certain Limits : 


An Act to authorize the Sale or Exchange of 
Part of the Estate of the Free School at Ripley, in 
the County of York, and for other Purposes re- 
lating to the said Charity. 


Poor Relief 
Act Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Ripley Free 
School Bill. 


After which, Her Majesty was pleased to make a 
most gracious Speech from the Throne to both 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth : 


Her Majesty’s 
Speech, 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


J am glad to be able to release you from your 
attendance in Parliament, and 1 thank you for the 
diligence with which you have performed your labo- 
rious duties. 

I continue to maintain the most friendly Relations 
with Foreign Powers. 


I am happy to be able to congratulate you on the 
very considerable diminution which has taken place 
in the African and Brazilian Slave Trade. The 
exertions of My Squadrons on the Coasts of Africa 
and Brazil, assisted by the vigilance of the Cruizers 
of France and of the United States, and aided by 
the co-operation of the Brazilian Government, have 
mainly contributed to this result. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I thank you for the readiness with which you 
have granted the Supplies necessary for the Service 
of the Year. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


It is satisfactory to observe, that, notwithstanding 
very large Reductions of Taxes, the Revenue for the 
past year considerably exceeded the Public Expen- 
diture for the same period. 


I am rejoiced to find that you have thereby been 
enabled to relieve My People from an impost which 


8° Augusti.—4° Septembris. 


A. 1851, 


restricted the enjoyment of Light and Air in their 
Dwellings. I trust that this enactment, with others 
to which your attention has been and will be di- 
rected, will contribute to the health and comfort of 
My Subjects. 

I thank you for the assiduity with which you 
have applied yourselves to the consideration of a 
measure framed for the purpose of checking the 
undue Assumption of Ecclesiastical Titles conferred 
by a Foreign Power. 

It gives Me the highest satisfaction to find, that, 
while repelling unfounded claims, you have main- 
tained inviolate the great principles of Religious 
Liberty, so happily established among us. 

The attention you have bestowed on the adminis- 
tration of Justice in the Courts of Law and Equity 
will, [ trust, prove beneficial, and lead to further 
improvements. 

I have willingly given My consent to a Bill re- 
lating to the administration of the Land Revenues 
of the Crown, which will, I hope, conduce to the 
better management of that department, and at the 
same time tend to the promotion of works of public 
utility. 

It has been very gratifying to Me, on an occasion 
which has brought many Foreigners to this Coun- 
try, to observe the spirit of kindness and goodwill 
which so generally prevailed. 

It is My anxious desire to promote among Na- 
tions the cultivation of all those Arts which are 
fostered by Peace, and which in their turn contri- 
bute to maintain the peace of the world. 

In closing the present Session, it is with feelings 
of gratitude to Almighty God that I acknowledge 
the general spirit of loyalty and 5 obedience 
to the Law which animates My People. Such a 
spirit is the best security at once for the progress 
and the stability of our free and happy Institu- 
tions. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, said ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is Her Majesty’s Royal will and pleasure, that Parliament 
this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the 4th Prorogued. 


day of September next, to be then here holden ; and 
this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thurs- 
day the 4th day of September next. 








Jovis, 4° die Septembris ; 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


T 


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, went 
up to the House of Peers; where the Commission 
was read, for the further proroguing of the Par- 
liament until Tuesday the 4th day of November 
next; and the Parliament was ger proro- 
gued until Tuesday the 4th day of November 
next, 


Martis, 





HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the prorogued 


parliament 


Martis, 4° die Novembris ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1851. 


HE House being met, pursuant to the last 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
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 proroguing 
of the Parliament until Thursday the 15th day of 
January next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Thursday the 15th day of 
January next. 





15 Vicroriz. 4° Novembris—15° Januarii 1852. 451 



















Jovis, 15° die Januari ; 
Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


i. House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the prorogued. 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 3d day of 
February next; and the Parliament was accordingly 
prorogued until Tuesday the 3d day of February 
next. 








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